I'm Going to Silverstone!

I was really worried that I was going to miss out on the British Grand Prix again this year. I sent a change of address to the booking office at Silverstone after I moved, but I hadn't heard anything from them, and since the GP weekend starts next Friday (with me going down Thursday for the MWSC party), I figured that they were going to go to my old address.

But they arrived today! I'm over the moon! And I have someone wonderful who says he wants to go with me. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Over the Moon!

I don't want to say too much in case I jinx things (and seeing as how it's me, that's a distinct possibility!), but I've met someone who has made me really laugh and feel good about myself.

I've had a couple of text messages tonight that have sent my heart racing! One saying that he misses me, and the other saying "I hope so" in reply to me saying I missed him too! I said I definitely miss him and haven't stopped thinking about him all day.

He told me earlier today that I make him feel like he's 16 again, and Malorie says that I'm acting like her, so I guess that means I feel like I'm 17!

I must be insane ... But I'm happily insane, so I don't care!

How "Cool" Is This Car?

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Life seems to be setting down into something that resembles normality! Well, normal for me anyway, which is probably total insanity to someone else! I'm not ready to get started revising for my equity and trusts exam in August just yet, though it means my brain is screaming for something to occupy it. I've been reading a book about the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, and I spend a lot of time online, mostly playing Sudoku! It's addictive. I need to remember to pack a few Sudoku books when I go into hospital, whenever that is.

I've been having some lovely chats with a friend online that have really picked up my spirits. A couple of phone calls have put a smile on my face as well! It's nice to have someone to share things with, and suddenly I feel better about myself than I have in years! Okay, probably better than I ever have.

I'm Still Around Here Somewhere ...

I'm glad this week is over! It's been hell. If it weren't for Rich keeping me on track and making me laugh, I'd have gone insane. Or insaner. Okay, probably no such word.

I didn't take my equity and trusts exam. I'm going to have to take it during resits in August. The pressure just got too much for me, and hopefully my medical certificate from my doctor will cover me. If not, I'm screwed, but I don't care.

I'm back at hospital Monday, but I had a letter from the consultant telling me that my last liver function test still came back high, so I should have an appointment for an MRI coming through soon. I'm hoping they don't find anything and can go through with the gall bladder surgery.

As far as anything else goes, the guy in the pub who asked me out has un-asked me out. I'm not really bothered, to tell the truth. I was a bit pissed off because he seemed to make a big deal about having Vicky give me his mobile number, then asking me for a drink, and then seemed to have second thoughts. Well, considering it's me we're talking about, it's par for the course.

Saturday Stress

Okay, it's not all that bad. I'm only a couple hundred words away from finishing my dissertation! (Can you hear me cheering?) I got up early and went to work on it until Rich picked me up to go fetch my new bed from Sheffield. That's one piece of furniture I'll have in my new house ... if the council ever gets around to giving me one!

I'm going to finish off this last bit of the dissertation and then go chill out in the pub with Vicky and Baz for a bit. They're going in to watch a bit of football since Baz is a Liverpool supporter. Well, someone has to be I suppose! Then I'll be back home to work on revision for my equity and trusts exam on Monday.

Weight Loss

The stress of finishing my last weeks of my last year at university has taken its toll on my weight. I weighed tonight, and I'm down to nine stone four pounds! That's three below my original goal weight of nine stone seven pounds that I set when I first started going to Weight Watchers last July!

I've even borrowed a pair of Malorie's jeans, and I've had to put a belt on to keep them up!

Work in Progress

My dissertation is half finished. (The cup is always half full ...) I'm stuck now starting my results chapter, which is the most important part! It doesn't help that my mind is on other things. I should have shut myself away in a locked room and had the kids shove food through for me for the past month because, with no men around, I would have finished it by now!

Sunburnt!

One exam down, two to go! I've made significant progress on my dissertation as well. One advantage to having a laptop is being able to take it outside! I was going to go to Sheffield to the university library and study today, but not long after I set off, Rich phoned to tell me he was revising on his patio, and I was welcome to come join him. I took the laptop, turned around and headed over there. I've nearly finished two chapters with the rest of it in the works.

Tonight it's off to the pub again, not for drinking, but I'm on the pub team -- for dominos! I played my first match last night and lost, but it was a respectful showing since I lost 3-5. I also seem to have made a bit of a conquest with one of the lads in the pub. I chat to just about everyone in there, so I didn't think anything of the conversation I had with him at the time. He said something about getting a taxi to the pub where we're playing tonight, and I said I'd be glad to take anyone who needs a lift. We arranged to meet at our usual pub tonight at seven.

Later, I had a text from my friend Vicky telling me that the guy I'd been speaking to is looking forward to seeing me and asked her to give me his mobile number! Oh dear ... I have to say it still amazes me to find out that anyone is interested in me. Shows what my self-confidence is like, doesn't it?

Twelve Days to Go ...

I managed to finish one assignment, my paper for victimology, so at least that's one thing down towards the end of uni! Only five more to go: three exams, one paper and my dissertation. My last exam is on the 18th, so there's only 12 days left of this stress!

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Nothing can ever be simple with me ... I went to hospital on Wednesday to discuss removing my gall bladder. The consultant had to repeat my liver function test because the last two came back high. If it's still high, I have to have an MRI to see if there's a stone blocking the main bile duct. If there isn't, they can take the gall bladder out. If there is, I have to have a camera shoved down my throat, into the small intestine, into the bile duct and then they'll yank the stone out. THEN I can have the surgery. I'll find out on the 22nd when I go back to the pre-assessment clinic.

With everything going on in my life, I've managed to get a two week extension on my dissertation and coursework, but that hasn't really helped much because I have an exam on Tuesday and another one the day everything is due! How come I'm not working on it right now? I spent all afternoon sitting in the sun at Rich's house studying administrative law, and my brain has faded in the heat. Well, it was either revise for that exam at home in my living room or sitting on a lovely patio in the sunshine. Despite the fact that Rich was there, there were no distractions, so I did get a lot done. If I'd stayed home, I would have ended up watching television or arguing with Malorie!

I'm mentally exhausted, but I'm also coping better than I was this time last week! My last exam is on the 18th, and I can't wait because after it's over, I can let my brain have a holiday even if the rest of me doesn't get one!