Edited by Sarah Louise North, Thursday, 19 Jan 2023, 18:20
Happy
2023!!!
I know it is about 6 weeks
over, but I did start writing this entry on the 4th of
January 2023, but I forgot as I have been ill and very busy.
Another year has gone and
another one starting. How did I start the year 2023? I had Covid. So did Toni,
Dana, and dad. The four of us were and still are ill. I am so tired and achy,
it’s different from the usual that I have. The only way I can describe it is…my
normal aches and pain feel muscular but Covid, it feels like a tummy ache would
if it was in my arms, or back, or legs. Like I have fluid in my limbs, when you
get in a bath and submerge your arms in water then hold it in the air and it
feels heavy, that is how I am feeling and very miserable. My body temp goes up
and down. If I’m hot, I’m hot. If I’m cold I’m freezing. It’s one extreme to
the other. I feel terrible.
I got an extension for my
TMA 02. I had it in my head what I was going to do over the Christmas period,
how I was going to do all the other website courses, but I couldn’t as my
extension was for the 5th Jan
and I had to catch up so I studied over the holiday period and put it in on
Monday the 2nd as
I didn’t want to start work with my TMA hanging over my head. Now I am on the
week I am meant to be, so I am not even ahead. The only good thing is that I
have booked Tuesday 24th of
January to Tuesday the 31st of
January so I will be able to get ahead as long as I am not behind which I do
not want to do. So, I am going to have to keep to a schedule so that does not
happen. I will try not to anyway.
As much as I want to
study, I have to start doing something that is for me to do so that I don’t
feel like all I am doing is work & study. I have not even started on my
Criminology book or even started writing again unless you count that I am
writing in a blog. I will say that I have started to do this, I have found a
website where you can buy real pictures of people, places, and other things, and you can buy a bundle, which is what I have done. I have even brought a lovely
scrapbook and some white craft glue so I can stick them in, I was waiting for a
particular picture to come, which has only come today, it’s a picture of
Josephine Earp as in Wyatt Earp’s wife. It’s a lovely picture when I saw it, I
just had to have it, so I got it. I am going to put it in my scrapbook. My
daughter asked why I want pictures of people that do not belong to the family
or that I do not know. So, I showed her a picture and asked her to describe it
to me, and she did. I told her she sees one thing, but I see another. I said
how the picture seemed but then I started talking about the backstory of the
picture. She told me that I have no idea if that is true, so I said to Dana,
that is where creative writing comes from. Sometimes I need a visual aid to
help me with my creative side to come out so I can get a feel of what people,
real people will be like or if someone is like us, looking at a picture but
they are the ones in the picture looking at themselves. I told her that, it's
for me to write, to use as a visual aid to help me write stories, that she got.
She had it in her head that I was going to show people and say that it’s our
family. LOL like I would do that!!!
Well, so I had my TMA 02
come back and thank all the stars in the sky I passed. I got 1 mark less than
my first TMA. I will take it. As far as I am concerned, I am trying my best,
really trying & yes of course I would love to have a distinctive mark, but
the chances of that happening is like me flying to the moon tomorrow with a cup
of tea before breakfast. It is not going to happen, so I am trying the best
that I can.
I am so determined to get
my degree that in 2027 I will walk across that podium with my cap & gown
and throw my cap in the air or do it at home, I don’t care but I will.
I am off next week & I didn’t want to play catch up but that is what I will be doing. I have
the chapters (well almost) on week 2 then it will be the website, but I am
meant to be on Jane air now which I am not. Tomorrow is Wednesday, I will
finish the book chapter and then go on the website. I will finish the website
on Friday and then start this week’s reading. I will then (after the tutorial)
start this week and finish by Monday, then start Next week’s rota of reading
and get a few weeks ahead, that is the plan. I will continue this until I get
to the TMA week. I will then study that, get the plan in place Then talk to the
tutor & get some help & once I have my TMA all written, the forearm,
& part 2 a & part 2b all written I can continue to study, send in my
TMA at the right time but still be ahead and go from there.
I have also put half the
money aside for the Residential Day School in April so when I get paid again in
Feb or the end of February, I will then pay for it then all I will need to do
is put money away for the petrol, food & buy a packed lunch for the Day
School. I am going a day early as I cannot go on the same day as the school due
to health conditions, I will also leave the next day & I have booked off
Monday the 17th of
April from work as I will need a day to recover. I’m looking forward to it I
have to say. I don’t mind going by myself & the B&B I have booked looks
so nice, I even have a sauna in the room as well as a bath. I will use that
after the day school of off & get some fish ‘n’ chips & take it back to
the room to eat then have a bath with my headphone it will be a luxury as I
have not been away since 2021.
I have also started my
diet again. I weighed myself On Monday when I was having my B12 injection. I
have put on some weight, so I am back on my diet, and so far so good. I have
started taking this tablet that is meant to be some miracle pill. I don’t
believe that I have taken every pill under the sun and the only thing that has
given me a boast is having the gastric bypass. So, like an idiot, when I saw
the advert online (well it was when I was watching YouTube) I clicked on the
link & I saw it. I brought one month’s worth as I am not sure. I have drunk
a lot of water since, I have taken it with a big glass of water like the
instruction says & although it says nothing about it, I take it 1 hour
after I have taken all the other medications that I take. I have sort of gone
back to what I was doing when I was going to get the gastric bypass. I drink a
pint of semi-skimmed milk with a bit of crushum in it (sugar-free) I drink that
after I have taken this ‘miracle pill’ with water as you are meant to have it
with food, well the pint of milk is my food. I will have a banana with my 10:00
am tablets at lunch, I will have a sandwich (gluten-free as it helps with
people who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) with a cup of tea as I am trying to
cut back on caffeine so I am not even having a can of coke. For dinner, I will
have another pint of milk. I was going to have a pint of milk for lunch
instead, but my body craves food by lunchtime.
My water bottle has times
like 8:00 am – 9:00 am on how much you need to drink, I have no problems with
the morning water, but I can get a bit stuck in the afternoon. I have just
finished the afternoon water so I will be peeing a lot tonight oh well!!!
I will keep you updated
with my TMAs & my weight loss. If I lose weight what made me lose weight in
the first place my eating habits or the tablet? If I lose weight, then I will
continue with what I am doing. I have exercises I need to practice that
physiotherapy gave me to do so I will start those tomorrow for real. Here goes,
what this space!!!
Wednesday 17/01/2023
Happy 2023!!!
I know it is about 6 weeks over, but I did start writing this entry on the 4th of January 2023, but I forgot as I have been ill and very busy.
Another year has gone and another one starting. How did I start the year 2023? I had Covid. So did Toni, Dana, and dad. The four of us were and still are ill. I am so tired and achy, it’s different from the usual that I have. The only way I can describe it is…my normal aches and pain feel muscular but Covid, it feels like a tummy ache would if it was in my arms, or back, or legs. Like I have fluid in my limbs, when you get in a bath and submerge your arms in water then hold it in the air and it feels heavy, that is how I am feeling and very miserable. My body temp goes up and down. If I’m hot, I’m hot. If I’m cold I’m freezing. It’s one extreme to the other. I feel terrible.
I got an extension for my TMA 02. I had it in my head what I was going to do over the Christmas period, how I was going to do all the other website courses, but I couldn’t as my extension was for the 5th Jan and I had to catch up so I studied over the holiday period and put it in on Monday the 2nd as I didn’t want to start work with my TMA hanging over my head. Now I am on the week I am meant to be, so I am not even ahead. The only good thing is that I have booked Tuesday 24th of January to Tuesday the 31st of January so I will be able to get ahead as long as I am not behind which I do not want to do. So, I am going to have to keep to a schedule so that does not happen. I will try not to anyway.
As much as I want to study, I have to start doing something that is for me to do so that I don’t feel like all I am doing is work & study. I have not even started on my Criminology book or even started writing again unless you count that I am writing in a blog. I will say that I have started to do this, I have found a website where you can buy real pictures of people, places, and other things, and you can buy a bundle, which is what I have done. I have even brought a lovely scrapbook and some white craft glue so I can stick them in, I was waiting for a particular picture to come, which has only come today, it’s a picture of Josephine Earp as in Wyatt Earp’s wife. It’s a lovely picture when I saw it, I just had to have it, so I got it. I am going to put it in my scrapbook. My daughter asked why I want pictures of people that do not belong to the family or that I do not know. So, I showed her a picture and asked her to describe it to me, and she did. I told her she sees one thing, but I see another. I said how the picture seemed but then I started talking about the backstory of the picture. She told me that I have no idea if that is true, so I said to Dana, that is where creative writing comes from. Sometimes I need a visual aid to help me with my creative side to come out so I can get a feel of what people, real people will be like or if someone is like us, looking at a picture but they are the ones in the picture looking at themselves. I told her that, it's for me to write, to use as a visual aid to help me write stories, that she got. She had it in her head that I was going to show people and say that it’s our family. LOL like I would do that!!!
Well, so I had my TMA 02 come back and thank all the stars in the sky I passed. I got 1 mark less than my first TMA. I will take it. As far as I am concerned, I am trying my best, really trying & yes of course I would love to have a distinctive mark, but the chances of that happening is like me flying to the moon tomorrow with a cup of tea before breakfast. It is not going to happen, so I am trying the best that I can.
I am so determined to get my degree that in 2027 I will walk across that podium with my cap & gown and throw my cap in the air or do it at home, I don’t care but I will.
I am off next week & I didn’t want to play catch up but that is what I will be doing. I have the chapters (well almost) on week 2 then it will be the website, but I am meant to be on Jane air now which I am not. Tomorrow is Wednesday, I will finish the book chapter and then go on the website. I will finish the website on Friday and then start this week’s reading. I will then (after the tutorial) start this week and finish by Monday, then start Next week’s rota of reading and get a few weeks ahead, that is the plan. I will continue this until I get to the TMA week. I will then study that, get the plan in place Then talk to the tutor & get some help & once I have my TMA all written, the forearm, & part 2 a & part 2b all written I can continue to study, send in my TMA at the right time but still be ahead and go from there.
I have also put half the money aside for the Residential Day School in April so when I get paid again in Feb or the end of February, I will then pay for it then all I will need to do is put money away for the petrol, food & buy a packed lunch for the Day School. I am going a day early as I cannot go on the same day as the school due to health conditions, I will also leave the next day & I have booked off Monday the 17th of April from work as I will need a day to recover. I’m looking forward to it I have to say. I don’t mind going by myself & the B&B I have booked looks so nice, I even have a sauna in the room as well as a bath. I will use that after the day school of off & get some fish ‘n’ chips & take it back to the room to eat then have a bath with my headphone it will be a luxury as I have not been away since 2021.
I have also started my diet again. I weighed myself On Monday when I was having my B12 injection. I have put on some weight, so I am back on my diet, and so far so good. I have started taking this tablet that is meant to be some miracle pill. I don’t believe that I have taken every pill under the sun and the only thing that has given me a boast is having the gastric bypass. So, like an idiot, when I saw the advert online (well it was when I was watching YouTube) I clicked on the link & I saw it. I brought one month’s worth as I am not sure. I have drunk a lot of water since, I have taken it with a big glass of water like the instruction says & although it says nothing about it, I take it 1 hour after I have taken all the other medications that I take. I have sort of gone back to what I was doing when I was going to get the gastric bypass. I drink a pint of semi-skimmed milk with a bit of crushum in it (sugar-free) I drink that after I have taken this ‘miracle pill’ with water as you are meant to have it with food, well the pint of milk is my food. I will have a banana with my 10:00 am tablets at lunch, I will have a sandwich (gluten-free as it helps with people who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) with a cup of tea as I am trying to cut back on caffeine so I am not even having a can of coke. For dinner, I will have another pint of milk. I was going to have a pint of milk for lunch instead, but my body craves food by lunchtime.
My water bottle has times like 8:00 am – 9:00 am on how much you need to drink, I have no problems with the morning water, but I can get a bit stuck in the afternoon. I have just finished the afternoon water so I will be peeing a lot tonight oh well!!!
I will keep you updated with my TMAs & my weight loss. If I lose weight what made me lose weight in the first place my eating habits or the tablet? If I lose weight, then I will continue with what I am doing. I have exercises I need to practice that physiotherapy gave me to do so I will start those tomorrow for real. Here goes, what this space!!!