Well, the British winter is doing us proud this year - more snow today! I love the snow, and don't care how much of a nuisance it is. It's winter, we're meant to have wintry weather! This positive attitude is helped by the fact that I am currently snug and warm in my living room, with the ipod playing in the background, under the pretence of studying (yes, the studying has yet to commence and the clock is ticking...!), just watching the snow float by.
I am at home for another reason, as I went for the ultrasound on my throat this morning, which was quite an odd experience as the only experience of ultrasounds I've previously had were pregnancy related - so most strange to have your throat, not your stomach scanned. Who knows what will come of it, I will just have to wait and see what the results say, but I'm not holding my breath that I'll get a diagnosis!
To catch up, I've had quite a busy and sociable weekend this weekend! It was friend Jamie's 40th birthday on Friday, so to celebrate a Mods and Rockers fancy dress pub crawl was afoot! I did make the effort to dress up, as a 1950's rocker in case you're wondering - I will have to see if there are any photo's lurking - but the getting completely trollied on a pub crawl is not my style, so it was sober shenanigans for me, and drunken ones for pretty much everyone else. Was quite a good night though, with a good number of people there, although I decided to call it a day at 12.30am rather than continue on to the after-party. I was feeling completely shattered Friday, so was lucky to make it out at all, and Y was babysitting X, so I don't like to be out til all hours of the morning. Not to mention having to get up for bowling at 9am on Saturday!
Saturday night was spent with Lily at home, in front of the TV (that didn't really get watched) with a takeaway curry and lots of chitter chatter. Always a pleasure to catch up with her, and managed to talk ourselves nearly asleep as usual! Another early rise on Sunday morning as I am doing some rearranging of sleeping arrangements, and my dad was coming to dismantle Y's current bunk/double futon and replace it with a double futon only. Next weekend X is moving from a single to a double bed so more room arranging will be taking place!
So, another weekend is over, and another week begins.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Monday, February 01, 2010
Eye candy
I am just watching moving Best Friends Girl, which will probably turn out to be mediocre, but have to share the discovery of the gorgeousness of the bad boy character Dane Cook , who is frankly delicious!
He looks much more rough and ready in the flesh (well, the flesh on tv!) than the photos I googled - which is better, and I refuse to acknowledge any likeness to a certain now American. Nope, nope, nope - he will not define my perfect man any longer.
Goddamn my preferences for certain types!!
Update - shmaltzy it may be, but not only does it have the hot man, it also has a soundtrack that includes this...
He looks much more rough and ready in the flesh (well, the flesh on tv!) than the photos I googled - which is better, and I refuse to acknowledge any likeness to a certain now American. Nope, nope, nope - he will not define my perfect man any longer.
Goddamn my preferences for certain types!!
Update - shmaltzy it may be, but not only does it have the hot man, it also has a soundtrack that includes this...
Hooky
I am shamelessly skiving today! It's not something I do very often but every now and then I just need some time completely to myself - house empty, phone off, kids away. Time to catch up, focus, regroup from the everyday hassle and struggle of kids, money, work, life.
I should have had a weekend to myself (well half, Y was here) this weekend, as X was due to go to her Dad's for both Friday and Saturday night, and I was looking forward to peace and quiet and cracking on with my research proposal, which is not going at the moment. However, the best laid plans and all that - come 6pm Friday when I went to collect her from afterschool club (late!) she felt poorly. Headache, shivery, fever, etc. So I rang her Dad and said she was unwell, took her home, dosed her with paracetamol, comfy blankets, cosy pyjamas and cuddles before putting her to bed and resigning myself to a one night alone only weekend.
Saturday morning dawned bright and breezy, as did she, so I text to see what time he would be picking her up, only for him to decide that as he can't afford time off work she better not come until she's fully better! Oh, the luxury of stepping out of parenting when it doesn't quite fit!! So, bang went the weekend of studying in peace.
I had pretty much decided before I went to bed last night that I would have today and tomorrow off work, as my assignment is due Wednesday, however, as I opened my extension paperwork today to realise I've been given until 10th for my assignment, I now have the peace, the quiet and no motivation to finish. Instead, I have spent the morning catching up on paperwork, putting the bills back in order that had lapsed over Christmas and updating a finance spreadsheet to help me bring down the debt! I'm currently paying nearly £500 a month in debt - just think what I could do with that money if it was all paid off!?
So, today I am relaxing! And I don't care! Let the study commence tomorrow.
I should have had a weekend to myself (well half, Y was here) this weekend, as X was due to go to her Dad's for both Friday and Saturday night, and I was looking forward to peace and quiet and cracking on with my research proposal, which is not going at the moment. However, the best laid plans and all that - come 6pm Friday when I went to collect her from afterschool club (late!) she felt poorly. Headache, shivery, fever, etc. So I rang her Dad and said she was unwell, took her home, dosed her with paracetamol, comfy blankets, cosy pyjamas and cuddles before putting her to bed and resigning myself to a one night alone only weekend.
Saturday morning dawned bright and breezy, as did she, so I text to see what time he would be picking her up, only for him to decide that as he can't afford time off work she better not come until she's fully better! Oh, the luxury of stepping out of parenting when it doesn't quite fit!! So, bang went the weekend of studying in peace.
I had pretty much decided before I went to bed last night that I would have today and tomorrow off work, as my assignment is due Wednesday, however, as I opened my extension paperwork today to realise I've been given until 10th for my assignment, I now have the peace, the quiet and no motivation to finish. Instead, I have spent the morning catching up on paperwork, putting the bills back in order that had lapsed over Christmas and updating a finance spreadsheet to help me bring down the debt! I'm currently paying nearly £500 a month in debt - just think what I could do with that money if it was all paid off!?
So, today I am relaxing! And I don't care! Let the study commence tomorrow.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Bits and bobs
Well, my throat is feeling much better. The whole lumpy feeling started to go down from Tues night/Wed morning so thats good. I got my blood test results Thursday, the receptionist informed me that my ESR is abnormal but the Dr had put "to be expected - no further action" and that the rests of my bloods were normal - no further action. I'm pleased, but at the same time not, as the more I've read about underactive thyroid the more I feel it may be a possibility. I am just so bloody knackered all the time just lately, I could literally go back to bed every morning I wake up! And obviously its not something like anaemia or that would have shown up. So, I have booked another appointment with the doctor, for him to explain my 'abnormal - to be expected - no further action results' and also for him to go through exactly what tests were done, as a lot of stuff I've read says its often undetected through normal blood tests.
In good news, and I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but I'm studying my Masters in Applied Health Studies, and have just completed my second module - the onerous, godawful, simply hateful, dull, dull, dull research module! Sometime this week, post came, which I finally opened this evening to discover that I passed with 60%!!! Which, somewhat laughably, is my best Masters assignment mark so far. The bad news is that the next assignment, a research proposal of 3000 words is due on Wednesday and I haven't even started it yet. In fact, I have no idea what I want to do a research proposal on!! Ho hum.
In good news, and I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but I'm studying my Masters in Applied Health Studies, and have just completed my second module - the onerous, godawful, simply hateful, dull, dull, dull research module! Sometime this week, post came, which I finally opened this evening to discover that I passed with 60%!!! Which, somewhat laughably, is my best Masters assignment mark so far. The bad news is that the next assignment, a research proposal of 3000 words is due on Wednesday and I haven't even started it yet. In fact, I have no idea what I want to do a research proposal on!! Ho hum.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Hard to swallow
For the last week or so I have been having problems with my throat - it feels like there is something constantly lodged in it, and no matter how many times I swallow it just never goes. If I go for significant periods of time without eating or drinking it can get really bad and my gag reflex kicks in, even though I am just sitting doing nothing. Yesterday and today, several times, the only way I've been able to clear it is to physically put a finger down my throat and jiggle - not pleasant but seems to do the trick for a few minutes at least. So today, starting to get a bit worried that it only seems to be getting worse and beginning to panic about throat tumours and other pleasant and deadly medical matters I decided to go to the Doctors to get it checked out. Fortunately for me they had an appointment for 5pm so off I trotted.
I don't go to the Doctors very often, in fact the last time I went was for my annual asthma review, and she said then that they hadn't seen me since my last one the year before - so despite being incredibly unhealthy, I am also, incredibly blessed with lack of ill health. So, I went in, explained my symptoms to the doctor, sipping water in between sentences, and he had a good poke around the outside of my throat, a nose inside, and the usual temperature, pulse, weight, etc. The diagnosis? A Goitre apparently! Or enlarged thyroid gland to the layfolks out there. I must say, the link is the same info the Doctor gave me and the diagram really does reflect what it feels like in my throat - almost like I'm being strangled from the inside out! It is truly an awful feeling.
So, blood tests tomorrow, a referral to Radiology for an ultrasound scan of my throat/thyroid gland in the next week or two - which I'm pleased about as at least that will rule out anything sinister - and potentially a biopsy - which thrills me less! We will have to wait and see what comes of it all, but something needs to be done because I can't bear this feeling much longer!
On the plus side, I'd lost a lb!!
I don't go to the Doctors very often, in fact the last time I went was for my annual asthma review, and she said then that they hadn't seen me since my last one the year before - so despite being incredibly unhealthy, I am also, incredibly blessed with lack of ill health. So, I went in, explained my symptoms to the doctor, sipping water in between sentences, and he had a good poke around the outside of my throat, a nose inside, and the usual temperature, pulse, weight, etc. The diagnosis? A Goitre apparently! Or enlarged thyroid gland to the layfolks out there. I must say, the link is the same info the Doctor gave me and the diagram really does reflect what it feels like in my throat - almost like I'm being strangled from the inside out! It is truly an awful feeling.
So, blood tests tomorrow, a referral to Radiology for an ultrasound scan of my throat/thyroid gland in the next week or two - which I'm pleased about as at least that will rule out anything sinister - and potentially a biopsy - which thrills me less! We will have to wait and see what comes of it all, but something needs to be done because I can't bear this feeling much longer!
On the plus side, I'd lost a lb!!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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