Well here I am yet again, I am so tired right now and am about to go to bed (10pm) as I have had a tiring day today and want to have a great nights sleep before getting up tomorrow and doing at least 6 hours study.
I am so tired right now that I can't remember when I did my last blog but I don't think it was too long ago, probably a week ago as I do tend to write them on a Sunday though of course it is Saturday night now.
The week has been productive in one sense but not productive in another sense. I have been doing my 4 hours a day of revision every day expect Monday when I did only 2 and Tuesday when I did none. I got none done on Tuesday because I wasn't in during the morning and I was so tired when I got back.
I am finding that 4 hours a day is getting me nowhere with my revision and I am not a happy bunny right now, my stress levels are up and I need to chill out other wise I will end up making myself ill.
4 hours isn't getting me anywhere in all honesty and my first exam is a week on Tuesday, oh how I wish I had started this a couple of months back. I was laughing at someone who started weeks ago and who was doing eight hours a day but I guess the laugh is on me because I am wishing I had the time to spend 8 hours a day on it because I really need it that's for sure.
I find too much longer than 4 hours I start to not take things in and I can't concentrate but I have no choice now to put in 6 hours a day and I can see myself putting in 10 hours next Sunday too because I am just so far behind and I have got about 15% done for A217 and only 10% done for A207. I am way too slow at reading and I need to dedicate more time to this and everything else will have to come second for me now. I plan to start at 9am most days and fit my six hours in between 9am and 9pm. It is do able to fit in 6 hours during those 12 hours, I do find that I can't sit and do more than 90 minutes a time but I do try and to have a break every 40-60 minutes other wise my mind does start to wonder.
I try not to relax too much in those breaks, I do try and fit in my house work and everything else I must do and I am also going to try to get out at least once a day with the dog as fresh air will be good for me and I can do with the exercise after sitting down reading all day, I can tell you that my shoulders and my neck ache a few hours into my days from holding the thick heavy books. I am forced to sit on the sofa and read as there is nowhere for me to sit that is comfy and where I can put my book. Here would be perfect if the desk wasn't so high and also if this chair was a little more comfy. I get backache and arm and neck ache from sitting here but I think that is all down to the height of this desk.
We have a table but that is full of paper work and the chair is so uncomfy, I so need to find somewhere to sit soon anyway as I need to be able to revise for 6 hours a day and I don't think I can manage that for too many days because sitting for four hours holding the books leaves me in pain so can you image 6 hours a day?!!
I am fully signed up for T171 after changing my mind so many times lol. I am such a total pain at times as one minute I wanted to do it and then I didn't and then I did but I changed my mind again and I have stuck to it for three or so weeks now and I am doing it and am all signed up and have the icon and conference on my desktop now and am a happy bunny. I wasn't as happy when I found out my first TMA (assignment) is due on November 2nd as I did have plans on taking two full weeks off study when I finish my exam but there is no chance of that now because I have my last exam on Wednesday 18th October and then I have a week to get about 3-4 weeks of course work done before my friends come up from my birthday, when they go I have a couple of days to do the TMA. I have seem the TMA questions for it and they are simple enough so they won't take my long to do and I shall submit them on my birthday. I don't plan on doing any study on my birthday, I may just spend the whole day in bed (with?? ... hmm well I know who lol but anyway ;op )....lol.
Then my next course starts on November the 1st which is my business studies course that I don't know too much about but am looking forward to it. This work load of two courses should be easy enough as they are only 30 point courses (I normally do 60 point courses) so I should have heaps more time than I do now which I am very pleased about. Maybe an hour a day and then that's it and won't have to pull any three day sessions because I won't fall behind if I do an hour 5-6 days a week...See I have it all planned hehe. I do actually plan on getting a couple of months ahead on them so then I only will need to do some work on them every now and then :op
I am not getting anywhere with those other books I have on the go and I can't be blamed because there is no way I am wanting to read anything after 4 hours of reading a day. I can see me not picking those books up until maybe November when I have my exams etc out of the way. But when I do I am going to be on a mad catch up session because I did set myself a bit of a target of 50 books in 2006 but that was before I spent half of the year ill. So I am maybe up to 22 books so I think maybe I should change it to 35 books in 2006 which is like more weeks than I have been well and I think I will do really well to read another 13 books before the end of the year...It will also be more books I have read in the past 10 years combined because I was never much of a book reader to be honest but this year I got into it and and do enjoy reading books. I won't be setting myself such a big target next year and might say 24 books (as I am 24 - almost) I think that is a better target as I won't have as much time for reading as I plan to have more fun and get out more in the next year as life is just way to short to spend it studying most of the time and in the house as much as I spend in the house.
today I went shopping...Nothing different there. I got to have my drive which I love and my dad said to me tonight"I don't know why you want to drive because all I do it moan at you" and that is true. He is always moaning at me about my driving when I am not doing anything wrong but it just doesn't put me off driving because I like it sooo much. There was one time when I didn't want to drive again because he went too much on at me but the week later I was fine and drove. I just can't get enough of it and I would love to own my own car but I don't think I will be getting one for my birthday, my dad said if he could afford a new car he wouldn't buy it for me he would buy it for himself. I just want a new car more than anything and I will get one some how one day I guess but for now I will have to put up with my dads car.
My reversing is getting great I must point out, I am mega pleased with it. I love my parking skills too but my reversing is the best, I have done it so many times today that I must be crazy but why drive into a space when you can reverse hehe :op
I was looking at laptops today as I am thinking of getting one. I am on here when my dad wants to come on here and he is on here when I want to be on here. I haven't been on here much for the last few weeks and for the next few weeks I don't plan on being on here too much because I don't have the time and I think that even when I do have time I am going to cut down and do other things instead. Anyway my dad and I get into disagreements about the computer as he bought it for me but he keeps saying it is his and moans about never getting on here so I can do without the hassle etc so I think I may get a laptop. I did look at desktops but I have nowhere to put one other than on here which defeats the purpose of this exercise. I wish I had a little space in my room for a little desk but I don't but anyway a laptop is perfect and I think I have picked the one I am after but am going to wait until after my exams and then I shall treat myself I think.
I was looking at Ipod Nano's today and that is what I am getting for my birthday now and I can't decide between the pink and blue one now lol. I like both as much and I must say I am tempted by the pink as I do like pink things now and then like my phone. I wouldn't want everything pink but the little things like a Ipod Nano would look good plus my male friends wouldn't want to borrow it hehe.
We bought a brand new keyboard when we were out today because the original one for this computer was badly worn out. The letters had all worn off the keys and the A had a hole in it. My dad wonders how long it will take for the letters to wear off on this one but we will have to see. It is a cordless one to and I like it and the keys feel good so it didn't take any getting use to.
Right it's 22:40 now, I can't believe this has taken me 40 minutes to type. So I think I shall go and have a nice drink and get to bed and hopefully I shall be asleep for midnight. I will admit that I am not looking forward to my 6 hours a day of study but it is a must and then if I don't get as much done as needed I will go up to 7 hours and then 8 but I won't do more than 8 other than next Sunday when I am planning on doing 10 hours if I can.
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
An Innocent Man
Another day....another blog.
The last week has gone in a bit of a blur really, I posted last Wednesday and since then the week has just gone whizzing by.
I managed to get started on studying for the A217 exam and didn't get much done though which I am very disappointed by to be honest as I didn't realize how much there was to do and I have left it a little late to get as much done as needed so we shall see how things go I guess. I might end up doing more than 5 hours a day though 5 hours is pretty tiring, it's amazing how tired reading and revising can make you.
Yesterday I must of spent about 5 hours reading and revising and I found it boring and hard at times and by 8pm I was absolutely shattered from studying so after watching casualty I went to bed and read one chapter of "the greatest show off earth" but that was it, I went to read another 2 but I was way too tired so I led down and listened to some music for half an hour before falling asleep.
Yesterday as well as doing all that revising I managed to earn some money to go towards my birthday weekend, I have a quarter of what I want to have and a month to make the rest so fingers crossed I will. I have a minimum that I want to have and will be happy with that and anything above that will be a nice bonus :o)
Didn't do much other than a little house work which I must finish today as it isn't looking too tidy at the moment so needs doing at some point today.
Saturday I was driving all over the place and it was amazing :o) I lost two L plates along the way too. Not at the same time but everytime I replaced the missing one with a new one it flew off. I was doing 60mph at the time but that was the speed limit so it wasn't like I was speeding or anything plus I have done that speed before and they have never come off. I now must get some more magnetic ones as the ones we got are the tie on ones and we have nothing to tie them onto so we are putting them on the window wipers and it is a good job that the weather was really nice because if it has been raining then there would of been no chance of me driving. I am hoping to get some by weekend just in case it is raining because I love driving and I want to do it as often as I can so I don't want something like that stopping me.
So today and for the next three weeks I shall be bored revision girl, when I finish this now I shall remove myself from the computer and do some revision. Of course I would rather not do any but then I would fail the exam and that would be such a silly thing to do.
The last week has gone in a bit of a blur really, I posted last Wednesday and since then the week has just gone whizzing by.
I managed to get started on studying for the A217 exam and didn't get much done though which I am very disappointed by to be honest as I didn't realize how much there was to do and I have left it a little late to get as much done as needed so we shall see how things go I guess. I might end up doing more than 5 hours a day though 5 hours is pretty tiring, it's amazing how tired reading and revising can make you.
Yesterday I must of spent about 5 hours reading and revising and I found it boring and hard at times and by 8pm I was absolutely shattered from studying so after watching casualty I went to bed and read one chapter of "the greatest show off earth" but that was it, I went to read another 2 but I was way too tired so I led down and listened to some music for half an hour before falling asleep.
Yesterday as well as doing all that revising I managed to earn some money to go towards my birthday weekend, I have a quarter of what I want to have and a month to make the rest so fingers crossed I will. I have a minimum that I want to have and will be happy with that and anything above that will be a nice bonus :o)
Didn't do much other than a little house work which I must finish today as it isn't looking too tidy at the moment so needs doing at some point today.
Saturday I was driving all over the place and it was amazing :o) I lost two L plates along the way too. Not at the same time but everytime I replaced the missing one with a new one it flew off. I was doing 60mph at the time but that was the speed limit so it wasn't like I was speeding or anything plus I have done that speed before and they have never come off. I now must get some more magnetic ones as the ones we got are the tie on ones and we have nothing to tie them onto so we are putting them on the window wipers and it is a good job that the weather was really nice because if it has been raining then there would of been no chance of me driving. I am hoping to get some by weekend just in case it is raining because I love driving and I want to do it as often as I can so I don't want something like that stopping me.
So today and for the next three weeks I shall be bored revision girl, when I finish this now I shall remove myself from the computer and do some revision. Of course I would rather not do any but then I would fail the exam and that would be such a silly thing to do.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Honesty
So here I am yet again getting better and better as the days go on, not taken any painkillers since Sunday morning so I am healing myself with my body's painkillers. I feel heaps better now and I think the antibiotics helped my cold more than my tonsils as they went down pretty fast so I think what the Drs say about antibiotics not working for colds is a load of rubbish so they don't have loads of people queuing up to get them when they have a cold.
I went to the Drs on Monday morning and I was nervous but not too bad but it was stressful for me. They took 6 lots of blood and the vials they took the blood in where twice the size of the ones I had done in April so it took a lot longer for them to be filled and I was fine. I wanted to sit up for once but the Nurse was worried from the look on my face when I saw how much blood she was going to take. So I was told to lie down and I am glad I did just in case I fainted but for once I would like to sit there and have blood taken rather than lie down for it.
Once that was done I was told to come home and rest, have a early night and make sure I have something to eat and drink for my lunch. So I came home and did a few things and by the time I knew it was 3pm and I hadn't eaten so I made a little pasta, I was feeling strange but eating the pasta made me feel worse for some strange reason.
I was mega tired by 5pm and then half asleep for most of the night which isn't good. I was sat on here talking away to my friends and I wasn't with it and was typing a load of rubbish but it was just so nice to sit and chill and relax with them. - the arm that I had blood taken from felt strange all day too.
The next day (Tuesday) I was very tired as I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted or needed but I was OK. I was still weak from Monday so I didn't get much at all done and just sat emailing Caroline and Rich at work and replied to some messages off other people.
Last night another early night was planned but did I get one? Nope!! I was chatting again and I went to bed after mindnight and I couldn't sleep as my mind was filled with all sorts of things and I was also very hungry as I threw 80% of my tea in the bin because I didn't like it.
My alarm was set early this morning and I so didn't want to get up when it went off but I was a good girl and got up. I was sat here chatting to Miss B this morning whilst I worked out a mini study plan for one of my exams in three weeks (yesterday) time. That is sorted and now I need to sort my other one out. I plan on starting my revision tomorrow, had a few things to do today and am tired and wanted to start in the morning so tomorrow is the best day for me to get started on it and I can't wait. I do plan on doing 2 1/2 hours tomorrow and that is per day except Saturdays and I might do less Sundays but I doubt it as I really need to take my revision seriously!!
I plan on doing maybe 2 hours a day on my other and maybe swap the time amounts around as I am sure I will need more time for A207 when I start my revision for that. I hope to do 2 1/2 hours in the morning and 2-2 1/2 in the afternoon and I shall keep myself motivated.
I was excited to find a new icon on my Server 1 desktop of FirstClass today (OU community). It's for my business studies course that starts 1st November, it has actually made me very excited about the course now and I can't wait to get my first course delivery with the materials for that course. Seeing that icon appear has made it all more real now and I can't wait to find out some more about this course as there isn't much details about it as it is a brand new course.
I must have a thing for brand new courses as my current course, A217, is brand new this year and the course I did last year was only in its 2nd year. B120 should be good, well I hope it is.
I managed to read some of my three books today, that I have on the go. I read some of Robert Rankins "the greatest show off earth" which is better than I thought. I plan on reading at least one chapter of each of the other books before bed and I also plan on having a early night tonight too!!
I've been listening to Neil Diamonds Hot August Night II CD since last night and can't get enough of it hehe.
I went to the Drs on Monday morning and I was nervous but not too bad but it was stressful for me. They took 6 lots of blood and the vials they took the blood in where twice the size of the ones I had done in April so it took a lot longer for them to be filled and I was fine. I wanted to sit up for once but the Nurse was worried from the look on my face when I saw how much blood she was going to take. So I was told to lie down and I am glad I did just in case I fainted but for once I would like to sit there and have blood taken rather than lie down for it.
Once that was done I was told to come home and rest, have a early night and make sure I have something to eat and drink for my lunch. So I came home and did a few things and by the time I knew it was 3pm and I hadn't eaten so I made a little pasta, I was feeling strange but eating the pasta made me feel worse for some strange reason.
I was mega tired by 5pm and then half asleep for most of the night which isn't good. I was sat on here talking away to my friends and I wasn't with it and was typing a load of rubbish but it was just so nice to sit and chill and relax with them. - the arm that I had blood taken from felt strange all day too.
The next day (Tuesday) I was very tired as I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted or needed but I was OK. I was still weak from Monday so I didn't get much at all done and just sat emailing Caroline and Rich at work and replied to some messages off other people.
Last night another early night was planned but did I get one? Nope!! I was chatting again and I went to bed after mindnight and I couldn't sleep as my mind was filled with all sorts of things and I was also very hungry as I threw 80% of my tea in the bin because I didn't like it.
My alarm was set early this morning and I so didn't want to get up when it went off but I was a good girl and got up. I was sat here chatting to Miss B this morning whilst I worked out a mini study plan for one of my exams in three weeks (yesterday) time. That is sorted and now I need to sort my other one out. I plan on starting my revision tomorrow, had a few things to do today and am tired and wanted to start in the morning so tomorrow is the best day for me to get started on it and I can't wait. I do plan on doing 2 1/2 hours tomorrow and that is per day except Saturdays and I might do less Sundays but I doubt it as I really need to take my revision seriously!!
I plan on doing maybe 2 hours a day on my other and maybe swap the time amounts around as I am sure I will need more time for A207 when I start my revision for that. I hope to do 2 1/2 hours in the morning and 2-2 1/2 in the afternoon and I shall keep myself motivated.
I was excited to find a new icon on my Server 1 desktop of FirstClass today (OU community). It's for my business studies course that starts 1st November, it has actually made me very excited about the course now and I can't wait to get my first course delivery with the materials for that course. Seeing that icon appear has made it all more real now and I can't wait to find out some more about this course as there isn't much details about it as it is a brand new course.
I must have a thing for brand new courses as my current course, A217, is brand new this year and the course I did last year was only in its 2nd year. B120 should be good, well I hope it is.
I managed to read some of my three books today, that I have on the go. I read some of Robert Rankins "the greatest show off earth" which is better than I thought. I plan on reading at least one chapter of each of the other books before bed and I also plan on having a early night tonight too!!
I've been listening to Neil Diamonds Hot August Night II CD since last night and can't get enough of it hehe.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
The Great Wall of China
Here I am ill yet again but it isn't what I normally get - oh no I had to go one better and get really ill. Monday lunch time I started to feel ill and my throat started to get sore and as the afternoon wore on I started to feel a lot worse so by 6pm I was wanting to go to bed.
About 7pm I climb into bed and wake at 9:30am the next morning feeling terrible. In fact I came down stairs and sat down and thought 'I can't cope with this' and knew I had to see a Doctor that day so I went and phoned my dad and asked him to get me into the docs today, I said I couldn't wait till tomorrow and needed to go today. Ten minutes later he rings me back and tells me I have gotten in that day at 4:20pm and I was so happy though at the same time I was wishing that I had gotten in by lunch time but I couldn't complain as I managed to get in which rarely happens as it's one of those surgery's were you have to ring on the day to get an appointment.
I then said I need someone to take me as I have no energy at all and I can't make the walk down there let alone back so he rung my mum and luckily she couldn't come across and take me. - the actual last time I saw my mum was the last time I went to the docs in June -. So that was sorted and all I had to do was wait for my mum to come at 3:30 and that sounds easy but I felt dreadful and just wanted something to make me feel well again. I didn't go back to bed as I was worried about sleeping through my alarm which I have done when I have been ill in the past so I was forced to stay up and wait. The longer the day went on the worse I felt and I just couldn't wait to go to the docs and spent most of the day close to tears (which isn't like me) because I felt so rough.
My mum turned up at 3:30 and I even managed to get a hug off her which I needed so badly as I was just so close to tears all day lol I am such a wimp!!
Get to the surgery at 4:15 and sit waiting and more and more people get called into see my doc and I think I'm going to be next and it never happens and then it's 4:45pm and I still haven't been seen and someone else goes in before me so I didn't get seen till 5pm which I wasn't happy about as I'm sat there feeling rough with a high temperature and it was boliling in there and was a hot day outside.
I eventually get in and I tell him what is wrong with me and he checks my temperature which was too high, then he looked in my mouth and did my bloody pressure and then listened to my chest and felt my glands etc and it turns out I have a cold and tonsillitis. So not only do I get one but Ii get two things which I am not one bit pleased about as one of them alone feels bad enough but two isn't very nice to have at the same time.
Whist I am in there I tell him I've been ill non stop (except a day here and there) for almost 10 weeks now and tell him what I get when I am ill and he asks me some questions and tell him I had a series of blood tests a few months back so he gets them up on the computer and looks over them and it turns out I had them in April (the end of) and I didn't realise it was that long ago. He said he is going to have me tested for some of the things I was tested for before again and also test me for some other things. He then gives me a note to hand in saying that I need to make an appointment with the nurse and also was a list of what I am to be tested for and he also gave me a prescription for some antibiotics for my throat which I was so grateful for.
I then went and booked in with the nurse for the next day at 1:30pm thinking I won't feel any worse the next day and go off and get my drugs from the chemist. My mum then dropped me off at home and I spent the next 2 hours trying to get hold of my dad because I was hungry and needed to eat before I went to bed.
I went to bed and woke up 6 hours later feeling dreadful so got up and took painkillers and a antibiotic (meant to take one every 6 hours) and then I went back to bed and slept for another 6 hours and got up and took my pills again. I felt so rough when I got up and knew there was no way I could get dressed and go to the docs again because I felt a lot worse than the day before (my cold got a lot heavier) so I got my appointment changed to Monday at 11:30am which I should feel a lot better by.
For the next few days I took my painkillers and antibiotics every 6 hours and even woke up around the 6 hour mark to take them except last night when I managed to sleep all the way through till 9am this morning and not having any for 12 hours which is kind of bad because I am meant to take my antibiotics every 6 hours and yesterday morning I had it late too and I don't feel much better than I did a few days ago and am sat here really hot and tired but I decided to get up and about 8-9 hours so I am really tired about 8-9pm tonight and can have an early night as I have some things to sort out tomorrow morning before I can go and get my blood tested so I need to get as much sleep as I can because at the moment with me being ill I need as much sleep as I can get.
So last week with being ill I didn't get much done if anything as I lay around and when I was up I had DVDs on TV though I can't remember what I watched other than Rush Hour which I watched Friday evening.
I was meant to do a TMA (my final one for A217) on Tuesday, Wednesday and then finish it on Thursday but I was too ill to do anything so I emailed my tutor and I asked for an extension and I finally got a reply on Thursday evening (12 hours before it was due) saying I can't have a extension on my final TMA. I was not one bit pleased as I missed doing the TMA before because I was ill but this time I was a lot more ill than that and I couldn't sit down and do a TMA so I was close to tears because I had been doing really well on that course and been getting the highest marks ever on a arts course and was aiming for a pass 2 (which is a B) and was looking forward to that though it all depended what I got in my exam. Anyway I checked and I can have a zero and still have enough points to pass as long as I pass the exam but I have gone from a possible pass 2 to being only able to get a pass 4 which I am not pleased as I wanted and needed a pass 2 on this course to help me get a 2.2 degree. So me isn't a happy bunnie at the moment.
The exam for A217 is three weeks on Tuesday and of course I haven't done any revision yet and I am worried about the exam and I know I won't do much revision as I can't concentrate reading the same thing over and over again. Today I am going to try and put a revision plan together for it and get stuck in tomorrow afternoon if I feel up to it but if not it will be Tuesday.
I also need to do a revision plan for A207 but I never even got a specimen exam paper for that so I need to contact the OU because I really need one for that as it will give me some sort of idea of what to expect and then I will know which ares to study but I am guessing it was like the last one so I need to maybe go over four blocks which is a lot but a lot less than the possible 8 or 9 so that is OK I guess. I just need to get myself really motivated and do at least 4 hours of reading a day 5 days a week. I can and may do more than 5 days a week but we will have to see about that. I do want to pass the exams and get them out the way so I am going to work a little harder than what I worked last year which was nill :os
I went shopping yesterday and I felt so ill yet what did I do? That's right I drove because I love driving and I felt strange when I was driving so it probably wasn't the best idea that I was driving but I did OK I guess though it wore me out and I am still mega tired from that now. It was an experience I can tell you that. - Oh talking about driving I got a Sun yesterday because there is a FREE driving lesson for everyone in it so I am going to collect the tokens because I might as well have a free driving lesson hehe. I am meant to having driving lessons now but with being ill a lot my dad doesn't want to book them and then me be ill and not be able to have them. I had 20 which really can barely be counted as ten and I know ten more will be enough so I will have learned pretty quick with no many lessons and driving my dads car isn't a help either so if anyone thinks that don't because I have forgot so much stuff and picked up so many bad habits that need ironing out a.s.a.p. though I have stuck to my push-pull stearing which I hate.
Anyway I need to go as I am too hot and need a drink!!!
About 7pm I climb into bed and wake at 9:30am the next morning feeling terrible. In fact I came down stairs and sat down and thought 'I can't cope with this' and knew I had to see a Doctor that day so I went and phoned my dad and asked him to get me into the docs today, I said I couldn't wait till tomorrow and needed to go today. Ten minutes later he rings me back and tells me I have gotten in that day at 4:20pm and I was so happy though at the same time I was wishing that I had gotten in by lunch time but I couldn't complain as I managed to get in which rarely happens as it's one of those surgery's were you have to ring on the day to get an appointment.
I then said I need someone to take me as I have no energy at all and I can't make the walk down there let alone back so he rung my mum and luckily she couldn't come across and take me. - the actual last time I saw my mum was the last time I went to the docs in June -. So that was sorted and all I had to do was wait for my mum to come at 3:30 and that sounds easy but I felt dreadful and just wanted something to make me feel well again. I didn't go back to bed as I was worried about sleeping through my alarm which I have done when I have been ill in the past so I was forced to stay up and wait. The longer the day went on the worse I felt and I just couldn't wait to go to the docs and spent most of the day close to tears (which isn't like me) because I felt so rough.
My mum turned up at 3:30 and I even managed to get a hug off her which I needed so badly as I was just so close to tears all day lol I am such a wimp!!
Get to the surgery at 4:15 and sit waiting and more and more people get called into see my doc and I think I'm going to be next and it never happens and then it's 4:45pm and I still haven't been seen and someone else goes in before me so I didn't get seen till 5pm which I wasn't happy about as I'm sat there feeling rough with a high temperature and it was boliling in there and was a hot day outside.
I eventually get in and I tell him what is wrong with me and he checks my temperature which was too high, then he looked in my mouth and did my bloody pressure and then listened to my chest and felt my glands etc and it turns out I have a cold and tonsillitis. So not only do I get one but Ii get two things which I am not one bit pleased about as one of them alone feels bad enough but two isn't very nice to have at the same time.
Whist I am in there I tell him I've been ill non stop (except a day here and there) for almost 10 weeks now and tell him what I get when I am ill and he asks me some questions and tell him I had a series of blood tests a few months back so he gets them up on the computer and looks over them and it turns out I had them in April (the end of) and I didn't realise it was that long ago. He said he is going to have me tested for some of the things I was tested for before again and also test me for some other things. He then gives me a note to hand in saying that I need to make an appointment with the nurse and also was a list of what I am to be tested for and he also gave me a prescription for some antibiotics for my throat which I was so grateful for.
I then went and booked in with the nurse for the next day at 1:30pm thinking I won't feel any worse the next day and go off and get my drugs from the chemist. My mum then dropped me off at home and I spent the next 2 hours trying to get hold of my dad because I was hungry and needed to eat before I went to bed.
I went to bed and woke up 6 hours later feeling dreadful so got up and took painkillers and a antibiotic (meant to take one every 6 hours) and then I went back to bed and slept for another 6 hours and got up and took my pills again. I felt so rough when I got up and knew there was no way I could get dressed and go to the docs again because I felt a lot worse than the day before (my cold got a lot heavier) so I got my appointment changed to Monday at 11:30am which I should feel a lot better by.
For the next few days I took my painkillers and antibiotics every 6 hours and even woke up around the 6 hour mark to take them except last night when I managed to sleep all the way through till 9am this morning and not having any for 12 hours which is kind of bad because I am meant to take my antibiotics every 6 hours and yesterday morning I had it late too and I don't feel much better than I did a few days ago and am sat here really hot and tired but I decided to get up and about 8-9 hours so I am really tired about 8-9pm tonight and can have an early night as I have some things to sort out tomorrow morning before I can go and get my blood tested so I need to get as much sleep as I can because at the moment with me being ill I need as much sleep as I can get.
So last week with being ill I didn't get much done if anything as I lay around and when I was up I had DVDs on TV though I can't remember what I watched other than Rush Hour which I watched Friday evening.
I was meant to do a TMA (my final one for A217) on Tuesday, Wednesday and then finish it on Thursday but I was too ill to do anything so I emailed my tutor and I asked for an extension and I finally got a reply on Thursday evening (12 hours before it was due) saying I can't have a extension on my final TMA. I was not one bit pleased as I missed doing the TMA before because I was ill but this time I was a lot more ill than that and I couldn't sit down and do a TMA so I was close to tears because I had been doing really well on that course and been getting the highest marks ever on a arts course and was aiming for a pass 2 (which is a B) and was looking forward to that though it all depended what I got in my exam. Anyway I checked and I can have a zero and still have enough points to pass as long as I pass the exam but I have gone from a possible pass 2 to being only able to get a pass 4 which I am not pleased as I wanted and needed a pass 2 on this course to help me get a 2.2 degree. So me isn't a happy bunnie at the moment.
The exam for A217 is three weeks on Tuesday and of course I haven't done any revision yet and I am worried about the exam and I know I won't do much revision as I can't concentrate reading the same thing over and over again. Today I am going to try and put a revision plan together for it and get stuck in tomorrow afternoon if I feel up to it but if not it will be Tuesday.
I also need to do a revision plan for A207 but I never even got a specimen exam paper for that so I need to contact the OU because I really need one for that as it will give me some sort of idea of what to expect and then I will know which ares to study but I am guessing it was like the last one so I need to maybe go over four blocks which is a lot but a lot less than the possible 8 or 9 so that is OK I guess. I just need to get myself really motivated and do at least 4 hours of reading a day 5 days a week. I can and may do more than 5 days a week but we will have to see about that. I do want to pass the exams and get them out the way so I am going to work a little harder than what I worked last year which was nill :os
I went shopping yesterday and I felt so ill yet what did I do? That's right I drove because I love driving and I felt strange when I was driving so it probably wasn't the best idea that I was driving but I did OK I guess though it wore me out and I am still mega tired from that now. It was an experience I can tell you that. - Oh talking about driving I got a Sun yesterday because there is a FREE driving lesson for everyone in it so I am going to collect the tokens because I might as well have a free driving lesson hehe. I am meant to having driving lessons now but with being ill a lot my dad doesn't want to book them and then me be ill and not be able to have them. I had 20 which really can barely be counted as ten and I know ten more will be enough so I will have learned pretty quick with no many lessons and driving my dads car isn't a help either so if anyone thinks that don't because I have forgot so much stuff and picked up so many bad habits that need ironing out a.s.a.p. though I have stuck to my push-pull stearing which I hate.
Anyway I need to go as I am too hot and need a drink!!!
Saturday, September 09, 2006
The River of Dreams
What a week or a week of what? haha I know I am crazy and I make no sense but when did anyone ever make any real sense?
What a week!! I think it was a week as I spent most of it ill and stressed out for various reason, I need a break badly of a change of scene at least just to get away from things but right now I don't have the time to do it and I need it now more than ever. I have had it easy study wise for a month or so and I have slacked off a lot and I don't have the time to slack off like this but the thing is my head is fried from 20 months of non stop course work. I didn't stop for any time last year as I signed on for more courses so I didn't get a break and my head isn't working and I just need to sit back and do nothing but now is the worst possible time to take time off :o(
Anyway so I am sat here now and I should be studying because I have a TMA due next week and I have a fair bit od reading before I can even look at my TMA and I just can't motivate myself and I need a good kick up the a**e or something to get me going because I need to do this assignment, it can't be late and it has to be done.
Then a week on Tuesday is my exam for A217 and then a week after that my exam for A207. I don't want to do the exam for A207 and I have said that so many times now but it is very much true because I hated the course and I didn't get it and there is so much to re-learn and I don't have the time so I must cut some stuff out but it's just getting myself motivated to read it because 5 weeks on Wednesday I need to be ready to go and sit that exam and I must pass it because this is my last chance to pass it and I don't want to have wasted my year of hard work so I must get myself motivated and get the bloody thing started. Well I did start my revision a few weeks back but I gave up after a week but I think I was ill but I am alsmot full health yet again so this it the time I need to be doing it. I might not do anything this weekend just because the pure reason I need to work on my course work for my TMA but next week I can get on to it and I shall do.
The A217 I don't know what to think about it, I need to get this TMA out the way and then that leaves me less than 3 weeks to revise and I will be honest and say I will give that more effort than the other course. I want to pass this so badly as I enjoyed the course and I don't want any resits next year so this needs my all and it can have it!!
I sooo want a car. Like so much I want a car because I love driving but I hate driving my dads car and I know when I pass I can use his car if I want but I want my own little car to drive around in and I would like a new one but that isn't going to happen. I think the best gift I can get is a car but me thinks that isn't very likely and that makes me sad, nah it doesn't but I want a car so much so I can go for drives and see my friends more often and just drive around I guess because I love driving. The only good thing about sharing my dads car would be the fact he pays for his MOT and TAX and I wouldn't need to pay that but if I had my own car I would have to pay that as well as the insurance and anything else that needs paying for. But also I know there will be times when I want his car and he will want it and I won't get it and then I won't be happy but not in a annoyed way but in a way where I want the car and can't have it but at the end of the day it is his car and it's up to him when I can and can't drive his car so I should really have my own - I guess I need to win the lottery or get a job or something as it isn't going to pay for itself lol.
I don't know if I said but my Orange phone contract is up and I am not staying with them. There is no chance as they are a rip off and I can't get the phone that I am after so me thinks that I am going to go over to O2. I am after the Nokia music phone as it looks cool and I want a music phone because I love music and want to listen to it all the time and I don't have a MP3 player though of course I would love one so the next best thing is a music phone and this one looks so cool so it is the one I want, it's the one with the shrivel bottom bit.
Not long to my birthday, well maybe 8 weeks but I am excited and am about to book the meal for the Saturday 28th. I just need to get some confirmations for it so I can book the table because it needs booking in the next week to make sure we can all fit in on that night.
I can't wait for it now, not the birthday but having Rich and Caroline in Blackburn for the weekend, I really can't wait to spend sometime with them and also for my birthday meal which should be amazing at the best place I have been too with the best starter in the world :op hehe. Yummy!!
Right so today I shall do some housework because it is a utter tip in here, I don't know how it gets to messed up in a short space of time but the second my dad goes out the vac is coming out and getting to work. Needs a good do over in here and we need some fresh air in this house too me thinks.
Then my bedroom, I have a ton of stuff next to my bed....it isn't in the way but I want to know what the hell is down there and move my spare duvet out of the way because Lucky keeps using is as a pillow when he idn't led on his bed. I hope I find some money hidded under it as I could do with some to put in my bank as I forgot somethings were coming out and it overdrew me which isn't a good things and I am not pleased about that.
Then I will have a little study and read some of the book I have been trying to finish for the past 9 months lol....I know that is a long time to have a book on the go but I pick it up and then put it down and I get into it but then I don't and it is a strange book but there is 90 pages left so if I read 45 this week and 45 next week I will finally have it out of the way. :op
What else? Not much I guess as then it will be tea time but Sunday is tomorrow (well it would be seen as today is Saturday lol) so I shall do a lot of study tomorrow and hopefully get to the point where I can look at my TMA question :o)
Off I go to where? Nobody knows ;O)
What a week!! I think it was a week as I spent most of it ill and stressed out for various reason, I need a break badly of a change of scene at least just to get away from things but right now I don't have the time to do it and I need it now more than ever. I have had it easy study wise for a month or so and I have slacked off a lot and I don't have the time to slack off like this but the thing is my head is fried from 20 months of non stop course work. I didn't stop for any time last year as I signed on for more courses so I didn't get a break and my head isn't working and I just need to sit back and do nothing but now is the worst possible time to take time off :o(
Anyway so I am sat here now and I should be studying because I have a TMA due next week and I have a fair bit od reading before I can even look at my TMA and I just can't motivate myself and I need a good kick up the a**e or something to get me going because I need to do this assignment, it can't be late and it has to be done.
Then a week on Tuesday is my exam for A217 and then a week after that my exam for A207. I don't want to do the exam for A207 and I have said that so many times now but it is very much true because I hated the course and I didn't get it and there is so much to re-learn and I don't have the time so I must cut some stuff out but it's just getting myself motivated to read it because 5 weeks on Wednesday I need to be ready to go and sit that exam and I must pass it because this is my last chance to pass it and I don't want to have wasted my year of hard work so I must get myself motivated and get the bloody thing started. Well I did start my revision a few weeks back but I gave up after a week but I think I was ill but I am alsmot full health yet again so this it the time I need to be doing it. I might not do anything this weekend just because the pure reason I need to work on my course work for my TMA but next week I can get on to it and I shall do.
The A217 I don't know what to think about it, I need to get this TMA out the way and then that leaves me less than 3 weeks to revise and I will be honest and say I will give that more effort than the other course. I want to pass this so badly as I enjoyed the course and I don't want any resits next year so this needs my all and it can have it!!
I sooo want a car. Like so much I want a car because I love driving but I hate driving my dads car and I know when I pass I can use his car if I want but I want my own little car to drive around in and I would like a new one but that isn't going to happen. I think the best gift I can get is a car but me thinks that isn't very likely and that makes me sad, nah it doesn't but I want a car so much so I can go for drives and see my friends more often and just drive around I guess because I love driving. The only good thing about sharing my dads car would be the fact he pays for his MOT and TAX and I wouldn't need to pay that but if I had my own car I would have to pay that as well as the insurance and anything else that needs paying for. But also I know there will be times when I want his car and he will want it and I won't get it and then I won't be happy but not in a annoyed way but in a way where I want the car and can't have it but at the end of the day it is his car and it's up to him when I can and can't drive his car so I should really have my own - I guess I need to win the lottery or get a job or something as it isn't going to pay for itself lol.
I don't know if I said but my Orange phone contract is up and I am not staying with them. There is no chance as they are a rip off and I can't get the phone that I am after so me thinks that I am going to go over to O2. I am after the Nokia music phone as it looks cool and I want a music phone because I love music and want to listen to it all the time and I don't have a MP3 player though of course I would love one so the next best thing is a music phone and this one looks so cool so it is the one I want, it's the one with the shrivel bottom bit.
Not long to my birthday, well maybe 8 weeks but I am excited and am about to book the meal for the Saturday 28th. I just need to get some confirmations for it so I can book the table because it needs booking in the next week to make sure we can all fit in on that night.
I can't wait for it now, not the birthday but having Rich and Caroline in Blackburn for the weekend, I really can't wait to spend sometime with them and also for my birthday meal which should be amazing at the best place I have been too with the best starter in the world :op hehe. Yummy!!
Right so today I shall do some housework because it is a utter tip in here, I don't know how it gets to messed up in a short space of time but the second my dad goes out the vac is coming out and getting to work. Needs a good do over in here and we need some fresh air in this house too me thinks.
Then my bedroom, I have a ton of stuff next to my bed....it isn't in the way but I want to know what the hell is down there and move my spare duvet out of the way because Lucky keeps using is as a pillow when he idn't led on his bed. I hope I find some money hidded under it as I could do with some to put in my bank as I forgot somethings were coming out and it overdrew me which isn't a good things and I am not pleased about that.
Then I will have a little study and read some of the book I have been trying to finish for the past 9 months lol....I know that is a long time to have a book on the go but I pick it up and then put it down and I get into it but then I don't and it is a strange book but there is 90 pages left so if I read 45 this week and 45 next week I will finally have it out of the way. :op
What else? Not much I guess as then it will be tea time but Sunday is tomorrow (well it would be seen as today is Saturday lol) so I shall do a lot of study tomorrow and hopefully get to the point where I can look at my TMA question :o)
Off I go to where? Nobody knows ;O)
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
R.I.P. STEVE IRWIN
I was shocked and saddened to hear about Steve Irwin's death yesterday. I was quite ataken back when I read it and my heart raced and my stomach hurt and I felt sick at reading that he died. It was the biggest shock ever and I am upset about it and I am not too proud to admit that, I sure as hell could of done with a hug when I read that.
Steve was a unique character and I loved watching the TV shows he did as I found them very interesting and informative too. Also when he went on TV chat shows he was always great to watch and I thought he was a little crazy but he knew what he was doing and was a fountain of knowledge when it came to animals. I feel like we were truly blessed to have known such a character as Steve Irwin.
Of course my thoughts go out to his wife and his 2 young children. His 9 year old got to know him for 9 years but he has a young boy called Bob and he is only about 3 so he is going to grow up not knowing about Steve in the way all children should know their fathers and it is a shame but I guess the only thing is there is hundreds of hours of footage of Steve and peoples fond thoughs about him that will help Bob (and Bindi) know and learn all there was to know about Steve.
It is such a tragic loss of life.
Steve was a unique character and I loved watching the TV shows he did as I found them very interesting and informative too. Also when he went on TV chat shows he was always great to watch and I thought he was a little crazy but he knew what he was doing and was a fountain of knowledge when it came to animals. I feel like we were truly blessed to have known such a character as Steve Irwin.
Of course my thoughts go out to his wife and his 2 young children. His 9 year old got to know him for 9 years but he has a young boy called Bob and he is only about 3 so he is going to grow up not knowing about Steve in the way all children should know their fathers and it is a shame but I guess the only thing is there is hundreds of hours of footage of Steve and peoples fond thoughs about him that will help Bob (and Bindi) know and learn all there was to know about Steve.
It is such a tragic loss of life.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Up town girl
Well then what a week it has been as I sit here feeling ill yet again. I managed to be well for 6 days which seems to be a record for me at the moment. I started to feel ill on Thursday and am still ill now but then again I haven't had as much sleep as I should so no wonder I am not getting well. I tossed and turned last night and I woke up and got up because I couldn't get back to sleep, I thought I would really tire myself out so I can go back to bed and drop off. I was planning on going about 3pm but then I thought I might as well stay up and cook my tea and have some more painkillers and go to bed about an hour after that so that is my plan now and with some luck I will sleep all the way through the night and will wake up feeling heaps better!!
Well what can I say? Hmm me is so so so so so happy right now and I don't want to go into too many details right now but there is a certain person in my life right now who has just made everything so much more sweeter than it was. This is turning out to be the best year of my life and it just seems to get better and better all the time. I have some amazing friends and a someone special in my life now so I couldn't really be too much happier right now. I think the icing on the cake for this year would be to find out why I keep getting ill and sort it, lose some weight, get fitter and pass both of my exams. I think those things would round off my year perfectly and I will be mega happy too though I am already over happy so I don't know how much more happier I can be than what I am now :OD
So I have a fair bit of course work to get through before Friday but things are looking good in that direction and it will soon be out of the way :o) I am happy about that but saying that I do have a TMA (assignment) to do next weekend which has to be finished by the end of Sunday so it can be sent in first thing on Monday and then that course is done and dusted....well almost because then I have to revise for my exam which means plenty of reading for me but it is so much better than doing TMAs ... well I think it is but I might say something else after my exams.
It is only like 5 weeks before my exams and it is creeping up on me really fast now and I don't know what to do, I will admit I am behind on my reading but it doesn't help getting ill so when I am well I am just going to push myself a little harder and maybe do an hour extra a day because of how often I get ill I can guarantee that I will get ill some time so if I am doing extra it shouldn't matter with me having to take a day or two off here and there as long as I get more done which is do able because of how motivated I have become over the last few weeks.
2 months to my birthday which sounds longer than 8 weeks so I think I will say 8 weeks instead lol... well I am going to be 24 and it doesn't feel like it in a way because it feels like I was only 17 yesterday. The last few years have gone by so fast for me and I aint complaining because I have done something education wise which has always been a goal of mine so I have done something in this time but maybe not as much as I could of done because I haven't been as motivated as I could of been but that is all changing now so I am hoping the next 7 years I get a lot more done than I have in the past 7 years.
This birthday is looking to be the best so far as two of my friends are going to be around and I am hoping they are going to come out for a meal with me and my family because that would make it perfect. But there has been a clash with a party and I don't know what to do because I thought the party wasn't on because it hadn't been mentioned and I decided to have mine on Saturday 28th October because I wanted it on the Saturday to begin with anyway as that is the best day for most of my family and because no one would come on the Friday because they will be tired after work plus my brother works 12 hour shifts. Sunday is out as there is school the next day and also work so the only day it can be done is the Saturday and I was thinking of having it at maybe 6:30 but then I thought that isn't really fair on me and also the place where we are going don't open at that time so I want it at about 8pm like I wanted all along but I don't know if my friends can make it now which makes me sad as they might choose the party over my meal which I won't be happy about as I thought they were good friends of mine but I won't make them choose, it's really up to them and I won't put pressure on them about it but I will be mega upset if the party is on the same night and they pick that over my meal as I did think I was closer to them than the other person but who knows...anyway I am hoping things work out and that they can come to the meal and also that we can spend the next day together too as it would be amazing to spend some time with them.
Anyway I think I am going to go and put Shrek 2 on as I can't think of any other film and then I shall cook my tea and then bed for me.
Well what can I say? Hmm me is so so so so so happy right now and I don't want to go into too many details right now but there is a certain person in my life right now who has just made everything so much more sweeter than it was. This is turning out to be the best year of my life and it just seems to get better and better all the time. I have some amazing friends and a someone special in my life now so I couldn't really be too much happier right now. I think the icing on the cake for this year would be to find out why I keep getting ill and sort it, lose some weight, get fitter and pass both of my exams. I think those things would round off my year perfectly and I will be mega happy too though I am already over happy so I don't know how much more happier I can be than what I am now :OD
So I have a fair bit of course work to get through before Friday but things are looking good in that direction and it will soon be out of the way :o) I am happy about that but saying that I do have a TMA (assignment) to do next weekend which has to be finished by the end of Sunday so it can be sent in first thing on Monday and then that course is done and dusted....well almost because then I have to revise for my exam which means plenty of reading for me but it is so much better than doing TMAs ... well I think it is but I might say something else after my exams.
It is only like 5 weeks before my exams and it is creeping up on me really fast now and I don't know what to do, I will admit I am behind on my reading but it doesn't help getting ill so when I am well I am just going to push myself a little harder and maybe do an hour extra a day because of how often I get ill I can guarantee that I will get ill some time so if I am doing extra it shouldn't matter with me having to take a day or two off here and there as long as I get more done which is do able because of how motivated I have become over the last few weeks.
2 months to my birthday which sounds longer than 8 weeks so I think I will say 8 weeks instead lol... well I am going to be 24 and it doesn't feel like it in a way because it feels like I was only 17 yesterday. The last few years have gone by so fast for me and I aint complaining because I have done something education wise which has always been a goal of mine so I have done something in this time but maybe not as much as I could of done because I haven't been as motivated as I could of been but that is all changing now so I am hoping the next 7 years I get a lot more done than I have in the past 7 years.
This birthday is looking to be the best so far as two of my friends are going to be around and I am hoping they are going to come out for a meal with me and my family because that would make it perfect. But there has been a clash with a party and I don't know what to do because I thought the party wasn't on because it hadn't been mentioned and I decided to have mine on Saturday 28th October because I wanted it on the Saturday to begin with anyway as that is the best day for most of my family and because no one would come on the Friday because they will be tired after work plus my brother works 12 hour shifts. Sunday is out as there is school the next day and also work so the only day it can be done is the Saturday and I was thinking of having it at maybe 6:30 but then I thought that isn't really fair on me and also the place where we are going don't open at that time so I want it at about 8pm like I wanted all along but I don't know if my friends can make it now which makes me sad as they might choose the party over my meal which I won't be happy about as I thought they were good friends of mine but I won't make them choose, it's really up to them and I won't put pressure on them about it but I will be mega upset if the party is on the same night and they pick that over my meal as I did think I was closer to them than the other person but who knows...anyway I am hoping things work out and that they can come to the meal and also that we can spend the next day together too as it would be amazing to spend some time with them.
Anyway I think I am going to go and put Shrek 2 on as I can't think of any other film and then I shall cook my tea and then bed for me.
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