And lo, the weekend is over......

Ahhh I have finally recovered from my trips to London...Lots and lots of sleep over the last day or so has really helped....being woken up by the cats, caterwauling at 7am yesterday wasn't so great but then I did manage to sleep until 11am so it could have been worse.... I've been very lazy this weekend, and not done any work for Uni but I don't feel too bad, because I know that I'll be working really hard during the week. I've been mainly reading, watching tennis or football and sleeping...it's been nice to relax for a while.

Yesterday was good, because the nice man from Tesco's came and delivered my food - my fridge is now full although with A around I don't know how long that will last...lol... A is proving to be a true teenager in the making, he has the fridge raiding down to a fine art...I may have to invest in a lock for the fridge... Speaking of food, the diet is still going well. I wore a pair of jeans today, which I've not worn for a while and which previously I didn't need to wear a belt with, and before I'd walked to the end of my road they were nearly falling down....yay...or not so yay for the poor people who had a flash of my knickers...but hey, it means I'm losing weight so I say yay... :D

I'm definitely feeling better in myself as well, which I knew would happen...it's always nice to be right - especially in this situation. My knee is proving to be more problematic - the pain is still there and it's hurting when I'm sitting down or even just walking a short distance... I don't know whether to go back to the doctors or not, because I've obviously not lost masses of weight...but I am exercising and maybe that's impacting on the pain...hmmm.... Any advice you guys have will be gratefully received...I'm trying not to be a wuss about it but it really is horrible pain, kind of burning and stabbing, and it has reduced me to tears on occasion...I'm desperate to carry on exercising and losing weight but I'm having to down strong painkillers in order to do so...I've not heard back from the doctors re the x-ray they took several weeks ago, so I'm guessing that there's nothing seriously wrong. I had hoped that as I exercised, so the pain would go - as my body got used to it, clearly that isn't happening and I don't know how much of my angst over it is frustration, or fear....

I'm looking forward to this week - I'm seeing J and her little lad N tomorrow, and then I'll be working on the PhD proposal as I have a meeting with Karl on Wednesday - then a bike ride with my friend S (and a long overdue catch up as well) on Thursday and Friday I plan to go to Aldershot and start the research for my dissertation there....so busy but fun... 

I've spent a fair amount of the weekend online, catching up with websites and Facebook groups I follow - one of which was set up due to a hoax being perpetrated by a twenty-something girl (google 'Emily Dirr' and read the links from various news agencies - also the blog 'Warrior Eli is a hoax') which went on for years and was really involved..It's shocking just what people do, as another person was found to be requesting packs which were intended for children with cancer, yet she was in her 20s and didn't have cancer... It's a real reminder that the internet facilitates those who want to lie and deceive, after all you can be anyone you want to be online... Reading the comments on another site, Regretsy, is also fascinating - the anger and hate and sheer insane ramblings which some people put up, never thinking to ignore the people provoking them...trolling is definitely on the rise, but it's true that no reaction = no fun for any bully, cyber or not.... Mind you, I know I'd react in certain circumstances....how sad that some people just get their kicks being mean to others... Also, and I'm not proud of this, it does make for fascinating reading...jaw dropping at times.... I do love being online but I sometimes wonder if, when future historians look back, they'll wonder what we were all on when we posted some of this stuff...

One of my little heroes, Jobo, was in the paper today - the Sunday Express... I bought it...*shudders*....only for Jobo would I do so....felt quite dirty buying the pornographer's rag but I didn't read it - just found the article about Jobo (which was sadly inaccurate but what do you expect from a paper run by the man who thinks that Big Brother is still a good idea), cut that out and then put the paper in the pile for recycling... The picture they used was just gorgeous, and hopefully the main, accurate story will come across and lots more awareness will be raised.... If you want to follow Jobo's story then his twitter is @Josephs_Journey and the web page for the blog is http://josephbowensjourney.blogspot.com/ 

Right, I'm off to watch the rest of Holland v Portugal....