I am thankful for a few things as we wake up this morning.  We were able to have a reasonable night’s sleep and were not awoken by anything crashing down onto our roof.  I had stayed up a long time to try to ensure I went to bed tired.  We are not out of the woods totally yet, but it is great that the winds are less.  I feel like give it 24 hours and assess then.  But so far so good it seems.
I did get the usual email from James Clear and it was one thing in there that stuck a chord with me. “What you push down doesn’t vanish. It festers and wields quiet power over your thoughts and actions.  What needs to be addressed that isn’t currently being addressed?”
I like to liken such things as not treating a wound.  When I work in the garden sometimes it can just happen that I get a skin lesion somehow.  I know it is important I clean the wound, disinfect it and look after the area, monitoring it.  If I do not, then the wound has the potential of getting ugly and causing all sorts of undesirable outcomes.
I reckon that is similar to what James is saying.  So often it seems easy to dismiss something that may have hurt and wounded me.  If I do not deal with it in the right way it festers.  The longer I leave it the worse it gets.
I reckon at a personal and mental level, such things can negatively effect my thoughts and actions.  I end up saying and doing things that are not good for me or anyone else.  To me it is way better to deal with something when it happens.  It may mean short term pain for long term gain.
But even if I do not deal with something in a timely manner it matters it is dealt with.  The outcome of undealt with things has the potential to ballon out of all proportion.  For me, where possible, it is better to deal with something early and move on rather than having some past hurt negatively effect, even unconsciously, my actions down the track.

This cyclone is moving so slowly.  It moved 20kms overnight.  Merril found a tracking app. (zoom earth) that shows the path of the storm in relation to where our home is.  I can’t believe how close it passes by.
I just saw someone on the abc who was being interviewed say, “I just want this thing over.”  I know how he feels.
The wind has picked up.  It feels like the next 40 hours or so will show us where we stand after the event.  That is of course if the cyclone does as predicted.  So far it has been way slower than expected.
The loss of power seems to be an issue.  It may end up we will be offline in the not too distant future.
Lol Just saw a guy on Morton Island talk and show footage of the island.  He described it as a “cook” event.  It was so not on script.
I was surprised yesterday to get a phone call from someone I had not seen in over 40 years.  He was doing deliveries and came by for a visit.  It was great to see him.  Among other things we talked about people we both knew.  I had known him in Townsville.
I remember providing him a bike of mine that had chopper handlebars.  It looked really cool.  I see he and his wife on Facebbook.  I appreciated his coming both because it was good to see him and also because it took my mind off the current event for a short while.
Yesterday ended up being a possible “out and about” day.  It was windy   Right now it is windy but ok.  We have just constructed drawers for the new bed.  There will come a time I think where we just hunker down.  While we can we are doing some tuff.  Including having a milo and now is that time!

I am sorry to be writing about this again.  But we spent a good bit of yesterday preparing for the cyclone.  It has not hit us yet and we can still wander around the yard.  The birds have been fed as has the fish.
It feels really weird waiting around for the thing to hit.  It does not help that it has slowed down.  One report yesterday said we could be in for 60 hours of really bad weather. 
Where we are it is the wind that is the most concerning thing.  Although the storm has not reached us yet we had a few gusts yesterday that would be a sign of things to come.  They were unbelievably strong.
We have even brought our stingless bees in.  That involves taking their box off its usual stand and covering any holes with mesh so they can still breath but not escape. That is now inside and down low.
One good thing about the delay is it has allowed time to reassess.  Some things have now come in that were not in.  It is looking at items that could become potential missiles.   Normal winds are one thing but sustained gusts of around one hundred k’s tend to discover anything that is vulnerable to lift off.
Having said that I would just like the event to be over.  I have been through a much worse cyclone before in Townsville where we spent time under the table, and the home next to us was demolished.  Yet I do not remember this waiting like this.
There comes a time where one has done all that one knows to do and all that remains is for the thing to happen.  We are pretty much in that state now. Only time will tell if enough has been done.  All we can do now is pray and ride it out.