I think out of the three years, third year had the most interesting modules to choose from. Next semester (that starts in January), I'll be doing Psycholinguistics and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) which I'm also looking forward to. I'm also hopefully going to start volunteering at a school all day on Thursday meaning I'll be busy every single day of the week which is probably going to be quite hard work. Hopefully it will be fun though and I'll enjoy it. I'm definitely going to have to work extra hard to get through this year! I'm already feeling pretty tired after my first week of working and uni so I'm tucked up in my bed writing my blog and watching The Big Bang Theory with the cat. #YOLO
So, I'll just catch up on this week. I travelled back to uni straight from work on Tuesday. I left work an hour early because there was a introduction soirée thing on Tuesday that everyone on the course was invited to. I also found out via email a few hours before that I got the highest mark on the course last year. And so for that, I won a Waterstones voucher and I've already treated myself to this cute little mini book lamp.
I went a pretty funky shade of red when I received it, but it was really nice to win something. I was exhausted after last year, but I think everybody was!
During the week, when I wasn't in uni, I had a pretty quiet time (I needed it) and even stayed in when the girls went out on Wednesday night because I was so tired. I dropped off a car of drunks at the SU bar and totally felt like their Mum... or Gran.
My gappy Friday turned out ok because I went to the new Starbucks in town and drank coffee and did some reading and then I went back to the house, rested and did some more reading with the radio on. It was actually quite a manageable day. The break was good because it wasn't really long enough to do anything proper so it forced me to rest, which is something that I just don't get to do (as much as I like to talk and tweet about sleep/rest all the time, it really is just a distant dream!)
This weekend I went on a really lovely ramble with Irwin and Sammy. We found a ramble online in 'Churchtown' that we thought we'd do, but when we put it in the satnav we realised it wasn't the local Churchtown. How can there be two Churchtowns in the PR postcode? So, instead we went for a roam around Formby - through the forest, climbed the sand dunes (my favourite thing ever since I was about 10) and had a little paddle in the sea. Started and finished with a brew in our favourite Formby pub!
On Saturday night we went for a meal at our favourite restaurant, Villaggio Cucina, with friends and then we went to see the Musical Fireworks in Southport (which we've now seen 3 years in a row - Sam probably even longer. I highly recommend them but don't pay to get in! You can see and hear perfectly from Rotten Row) and finished the night off with a drink in the new gin bar. I ate a little bit of gluten free pizza which is the first solid meal that I've had in over a month and I suffered quite a bit during the night and I'm only just starting to recover. So that has sucked a bit. But apart from that the fireworks were great and it was a really good night with friends.
Sunday wasn't too exciting; we went to Church in the morning and then to see Sam's sister who had hurt her back earlier in the morning. So we took her sunflowers and Maltesers, because that is obviously the best thing for it! Get well soon Emily!
Back to work again today and I'm so bloody tired. I'm probably going to go to bed right now. On Friday I'm going to be going to a PORT education and support day in London at The Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology. There's going to be lots of other people 'like me' there, so it will be nice to get to meet them. It will be especially nice to meet the lovely Sue who co-runs the PORT charity which Sam and I raised funds for with our sponsored run - the day has been funded and organised by the charity and is going to be wonderful and special opportunity for sufferers of these rare conditions. I'll blog all about that when I'm back and recovered. I'll also hopefully be blogging about my shark dive (!!! YES !!!) which, fingers crossed, all goes ahead on Saturday and horse riding with the girls on Sunday - I'm going to be shattered!
Goodnight! xx
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