I have been absolutely hopeless about posting over the past month, and I am trying to work out if I do have a valid excuse!
For the first half of non-writing, I was formatting and finishing my dissertation off (which I handed in a week early...!). It took a lot longer than I expected it would and It took me an age to pluck up the courage to print it and hand it in. I think I was actually shaking when I gave it to the man in the School office.
I also went up the 'Sunny' Scotland to visit my uncle. He is deteriorating rapidly, and I found it really hard to deal with. I was quite glad to have the relief of getting horrendously drunk with my aunt by polishing off 2 bottles of wine, half a bottle of dessert wine and a litre of gin between the two of us. Unsurprisingly, we were both suffering hideously the next day.
The next week was the week that I actually handed in my dissertation. I celebrated by getting my hair cut. Seeing as the last time I cut my hair was April last yeah, almost 5 inches had to be taken off just to get rid of the damaged hair. But I like it! Its not covering my boobs anymore, and its just below the shoulders.. It suits me.
That weekend was amazing as well. It was actually warm and the sun was shining without a cloud in the sky. H and I decided to head down to the spice festival that was in town so not to waste such a gorgeous day. After getting a cracking lunch of pulled pork for me and some kind of deep fried indian pancake for H, it was stil only 3 o'clock: far to early to go home. We strolled along the quayside and ended up in a new favorite pub of mine for a pint in the sun. Being so sunny still, we took the long way home and didn't get in till just before 6pm.
H then cooked a roast for the house, his brother and his brother's girlfriend. It was a great weekend. Until....
H and I were one of the 200 and something that got food poisoning from the spice festival. H seemed to recover in about 2/3 days, where I only recovered on Sunday.
This meant that when I went out for the official night of dissertation deadline day I couldnt get too drunk and J's 21st was a write-off. I have never experienced stomach cramps like it. They were so bad that P asked if I needed to go to hospital.. It seemed that I either had hunger pains or cramps from eating. There was no way I could win.
It also meant that I got so bored as I had no energy to go to the gym, therefore when I did go back on Sunday I over did it, and again on Monday, and yesterday. I took the day off today.
It is the last week of term this week, but I'm not head back down south until Monday.
I am looking forward to being looked after for a few days, as I wasn't when I was ill last week.
I also have a lot of things to do over the Easter break: job hunting, uni work, working weddings, seeing all my wonderful friends and focusing on my eating.... I'm going to see a speciallist as I have taken a turn for the worse. Ma is on a mission.
Most importantly, I going to get back to keeping up with my blog!
I feel like there is so much more that I have forgotten to say.. like I finish for the summer on the 23rd of May and I GRADUATE on the 15th July.... AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Hope you are all well, and keeping warm in this never ending winter.
All my love
A xxx
