Money

The other week I got a bank statement and I was shocked at how much money I had in the bank. I have never had that much ever in my bank so it was a nice shock I guess.
Then last Friday I got a mini statement out of a cash machine and in 2 short weeks I have managed to spend 90% of what I had saved up.

It is Christmas though so I have been out buying presents for people and have nearly got all the presents I have planned to get. All I need to get is one for Pete and go halves with my dad for my niece and nephew when we decide what to get them.
Oh and my mum, I have a couple of things for her but I need to get her a main present and I am clue-less of what to get her. I have the money, it isn't included in the money I have in the bank.

The rest of the money has gone on me. I haven't been able to spend much on myself all year round so in the last month I have been treating myself a little but not too much. For the money I have spent I have gotten a lot of things. I have mainly got CDs, DVDs and a few books. Nothing major at all.
Oh and I also bought some things from LUSH, it cost a fair bit but we don't have a LUSH here so I like to stock up. I haven't had anything from LUSH for ages now so I got a few of each of my favs and I also got myself one of those boxes. I keep forgetting which one but it has a lot of my fav items in.
I'm going to be buying myself the think pink set next which I am hoping to buy next week and I am sure it will keep me very happy for a while.

I am normally shower girl but when I have LUSH products I have more and more baths because LUSH are so amazing :O)

Well....

this is the second attempt at posting something on here as last night I sat here and wrote something but then when I went to set it the screen froze on me.

So here I go again. I know it won't be the same as the one that I wrote last night but it is a post notheless.

I was so tired yesterday because the night before I didn't get to bed till going up for 5am and then I got up before 9am. I did plan on going to bed for an hour some point in the morning but I never got round to it because I got on the computer and spent the say replying to emails off various people. I was sat here for 10 hours straight. I then had to get up and do a few things as I was stiff and had a headache.
I had a break for a couple of hours and then came back on till about just after midnight as I couldn't keep my eyes open and kept forgetting what I was talking about.

I must of slept for about 10 hours last night but I must of needed it otherwise I wouldn't of slept that long. My arms and fingers are still hurting a fair bit from yesterday but there are not too bad.

Today is catch up day as I am meant to be starting my TMA tomorrow which has to be finished for Friday evening.
So I have been sat here since about lunch time reading and listening to audio CDs as I sat and replied to emails and chatted a bit.
I now have about 10 pages in one book to finish and about 40 in another book to read and then watch a DVD but that should be do-a-ble tonight. I will finish one book and read some of the other and then I am going for a nice long bath.
Then I will finish the book and watch the DVD. I think I am only watching one program on the DVD so that shouldn't take too long to do :O)

not really been anywhere

Just the UK and saying that I haven’t even seen much of the UK but I am planning on changing that in 2006 as I am planning on seeing more of the UK.
I think I will visit my friends in the UK and as they live in different areas of the UK it will be good as then I will get to see more of the UK.
I’ve never been to any of the places my friends live so this should be good fun too.
I am also planning on going abroad sometime next year, even if it is for a week I am going. I will probably be Spain or something but it is better than nothing at all.

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Sport

i really want to take up a sport. In fact it might be tennis as I have always wanted to do that but not in this weather.
Also I am not very good at ball games where you have to hit a ball as I never watch the ball and just watch the person throwing or hitting it to me.
I don’t know anyone who would want to play with me so it would be rather pointless trying to take a sport up that requires two people.
I do want to ice skate (seperate goal) and I guess that is classed as a sport.
Is bike riding a sport?
Walking?
breathing? ... lol

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Still got up at 9:30

Though I didn’t go to bed till after 4am this morning and was still awake at going up for 5am.
I am tired but the longer I am awake now the less tired I feel. I’m just eating my breakfast and it is making me feel a little more human which is good. I might go and lie down for an hour but at least I managed my no later than 9:30 get up.
It seems when I plan on having a early night I don’t…lol

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Well I did it last night

I went to bed about 1am this morning and when my alarm went off at 9:30 I got up even though I was probably awake till 2am last night but I still got up.
I will be in bed by 1am again tonight so I shouldn’t see this thing being too much of an issue for me.

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want to get up before 9:30 each day

That is my goal for the coming week I think. It is easy, well it should be. Say I go to bed between the times I like to them this getting up earlier should be easy.
I like to go to bed between 11:00pm and 1:30 am so even if I go to bed at 1:30 ….9:30 should be do able it I just set my alarm 8 hours from when I go to bed.

Now and then I don’t mind getting up later but for the most the morning is wasted if I get up at like 10:30. Not that I always get up at that time.
My normal times are 9:30-11:00 depending on when I go to bed but that is all about to change.

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I need to get up earlier

But that also means I need to go to bed earlier too.
I need 8 hours sleep each night and I like to set my alarm for 9 hours after I go up to bed. I do that because I can take ages to fall to sleep and I sometimes read or write things down like in my diary before I lie down which takes up an hour including falling asleep.
Anyway I want to get up at like 8:30 every morning so that would mean bed at 11:30pm and I don’t think I can do that…lol
Well some nights I could but nights when I am in a chat on MSN I might stay up later.
From now on I will try to have earlier nights and then get up at a nice early time in the morning with 8 hours sleep :O)

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Confidence it lacking

My confidence is lacking more than ever and it is down to my past and how I have been treated esp by one of my ex boyfriends who I was with for three years.
I am a lot better than I was but my confidence is really lacking and I want to work on it so I am a more confident person.
I don’t do things I want to because of my lack of confidence and I know if it was higher I would do so many more things that I have wanted to do over the years.
I want to walk down the street with my head held high and look at people as I walk by instead of looking at the ground so I guess that is my first goal in becoming more confident.

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Great!

I went to my first concert back in 2003 to see Bon Jovi.
I was ill that day with a migrain which got worse in the heat of one of the hotest days of the year and I was ill for three days afterwards but it was more than worth it to see Bon Jovi.
I can probably only remember 25% of the concert but what I can remember was totally amazing.
The point that sticks out most in my mind is on Bad Medicine the crowd sang louder than the band and JBJ and in the end the band and Jon gave up singing and we did the singing. We were so loud we couldn’t even here the music so I hope we kept in time with the band. They let that song go on forever because of how much the crowd enjoyed it.
Was fantastic and I have just gotten tickets to see them at Wembley next June and I really can’t wait to see them.

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I am a water baby

I love water and my parents used to have to drag me out the water when I was little.
In fact I am a mermaid but don’t tell anyone because it is a secret ;O)
I have wanted to scuba dive for a while now and the heat in this country puts me off a bit as it will be rather cold in the water :O(
But it is something that I want to do so I guess I should go for it, maybe next summer as there is no way I am going to do it in this weather ;O) plus I think it might be better in a different country but it doesn’t mean that I can’t learn to Scuba Dive in this country.

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Now saving up for

Well I have concert tickets to see Bon Jovi as Wembley Stadium next year and I am so looking forward to it, in fact I can’t wait but as the days go by it gets sooner.
It is on the 11th June 2006 and we got the tickets about a month ago when they went on sale. In fact I wanted tickets for Manchester as well but all the best seats sold out and they didn’t have anything left I wanted.
So we are off to Wembley and they are the first band to play at the new Wembley so we will be one of the first people to see the new Wembley in and out and I am so excited about it.
We are booked into the Wembley Plaza and that is going to cost me about £400 maybe more but we won’t know until new year when their price list comes out for then.
I am also planning on flying down there to save the driving because we are going to be using public transport when we are down there anyway so we might as well fly down there.
I think it is about £69 return with BA and I have never been on a plane before so this is a new experience for me and I can’t wait. The flight is only 50 minutes long too which is great as then we are not traveling for hours which I hate as I am the worst traveller ever and get sick.
We are going down for 3 days so I can’t fit too much in and I have to decide on a couple things I want to do the most whilst I am down there because we won’t have the time to do what I want to do because there is so much I want to see and do because I have never been to London before.
I know I want to go shopping ;O) and maybe go on the London eye but that will all we have time for. Also a nice meal out somewhere on our first night down there as the next night we will be at the concert and the night after we will be back home.
Well my dad will be flying home, I am hoping to get on a different fight to my dad and go and visit a friend for about 5 days before flying home but I have to check with my friend if that is ok. If it isn’t then I will fly back up to Manchester and then maybe get a train to see a different friend instead.
So before I planned on going to see a friend I wanted at least £1000 but more like £1200 but if I go and see a friend I guess that goes up to about £1600 now and maybe more depending on who I am going to be seeing. £1800 max and £1500 minimum.
So wish me luck as I might need it….lol

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Got enough for xmas

well more than enough so I spent xtra on my dad :O) I still have more things to get but I have the money and I have loved spending it too.
I have almost everyones presents now except Pete’s (CF) and another friends though I have a few things I want to get them one more thing.
Then I need to get my niece’s and nephews gifts and I think that is it.
I bought loads of xmas cards yesterday that cost me a small fortune but that is because i bought individual cards for some people as I don’t want to send them one out of a pack. I also bough a couple of packs and some of them are rude ;O) so I better be careful who I send them too.

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How many?

I have been asking friends how many lessons they had and I am shocked at how many they had to have before they passed their test.
I so wanted to do it in less than 20 but I don’t know if I will be able to do it but I hope so. I am hoping to pick it up really quickly and need less than 20 but I don’t know how this is going to go for me.
My brother had 4 lessons and passed his and I know there is no way that I can do it in 4.
I don’t want to go for my test till I am ready for it but I don’t know how much to trust the driving instructor because they might say you need more so you buy more lessons.
I am going to be learning with BSM, I have decided that and there is one in Blackburn so it is all good. I just hope they are good and I hope I get a really good instructor.
Less than 20 lessons would be brilliant, and less than 15 I would be over the moon about so we shall see how things go.

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well

I had to drop the LLB as I couldn’t cope with 200 points at the same time.
I can still become a solicitor another way but I would of liked to have done the LLB.
I am thinking of starting again next September and doing the degree fast track. So I can do it in 2 years. I don’t know how I would cope with that and know it would be hard work but I guess I could take a couple of years break from the OU and do it otherwise do the 3 year full time but I would prefer to do it 2 fast track but will see how I feel in 9 months time when I need to apply. I would love to know what it entailed thats for sure.

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I still want to go....

and I still hope it will be next year but I will have to see how everything goes between now and then and I am sure if I don’t get to go next year it will be the year after that for sure.
I have gotten passport appication forms here and I was going to send them off but I need the money for something else which is a shame as passports go up in three weeks time and they are trying to get the price higher again so I hope I get one before they are too expensive.

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DD100

Well I am about 5/6 weeks into my new OU course and it is going ok.
I passed the first TMA and I am very happy with the mark, in fact I am over the moon about the mark because I rushed through the course work and then the TMA.
I know if I would of spent longer on the TMA I would of gotten a higher mark so I shall remember that for the next time.
I am falling behind on the course work and I must catch up my next TMA is due in like 2 weeks.
As of yet I can’t say if I am enjoying the course as I have hardly done any so we shall see how it goes.

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I have wanted to for ages now

I have had my provisional license for 2 years now and have only ever used it as ID…lol
I really want to learn now. Someone said to me that it is one of the best things you can learn to do because it makes able to do more things – gives you freedom.
I think I have wanted other things more over the last few years and I probably still want other things but I think now is the time for me to learn to drive and because I am a student I get a bit of a discount, it isn’t much but every little bit counts.
I am going to ask my dad for lessons this Christmas and see how many he buys me. I want him to buy me about 8 but I will see how things go between now and then.
I really need to pass my theory first so I think I am going to have my head stuck in the High Way code over the next few weeks.

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I need to do more things

I am really too unfit for my own good and I really need to get something done about it because I really don’t like being this unfit.
I don’t walk to college twice a week now because I had to quit because I took too much on so that was the highest exercise level of the week gone out the window.
I want to learn to ice skate and tap dance but before I can do it I know I have to get fitter otherwise it will tire me out early on into the lesson/s.
I don’t like the weather at the moment, well the rain I guess and try to avoid going out if it is raining.
But I was thinking on the days it doesn’t rain I can go for a walk with my dog and as I get fitter I can go further and walk faster so I get my fitness levels up.
Even if I only manage it once or twice a week it is better than now I guess.

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Took my exam for A207

I didn’t revise for it and I should of done but for some reason I didn’t.
I thought I would sit through the exam bored for the 3 hours not being able to write anything.
I was amazed when I saw the questions and was writing for 3 hours straight which was a goal in itself as I have never managed to sit still still for 3 hours let alone write for 3 hours. About 30 minutes before the end I did stuggle with writing because I had cramp in my hand and also my brain wasn’t working as well as it should of done so it I wrote any rubbish during the exam it was in those last 20-30 minutes.
I managed to fill a full answer book as well and was just about to ask for another one when I ran out of time so I guess I didn’t do too bad as far as the writing went as no one else got another answer book.
One of the answers I picked was a bit of a gamble because I didn’t study the area the question was on and skipped it because I was behind and didn’t need to do it. But I did read through it quickly once or twice so I am hoping something stuck though too much didn’t.
I enjoyed the exam and came out of it buzzing and happy but I don’t know if I will pass because of the no revision thing and because most of the course I rushed through because there was so much to do so I don’t know what I took in.

Before the exam I thought I would fail and wasn’t bothered if I did so I didn’t revise but now I am. If I just pass I will be happy as I am not looking for a high mark. I don’t get the result to December now so we shall see.

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Stake

I have always wanted to learn how to ice skate and I have bever done anything about it.
In fact I have not been skating in years because I hurt my knee and the more years that have gone by have made my fear grow so me just going to a ice arena would be a miracle for me at the moment.
I want to go a few times to get over my fear of going before I have some lessons. My only problems is I don’t know anyone who would want to go with me and I don’t want to go alone when I first go.
In the new year I am hoping to start having lessons and I can’t wait.

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here I am

just incase you were wondering where I was and why I haven't bothered posting in a while.... well it hasn't been that long from what I remember *goes to check last date I posted on* Oh the last proper one was a month ago.

 

Lately I haven't gotten much done via any of my blogs or sites because I have been spending too much time on here, well MSN talking to friends of mine. I think I have gotten a bit of an addiction to it but with some luck I will snap out of it. I don't mean that in a bad way like I don't want to talk to my friends, I mean it in the way I should realise when enough is enough and get to bed.

I have been staying on MSN till 4am most nights and it is really starting to take its toll on me now and not just with my body but everything else in my life so I really do need to start to get things back in order and stop staying on till 4am.

I have been mainly staying on with Shaun....oh I haven't mentioned him before have I?  ;O)  ... ha...

Well I met Shaun on the Young Students conference on a Site Called FirstClass that all Open University Students have access to. He rarely posts in there so I didn't really get to know him via that, it was more from seeing him online and inviting him into a chat with some of the others that post on Young students, we all went over to MSN that night and got to know each other better. During that chat myself and Shaun had our own little private chat going where we started to get to know each other better. It was nice and I liked him from then onwards I guess, I liked the things he said and his thoughts on things. We ended up chatting to about 4am before I managed to drag myself away from him and get to my bed.

 

Since then myself and Shaun have had a lot of nights like that, it seems when we get on together on MSN we can never get off even when both of us have no intentions of staying on late. I think the latest we have stayed on is 4:30 and the earliest we have left is about 2am.

 

Anyway I will post more about Shaun at a later time.

 

 

As I said above these late nights are really getting to me because I am not getting up till lunch and then it makes me tired for the rest of the day because I have been up all night on here.

I don't get much done no-a-days because of it and the routine I was building up has gone out the window. I had a routine for my study (not a time-table) and for other things and responsibilities that I have and it has gone out of the window. I am going to try to get back into it but it is really hard and I don't know how to go about it to be honest. I did try to get back into a study routine but it is hard and is going to take some time to get back into one.

 

I like to be in bed between 11pm and 1:30am so from now on I am going to try to do that, I don't mind the odd late night but I can't keep doing it everynight.