Well, I managed to pass my last OU literature module…. not quite sure how that happened, but I was delighted. With no retake to revise for, I’ve been able to get on with the background reading for next two modules…. yes, that’s right, TWO!! Having already signed up for ‘From Enlightenment to Romanticism’, I was having a wee mooch through the other courses on offer and found a new one. ‘Inside Music’. Having devoted several years of my life to music, I figured I could cope with it… so I signed up. All the materials have now arrived for my two courses which are both due to start next week on my birthday. 
In other news…. I managed to put my back out last week. I wish I could say that I did it whilst doing something exciting like pole-dancing for example, or yoga, or whilst doing an assault course. Sadly not. I injured my back whilst bending down to put a sock on. The pain was unbelievable… like giving birth without the gas and air. I’ve been signed off work for 2 weeks by my doctor, and the first week was torture. Not because of my back (which is still sore) but due to the drivel that passes for daytime TV. For the first couple of days I was subjected to Jeremy Kyle and This Morning. It made me think, it’s no wonder so many stay-at-home mums and dads are on anti-depressants if the only perspective they have on the outside world is provided by the telly. Anyway, I got in touch with the Amazon Fairy who, lo and behold, delivered a box set of Downton Abbey to me the very next day….. thank you Amazon Fairy, for you have saved what little sanity I have left.
Started on my To-Do list for this coming week. Top of the list is to report said back injury to my travel insurance, because in just two weeks time I’m jetting off to sunny LA to see my brother and his lovely family – YAY!!! I’m taking my son along, and we are both really excited. My brother tells me that we are going to have a day at Six Flags, which apparently is renowned for its rollercoasters. Thankfully I have a cast iron excuse not to go on them this time! Apart from seeing my family, the thing I’m most looking forward to is the prospect of seeing wild dolphins. Last time we were there we took a whale watching boat trip out of Balboa, and seeing the dolphins playing and leaping out of the sparkling waters of the Pacific lifted my soul. My only dilemma regarding the trip is an important one… to self-tan or not before I go. Bearing in mind that I am Anglo-Irish with skin so white it is almost blue, I’m thinking that some kind of fake tan product might make me look a bit more ‘normal’ among the tanned lovelies of Orange County. So long as it doesn’t streak of course. I once made the mistake of applying fake tan after enjoying the best part of a bottle of wine. It was not the best idea that I’ve ever had. My feet looked as though I hadn’t washed them for weeks, and I had to wear long trousers for a week until it faded.
Ah well, that’s enough from me for now. Must crack on with the OU stuff so I can take 10 days out to air my streaky legs on the beaches of So Cal
Byeeee x
