My first week of my third year at uni is over! It actually went pretty well which is surprising! The modules that I'm taking seem really interesting (so far!) and hopefully that will continue!
I only had one lecture for Saints and Sinners but had a seminar for it which was awesome! We looked at the questions:
1: What (if anything) does the study of history contribute to modern society and why are you studying history?
2: Do you think that people are more or less religious now than in the 16th century?
3: What is 'bias' and can it be avoided?
We got into groups and discussed these questions - we had differing views so we did a lot of discussing!!

I had three Barbarians lectures. In the second one we looked at two movies to look at how barbarians are viewed and pictured. We looked at Gladiator and The Fall of The Roman Empire. Both films are about the same point in history 180A.D (if I remember rightly) so it was quite interesting to compare and contrast them. We were just watching the first bit of Gladiator and one thing was really annoying me - at one point during the battle the music sounds sooooooo similar to the Pirates of the Caribbean music. So this week we've really just been looking at perceptions of barbarians.

I had two V&E Glasgow lectures which have actually been a lot more interesting than I thought that it would be!! This week we've just been having an overview of Glasgow really.

On Wednesday I made the very scary step of going back to CU. GUCU is pretty cliquey to be honest (not on purpose I'm sure) which is why I stopped going after the first few weeks of first year. I was terrified going back but eventually I spotted a girl that I had known from halls. She remembered who I was which really put me at ease and then a few more girls from the hall group also came along so I wasn't on my own! It an ok meeting, there were a lot of people there which was great. The hall group girls last year carried on doing a weekly bible study even after we've moved out of halls and they are carrying that on this year and they've invited me to join them! SO excited!

On Thursday I met Jess and we headed round to Georgia and Eliza's flat where we were joined by Michelle and Alison. It was really nice to see all these girls again and they were so friendly and welcoming that I didn't feel like I hadn't seen them for a year (going on two I guess).

It would seem that David Hodgeson (manager of Darlo) has been suspended. Can he come back from this? Well, with all that has already gone on this season with all these arguments with the board and so on I'm not so sure. Would he want to, is another question! It doesn't really help that our old assistant manager moved to Hibernian a few weeks ago so Maddo will be in charge of first team affairs. We drew 2-2 at home to Grimsby last night after leading 2-0. Obviously I wasn't there so I don't know if we deserved to win or not. I do know that we had a man sent off and that gives us a horrendous discipline record! We have had so many red cards from the end of last season to now. I can't believe it! And it is something that really affects the team because it usually means a 3 game suspension.

Just one week until the Scotland match against France at Hampden!! So excited!!!!!!!

Ok, I've just got to say something that has been annoying me for a while:

Weird is spelt WEIRD

now that is W*E*I*R*D, not wierd!!


W*E*I*R*D weird weird weird weird weird!!!!!

I had my first day of lectures today. They all went well. They were introductory lectures really so didn't have a great deal to think about or use my brain for. At 11am I had Saints and Sinners (sounds a bit like some kind of fancy dress party really), then at 12pm Barbarians in the Mediterranean. Then I had an hour for lunch and finally at 2pm I had Victorian and Edwardian Glasgow. All in all they were ok. Tomorrow I only have one lecture - Barbarians where we will be looking at the portrayal of barbarians in film. Hopefully that will be quite good. When I got home I was visited by Kendie, Naomi and Ali which was nice. Don't think I have seen any of them since New Year so it was good to catch up. We took Zinzan out for a while because they had never seen him. We put him in the new pen that I have got him which he seems to enjoy!
I got a letter from Sarah today! I was so, so pleased! It was such a surprise! I miss her a lot so I'm busy writing an equally long letter!

I am bored. I have been bored all week.
All I have done is:
Wednesday - Enrolled for my Junior Honours History at 9am. Seriously, why did it have to be 9am! That is just idiotic! Been ill with cold
Thursday - bookcase delivered just after 8am. Again, absolutely ridiculous! GIVE ME A BREAK! Then I built me a bookcase. All by myself. No help at all, apart from stupid Ikea instructions. Then I moved it from my living room to my bedroom which you thought would be easy but the bookcase was just about as big as my hall so I had to deal with the problem of angles. There is a slight bash in my bedroom wall but quite frankly, bothered? Then I did nothing else except made a sausage casserole for the first time. Turned out nice but I will not use those sausages again. Been even more ill with cold.
Friday - Did nothing!
Saturday - Did nothing except cleaning my bathroom and doing a load of washing.

Can't wait for tomorrow. This will be my first visit back to Partick Baptist since the end of May so I can't wait to see everyone there.

I'm now back in Glasgow. Mum and I drove up yesterday. I drove the first part (Darlo to Gretna) and then Mum drove the rest. This meant that I drove on the motorway for the very first time. Very exciting! I was really worried about it but it was fine because it wasn't busy.
Today Mum and I went to Ikea (oh the joys) to look for a bookcase which I am really, really in need of. It is getting delivered on Thursday so I'll have to try and put it together. I'm not sure how successful I'll be. We also got various bits and pieces for the flat including a rug (it looks very nice) and a basket thing to put all my random computer stuff in. Then we went to Next Home and I got a storage thing for my bathroom.
We then returned to Partick and went for lunch, then got the boiler serviced (very interesting stuff!! lol), went and bought a nest of tables to put my tv on, then Mum set off to go home.
Haven't done much since!!! lol

adopt your own virtual pet!

* Deborah - I love the post on your site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to announce that I passed my driving test and I am very pleased about it!! YAY!!

On Saturday Helen picked me up at just after 10am and we headed over to Carlisle. We were having a reunion of leaders from LM3C at Laura's new flat. Unfortunately Agnes couldn't be there but she was the only one so all the rest of us were there, although that still didn't mean there were a great number of us - Laura, Helen, Lola, Kirsten and I.
Helen and I were the last ones to arrive. We chatted for a while then went to Penrith (where Laura works) and had lunch. It was so delicious - shame I don't live anywhere near Penrith or I'd go there more often! After lunch we headed to Keswick and just wandered around for a while at the market and then down by the lake which just looked beautiful on such a sunny day. Then, of course, we got ice cream!!


Laura and Helen

Lola and Kirsten

Keswick - love it!

We went back to Laura's for tea which was chilli (delicious) and then Laura took Lola and Kirsten to the train station. In the evening we watched Notting Hill - great film - and were joined by Laura's flatmate, Fiona.
Today we went to a church that Laura is trying out and then had lunch at Laura's. After that it was time to leave so we went to the train station. My train to Glasgow was delayed 40 minutes!! Grrr! I was so annoyed but actually I quite enjoyed just sitting in the station. The train, once it arrived, was fine - in fact it was quite pleasant because it was really quiet. In the evening I went to Gardner Street as per usual.

I had to post this one too. The required proposal and rejection scene for any self respecting period drama but with the immortal and very harsh lines....
'I wish to marry you because I love you'
'You shouldn't because I do not like you and never have!'

Oh, I just love it sooooooo much!!!!

Ok, the North and South obsession is getting worse and worse!!
Met Beth for lunch yesterday, had a funny incident with her sandwich which we didn't realise had meat in it! Oops! Anyway, she didn't starve! Then went to college to because she had to go and visit her old music teacher and he wasn't even there so we went to her house and had a North and South marathon! It is four hours long but that didn't stop us! I really just can't put across how much I love it!!!!

Oh and Darlo drew 1-1 on Friday against Torquay! BLEURGH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why can't Darlo play like Scotland???!

So, on Saturday my Dad and I travelled up to sunny Glasgow (yeah right.... it rained pretty much the whole time!). First we went and checked on my flat.... yup still in pretty good condition. Can't believe that I'm going back there to stay in a few weeks!! BOO! We went to Greggs for lunch (ever so classy! lol) and then worked out how we were going to get to Celtic Park for the Scotland v Faroe Islands game. We realised that we only need to catch one train from Partick to Dalmarnock and then walk 10-15mins to get to stadium. So that is what we did. At the station we met Susan from church. Hadn't seen her all summer so that was really nice.
We got to Celtic Park without a hitch. We arrived sooooooo early though, like 2 hours before the kick off so we were hanging around outside the ground and the players coaches arrived, Faroes first (not really bothered about them to be honest) and then Scotland. Obviously when the Scotland coach arrived EVERYONE wanted to catch a glimpse of the players so we didn't really get a good view. Dad saw Walter Smith (the manager) while I got a really good view of Paul Hartley. Then we made our way into the stadium and to say that we had awesome seats doesn't really justify it. We were alongside the pitch and not too far from it towards the middle (does this make any sense) . Anyway, they were good seats! While we were waiting for the game to start I was watching all the really exciting people who were milling around on and around the pitch. Darren Fletcher (Scotland and Man Utd) was the first who I saw - he looks so much like my cousin Der it is unbelievable). Then Gary McAllister, Dougie Donnelly and Pat Nevin. But best of all...... ALLY MCCOIST!! He is one of my heroes so I was really pleased to see him. Well that made my day, I didn't really care how the match went after that!
The atmosphere in Celtic Park was amazing! The stadium really keeps the sound in so it was just fab. The attendance was 50, 059 which was great when everyone except my Dad was singing along to such songs as The Proclaimers - 500 Miles and also Loch Lomond - it is goosebump stuff! Well there isn't much to say about the match - we won it. 6-0!! I didn't think I'd ever see Scotland score 6 goals let alone in one game. To be fair to the Faroes their keeper should have saved at least 3 of the goals - the two penalties (scored by Kris Boyd and Kenny Millar) and Gary O'Connor's shot (the only goal of the second half). The other goals were scored by Darren Fletcher, James McFadden and another by Kris Boyd. Fantastic!!
Well, Dad and I are wishing that we could have more internationals played at Celtic because it is easier to get to from Partick than Hampden is. It is also much quicker to get out of! We were back at the flat in a fraction of the time that it would have taken us to get back from the national stadium.
We set off straight away to go to Inverness to visit my Grampa. We had a good journey and arrived sometime after 9pm.
On Sunday we went to Kingsview - saw lots of friends and relatives as usual. In the afternoon we went to the Fairy Glen for a wee walk with Ian, Paula, Craig, Cara and Emma and of course Molly. Hattie and Molly basically ignored each other the whole time but had great fun playing in the stream getting themselves and everyone else absolutely soaked. We then went back to Dunballoch and saw their kittens, Smokey and Murphy, who Hattie terrorised (yeah right... I think she was more scared of them but they did not like her at all!) and I saw Cara's hamster Chester who is adorable! I don't love him as much as Zinzan though! We went to Kingsview again in the evening - had a good talk with Catherine about the camp that she did. Sounded awesome!!
On Monday we went into Inverness shopping. First headed out to the 'Golden Mile' (it is basically a retail park) and went to Tesco (bought a skirt) then to Borders (didn't buy a lot), then to Pizza Hut for lunch. Then went to Inverness itself - bought some boots.
In the evening Uncle Don came for tea, Emma was there as well cos Iain and Craig were harvesting and Paula and Cara were at dancing. So was v. nice.
On Tuesday morning Auntie Kathleen called which was nice and unexpected. Then we set off down the road. Stopped at Bruar for lunch then went to the Rosses. Called in at the shop which was good to see and then went to their house for tea. Then carried on down the road. Can't remember when we arrived home. I was too tired to remember!!

Just watch and appreciate!! This is from North and South (BBC adaptation)


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Don't really have a lot of news today. Yesterday went to visit Beth just to say hi and then ended up going with the Ainscoughs to the Archers ice cream parlour (which I had visited for the first time on Monday!). Twas lovely - had some ice cream (obviously) and then went to the maize maze which really consisted of more sunflowers than maize but was awesome. Had a great time! Played hide and seek with Jonathan being the seeker. He found Beth and I first but then we ran off and hid again and they couldn't find us. At one point they were right beside where we were. It was very difficult to keep quiet! Beth got stung by nettles which wasn't nice!
Had to clean Zinzan out today as he is going to stay with our neighbours for the weekend which he should enjoy. Today I am meeting up with an old school friend from Polam, Emma (or Emma Jayne as she was always called!!), which I am looking forward to. I can't have seen her since I left Polam about six years ago I think!! That is totally crazy because in primary school we were really good friends. A couple of years I went to her house for Bonfire Night and there would be fireworks and sparklers and stuff. One time a big rocket shot off and hit their neighbours roof which was kind of funny! So I'm looking forward to that anyway!
Tonight Darlo are playing Torquay. They are playing on Friday night because there are various Euro 2008 qualifiers being played on Saturday so they thought that people would want to watch them on Saturday instead of coming to watch Darlo (which is quite understandable given recent form!). It works out well for me because tomorrow Dad and I are going to Glasgow to watch Scotland take on the Faroe Islands at Celtic Park! Very exciting!!!