Diary Entry
1.06 am I think I'm making progress on developing my argument for this essay. I've narrowed down the "sexual morality" issue to three areas where judges tend to make statements: homosexuality, prostitution and vulnerable persons. I've had a few ideas, but so far I haven't had a concrete plan form in my head. I've located several relevant cases though.
This isn't easy to do while running a fever. At least I'm still trying. If I get much worse though, I'm going to the doctor on Friday and then file an extenuating circumstances form with the university. It's just not easy trying to do this while sick. But my goal is to get them done.
Pete's Fiction Express forum is looking good! Lots of the same old faces, but that's good because it's not so hard to break the ice. I hope there are lots of newbies joining, too. They're always fun, and I tend to learn a lot from them.
I read a comment on the DCSC forum that irked me a bit. None of us on there are fans of Michael Schumacher, but you have to give the guy credit where credit is due. He's donated $10 million out of his own pocket to the tsunami disaster relief effort. That's more than any other report individual, let alone any sports personality. The comment that bothered me was, "Yeah, but he only donated $10 million after he spent $32 million on an Italian mansion". So? It is his money after all, and I'm sure that when he spent the $32 million he had no idea such a disaster was going to occur! That's just being petty. I don't usually like the man, but he does tend to donate a lot of money to charity. I wish others would follow suit. You don't hear about Posh and Becks donating that kind of cash, though they can buy all sorts of frivilous garbage just to show off their riches. I'm sure they have a bit to spare, and I hope that they have donated whether they tell the public or not.
2.03 am I have got to get myself together! My concentration is practically non-existent. Not good when you're a law student!
I've been trying to figure out how to keep my diary going while I'm in Brussels next month, and I think I've worked it out. I bought a bunch of notebooks in the winter sale at IKEA, and I'll take one of them with me to write my thoughts in! Then all I'll have to do is transcribe and back date them. I can do what I do now in long hand. Just think, all the boring details will not go unreported! Saying that, in addition to visiting EU institutions, we're also going to the Stella Artois brewery and a Belgian chocolate factory. And since I'm probably the only "old" student going, I'm sure my peers will not be boring! I'll have lots of photos to post, too, I'm sure.
2.46 am Let's see if I can get some sleep. I've been told I have to work in the shop tomorrow afternoon. Simon doesn't like having to work all day, though he seems to think it's fine when I do it, like I did Tuesday. At least I get the afternoon shift. He has to get up and go open.
10.34 am Simon overlaid, and I slept like a log, apart from waking up a couple of times before I turned over and went back to sleep. I'm still wrecked though. I know, that's all I seem to be saying lately!
3.08 pm I fell asleep again and woke up much later than I intended! Of course Simon didn't ring me to make sure I was awake, even though he knew I was going to lie down for a bit, and then he complained when I was late getting to the shop!
Since I woke up, I haven't stopped. I rushed around getting ready, then once I got here I had to start sorting out candle orders. Thank heavens the overdue ones are posted now, by First Class as well. The customers should have them tomorrow.
David in the computer shop next door was just telling me that someone robbed the TSB bank across the road from us yesterday! I was wondering why there were police officers up there because I just used their cash machine. He said it was the most exciting Wednesday they've ever had around here!
I almost wish Pete hadn't started his forum just yet. I'm enjoying seeing it from the very start -- I was the third member behind Pete himself and Gary. Unfortunately it's had the same result as my blog, and I'm not getting much work done on my essay!
5.48 pm I feel tons better after having a shower! I just hope I can stay awake. It looks like I'm going to the university library after the kids are in bed for an all-nighter! It's the only way I'm going to get anything done, and the library isn't open 24 hours over the weekend. Not until Sunday night anyway, and since the criminal law essay is due Monday morning, I don't want to leave it that long!
Poor little Jack! He was eating the yoghurt his dad put in his lunch after he got home today, and it was mouldy! The little guy thought he'd been poisoned. I sent his dad a text message to let him know he needs to check any other yoghurts he might have bought, and he rang me to tell me how embarrassed he was. He said he only bought them last weekend. It happens. I've bought stuff from grocery stores before only to get them home and find out they'd gone off.
I'm batting 1000 with Next! Not only did the outfit I ordered myself fit perfectly, but I then ordered some new school trousers and belts for Ricky and Jack, and they are perfect fits too! I wonder if I can manage a third time. Malorie needs some new school trousers as well, but I forgot when I ordered the other stuff.
7.15 pm I am definitely going to the library to study tonight! It would have been nice to have just a little bit of help from Simon while I was cooking dinner, but he's sitting at his computer looking at me as if he's about to die. He perks up long enough to shout at the kids for not being quiet. It's given me a headache. While I was hustling about trying to cook, all I did was ask if he'd opened the cheese that was already open. He snapped at me, "Yes because I was starving so I had a sandwich!" I forgot. If I don't feed him, he doesn't eat. Or complains about having to feed himself.
Ahhhh it feels better to have an outlet when I'm stressed!
11.52 pm I spent a couple of hours in the library, got the books I think I'll need and headed home. There was just too much noise there. Teenagers don't always read the signs that say "Please make sure your mobile phone is switched off". Loud phone conversations are the norm. Still, it would have been worse if it were actually term time, but since we don't start back to lectures and seminars until the 31st of January, most of them are at home with the parents. I guess a lot will be posting in their essays rather than having to come back to Sheffield to do it. Maybe the queues won't be so long when I go to hand mine in!
I found some great material, right from the primary sources concerning law and morality. Well, they're considered primary sources because so many text books have been written about the writings of Hart and Devlin. I finished John Stuart Mill, too. Great stuff. Devlin I'm not so keen on. His writing is pompous, and I disagree with his assertions, but I still enjoyed reading his lecture series.
When I got home I found an email from Sandra saying that the DCSC forum is closing down as of 6 pm tomorrow! That's absolutely devastating! I know I haven't spent much time on there lately, but it's the off season and it always gets quiet when there aren't any races.
This isn't easy to do while running a fever. At least I'm still trying. If I get much worse though, I'm going to the doctor on Friday and then file an extenuating circumstances form with the university. It's just not easy trying to do this while sick. But my goal is to get them done.
Pete's Fiction Express forum is looking good! Lots of the same old faces, but that's good because it's not so hard to break the ice. I hope there are lots of newbies joining, too. They're always fun, and I tend to learn a lot from them.
I read a comment on the DCSC forum that irked me a bit. None of us on there are fans of Michael Schumacher, but you have to give the guy credit where credit is due. He's donated $10 million out of his own pocket to the tsunami disaster relief effort. That's more than any other report individual, let alone any sports personality. The comment that bothered me was, "Yeah, but he only donated $10 million after he spent $32 million on an Italian mansion". So? It is his money after all, and I'm sure that when he spent the $32 million he had no idea such a disaster was going to occur! That's just being petty. I don't usually like the man, but he does tend to donate a lot of money to charity. I wish others would follow suit. You don't hear about Posh and Becks donating that kind of cash, though they can buy all sorts of frivilous garbage just to show off their riches. I'm sure they have a bit to spare, and I hope that they have donated whether they tell the public or not.
2.03 am I have got to get myself together! My concentration is practically non-existent. Not good when you're a law student!
I've been trying to figure out how to keep my diary going while I'm in Brussels next month, and I think I've worked it out. I bought a bunch of notebooks in the winter sale at IKEA, and I'll take one of them with me to write my thoughts in! Then all I'll have to do is transcribe and back date them. I can do what I do now in long hand. Just think, all the boring details will not go unreported! Saying that, in addition to visiting EU institutions, we're also going to the Stella Artois brewery and a Belgian chocolate factory. And since I'm probably the only "old" student going, I'm sure my peers will not be boring! I'll have lots of photos to post, too, I'm sure.
2.46 am Let's see if I can get some sleep. I've been told I have to work in the shop tomorrow afternoon. Simon doesn't like having to work all day, though he seems to think it's fine when I do it, like I did Tuesday. At least I get the afternoon shift. He has to get up and go open.
10.34 am Simon overlaid, and I slept like a log, apart from waking up a couple of times before I turned over and went back to sleep. I'm still wrecked though. I know, that's all I seem to be saying lately!
3.08 pm I fell asleep again and woke up much later than I intended! Of course Simon didn't ring me to make sure I was awake, even though he knew I was going to lie down for a bit, and then he complained when I was late getting to the shop!
Since I woke up, I haven't stopped. I rushed around getting ready, then once I got here I had to start sorting out candle orders. Thank heavens the overdue ones are posted now, by First Class as well. The customers should have them tomorrow.
David in the computer shop next door was just telling me that someone robbed the TSB bank across the road from us yesterday! I was wondering why there were police officers up there because I just used their cash machine. He said it was the most exciting Wednesday they've ever had around here!
I almost wish Pete hadn't started his forum just yet. I'm enjoying seeing it from the very start -- I was the third member behind Pete himself and Gary. Unfortunately it's had the same result as my blog, and I'm not getting much work done on my essay!
5.48 pm I feel tons better after having a shower! I just hope I can stay awake. It looks like I'm going to the university library after the kids are in bed for an all-nighter! It's the only way I'm going to get anything done, and the library isn't open 24 hours over the weekend. Not until Sunday night anyway, and since the criminal law essay is due Monday morning, I don't want to leave it that long!
Poor little Jack! He was eating the yoghurt his dad put in his lunch after he got home today, and it was mouldy! The little guy thought he'd been poisoned. I sent his dad a text message to let him know he needs to check any other yoghurts he might have bought, and he rang me to tell me how embarrassed he was. He said he only bought them last weekend. It happens. I've bought stuff from grocery stores before only to get them home and find out they'd gone off.
I'm batting 1000 with Next! Not only did the outfit I ordered myself fit perfectly, but I then ordered some new school trousers and belts for Ricky and Jack, and they are perfect fits too! I wonder if I can manage a third time. Malorie needs some new school trousers as well, but I forgot when I ordered the other stuff.
7.15 pm I am definitely going to the library to study tonight! It would have been nice to have just a little bit of help from Simon while I was cooking dinner, but he's sitting at his computer looking at me as if he's about to die. He perks up long enough to shout at the kids for not being quiet. It's given me a headache. While I was hustling about trying to cook, all I did was ask if he'd opened the cheese that was already open. He snapped at me, "Yes because I was starving so I had a sandwich!" I forgot. If I don't feed him, he doesn't eat. Or complains about having to feed himself.
Ahhhh it feels better to have an outlet when I'm stressed!
11.52 pm I spent a couple of hours in the library, got the books I think I'll need and headed home. There was just too much noise there. Teenagers don't always read the signs that say "Please make sure your mobile phone is switched off". Loud phone conversations are the norm. Still, it would have been worse if it were actually term time, but since we don't start back to lectures and seminars until the 31st of January, most of them are at home with the parents. I guess a lot will be posting in their essays rather than having to come back to Sheffield to do it. Maybe the queues won't be so long when I go to hand mine in!
I found some great material, right from the primary sources concerning law and morality. Well, they're considered primary sources because so many text books have been written about the writings of Hart and Devlin. I finished John Stuart Mill, too. Great stuff. Devlin I'm not so keen on. His writing is pompous, and I disagree with his assertions, but I still enjoyed reading his lecture series.
When I got home I found an email from Sandra saying that the DCSC forum is closing down as of 6 pm tomorrow! That's absolutely devastating! I know I haven't spent much time on there lately, but it's the off season and it always gets quiet when there aren't any races.
posted by Melinda at 1/05/2005 11:29:00 pm
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