You wanna make a memory

The past week has gone past in a bit of a blur, not that I don't remember it but it just seems it was Sunday yesterday but it wasn't, it was a week ago.
I've kept myself pretty busy the past week and I'm just about to get even busier but I am used to not spending as much time online as I once did, I would waste too much time on the computer and it was so easy to do with two desk tops and a laptop but last few weeks I've rarely been coming on and I'm getting so much done and I'm doing more things I enjoy doing.

Work was pretty easy this week, not much in which is good but I did find myself at a loose end a time or two but I am searching for a cure for boredom now and I'll let you know of any progress I have. I have managed to almost go over all my bedroom and get rid of stuff I don't need/want or like and have either binned it or put it on ebay and earned myself a little money from it. I just need to sort my bedroom out how I want it and put things where I want them but for now it will do as it is.
Ideally I could do with a bigger room because there is just no room now I have the missive bed slap bang in the middle of my room, it's almost impossible to even get changed in there so I'm getting changed in my bedroom because it beats banging body parts on the wooden bed frame and ending up bruised. It doesn't help that my TV sticks out a fair bit on it's stand but at the beginning of March I am going to treat myself to a flat screen TV for my bedroom which will give me a lot more room to walk across the bottom of my bed.
It is actually amazing what I've found in my bedroom but the biggest shock of last week was finding 6 bags. Three of them are three of my fave bags and one I've never used and there is one I've used once which is perfect for the summer so I've got them out at the moment and have nowhere to put them where I won't forget about them so I'm planning on getting something for my bags soon. There was me thinking I needed a new one and then I found them but hey I still need more new bags because I love bags and it's the one thing I use more than anything because I always carry a bag with me at all times.

I finally registered for my OU course and it's starts this coming Saturday. OMG!! It's soo soon, I just couldn't decide on what I wanted to do, I was going to go for 120 points but that would take up at least 40 hours a week and I just can't give up that amount of time anymore now that work is great and I'm working more hours and not just that but my other interests and spending time with friends etc. So I don't want to give up on all of the things I'm enjoying now so I'm doing a 60 point course which will take up 20-25 hours a week. It's the highest level course they do for my degree and I've done work at this level before but only for three months last year before I had to give it up through illness. It was tough and I think (well know) I am going to find it even harder this time because I haven't studied properly for about a year now and it's a hard level so it's not going to be a walk in the part for me. Normally I look forward to starting new courses but this time I'm not looking forward to starting it, it's going to be hard and time consuming and there is lots of skills I need to re-learn again so it's going to be hard but then of course as the course goes on it gets harder and more demanding so I hope I can cope with it.
It's a film and television course, well the history of, and it's not as fun as it sounds. I will be watching films I'd never watch ever and then the assignments aren't even about the film so I don't even know why we are watching these films but hey I love my films so at least I'll be watching something new that I'd not normally watch. I'm really not looking forward to the European film section because of course it will be a weird art house movie with subtitles and I couldn't think of anything worse at this point. Even the TV section doesn't look too good so it will be interesting how I cope with all this.
I've seen the assignment questions and some months there is a choice of 2 questions I can choose from which I guess is something but looking at the questions now I am left dumbfounded so it's going to be hard. The assignments are all 2000 words each except for the last one which is 4000 words. I've never wrote anything that's 4000 words, well education wise, so it's going to be touch and I won't be booking anything like a holiday for that month because that's probably the most important assignment of the month and of course there will be (as always) tons of course work to get through each month.
Anyway I will get the materials this week, I probably won't start on Saturday but I will start the day before on Friday. I never study on Saturday's unless I have to because that's shopping day and general being lazy day during the day time.
Most of the films come with the coursebooks but there are some I need to buy like Titanic. Yeah I am doing Titanic and it's the first film we do and I am not looking forward to it. I've just bought a new copy on Ebay and I will get it during this week so I will have it in time. I just can't be arsed with sitting through it but I will have to. I've only watched it once, when it came out, and once was enough. I'm not saying that it is a rubbish film but I'd rather not sit through a three hour film.
We also do a Bond film and I've gone 25 years without having to watch a Bond film and I never planned on watching one but I have to for the course. I have a choice of three to pick from and I've picked Goldfinger. We don't do it for a couple of months yet but while I remember I might as well get it or watch out for it on ebay at least.
I've also had to buy a book called Hollywood Cinema which cost just over £20 which is cheap because I've had a few years when I've had to spend close to £100 on other books. I've ordered it on Play.com and that should be here in time too.

Right I started my exercise program this week with three one hour morning sessions. I was getting up between 6-7 and then doing an hour and it was tough, not just the getting up but the exercise too. But I did it. However I haven't worked out since Wednesday because my bad back flared up and it isn't from exercise either because what I was doing wouldn't cause this back pain and also because I had this back pain a few weeks back but not to the extent I just had it.
So I stopped working out and was in pure agony for about three days. Every movement would leave me in pain with my back throbbing in agony, getting up with agony and I'd be hunched over and stiff for a little while after getting up. If it was stood up I was fine except for the odd twinge now and then but sitting down, moving etc was a pain and getting out of bed after only being led down for half an hour was pure pain and very difficult. I did find if I'd slept for more than three hours I'd wake up and my back would be fine but a couple of hours later the pain would be back.
I've not had much pain since Friday evening although now and then it will hurt it isn't in the same vain of pain it was a few days ago so hopefully my back is on the mend again and will be OK in a few days time so I can resume my exercise/workout routine.
On the days it's not raining I plan on walking with Lucky for at least half an hour so I can do that too while my back gets better. Walking it good on my back because even when I was in agony I found I didn't suffer any pain when I walked.

I met up with Mel in town on Wednesday and we even bumped into her mum and the first thing Mel said was "isn't she girly" haha Mel thinks I've gone girly all of a sudden but I don't think I have. I've been like this for years and started to wear make up when I was 13, well mascara and was wearing full make up a year later although I didn't wear it all the time until I was about 15/16 or something like that and I remember when I was 17 and got rushed into hospital I was ill and didn't care I had no make up on which was very unlike me.
I like make up, makes me look much better in some ways but is also a part of me and who I am and sometimes I do see people walking down the street and think they could do with make up but I also admire those who go out without any on just to do day to day things but that isn't me and I wouldn't go in a shop without any make up on.
I'm not as bad as I was because there was a time when I needed make up on all the time just to leave the house but I can walk the dog without putting any on, I just make sure I keep my head down when passing people haha.
Anyway I was in town with Mel and we were looking at some designer copies of some of my fave designer bags and there is about four that I'd like but I think I'd just settle for two of them when I've got some money. They are only £20 each which I think is cheap so it's worth getting a couple of them.
We had a nice hot chocolate in BB Muffins and went into a couple of shops so Mel could pick some things up for Tanks parents and then we met up with Keely who we used to go to school with. Last time I saw Keely I was about 14 so it was a blast from the past and at first I wasn't up for meeting up and was gonna go but in the end I just did it and it wasn't the worst thing in the world I guess.

The rest of the week went past fast, worked, sorted a few things out, did a house cleaning session although to look at it now you wouldn't think so. Something on the vac has broke and we forgot to go on the market yesterday and get a replacement so we need until the market is on this Wednesday and I am dying to vac because it badly needs doing.

I got I Robot yesterday in Asda because it was only £4. It was at the checkout and I need some new DVDs to entertain me so I bought it. I've seen it before but it was nice to watch it again in bed late last night. I think I fell asleep 5 minutes before the end but I know how it ends anyway.
I finally was able to get my essentials in Boots yesterday because I'd just about ran out and not had any money to get any because my dad hadn't been paid by anyone but last week a couple of people paid my dad and it cleared in the bank for weekend and I borrowed some money. I already owned him £450 but over £250 of what he was paid was mine so I owed him less than £250 but then borrow another hundred so now owe him around £350 but when he gets more money from jobs I've worked on that will go down.
My essentials are quite expensive, well my face cream is as that's about £8.50...now and then Boots have that on offer for £6.50 but they didn't yesterday. But my face wash was on offer as was my toothpaste and the mouth wash was buy one get one free so they will last me ages. I had to get a cheaper body lotion because the one I get is £5 but I thought with me owing money right now I will get something cheaper so I got the one I used to use (and that's good in summer) which is Palmer's Cocoa Butter Body Lotion. Then I had to get razor blades and I used the Venus Divine and they are about £7-8 to buy but I just got the ordinary Venus blades which fit on the razor but are about £2 cheaper so I saved money too with getting 2 things cheaper and also two things were reduced and another thing was buy one get one free.

As I've been doing this DHL have come with my course materials so I might be starting before Friday and spending about 1-2 hours a day on it because it will be hard to go straight into it and do up to five hours a day so I think for the first week 1-2 hours will be enough seen as it isn't officially started yet. The videos in this lot (it's delivered in three lots over 5 months) it has Citizen Cain and the two versions of Cape Fear. I've not seen either of them so it should be interesting. The course books are as thick as always too. I've going to make room for them on the book shelf.

I'm also finishing off a computer course this summer which I have a resit for this summer. I reckon that's going to be tough because I finished that course last May so by the time I do the ECA (end of course assessment) I will have forgotten everything I learnt!). I am also planning on doing a photography course with the OU too which starts in May but I can't sign up for it until I have the cash for it. I think it's £145 or it might be £245 so I have to wait until I have that in the bank, I have about £30 vouchers for it so that helps. I really want to do that course to try and improve my photography a little bit.

My dad is finally putting my mirror on my bedroom wall today. I've had it since last August time so I am glad it's finally getting put up.
Well it's time for me to go and do some housework now and a few other things and try and do some reading too before Dancing on Ice starts a little later on.