Come on, come on what are you going to do you...

I am getting ready to go out tonight, were going to Mike's house party for his 21st which is going to be entertaining. However more excitingly I am having pancakes at Karen's. I haven't had pancakes in ages and I am going to eat loads. Yippee!!

We went to the pub last night which was rather good fun to see everyone and just talk about rubbish for a couple of hours. Kazz and I left early and spoke a lot. I think were OK now.

I have had an idea of what to get her for Christmas although its going to require some research.

My field course is nearly done hurrah!!! I can't wait to get that out of the way ready for winkle picking next Saturday. I shall do some reading up on that tomorrow I think.

Term is really really busy but I am just about coping. I am really looking forward to Sunday, hope it goes well.

Were definitely going to Morocco too, which is going to be amazing. I may have to try cous cous though. =S

Did you whisper in my ear, the things you want to hear...

Gah my laptop is annoying. Media player keeps dieing and I am rather desperate to actually hear some music rather than me tapping at the keyboard for a change. Sadly Karen's laptop died again but Dell have "graciously" agreed to fix it. Although they took their time about it, harumph.

Today was fairly up and down, Church was awesome, really great morning. I love to see the kids enjoying themselves. I really need to put in more time and thought with my planning because Martin's was genuinely top notch. Hockey was rather boring though, whilst a good work out, its clear that this season won't happen easily. Its going to be a struggle to be heard and whilst were clearly not the most important people in the club it'd be nice to have a bit more recognition, especially when you put in so much effort sorting things out and to then have them ignored.

Karen is really bored and it sucks that I couldn't be there to cheer her up because of trying to get my project done. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and she will enjoy looking at moorhen stuff. I really want her to enjoy her project even if her supervisor seems like a pain. Hopefully I shall be meeting Prof Butlin on Tuesday to talk about my winkles. I may even have a look at some papers beforehand!

My field course write up is going OK, I am fairly close to having a first draft done and then go over it all this week. Organisation is going to be tough this year as I have a lot to do between, Church, Work, Hockey and a social life! I'll try my best though.

We had a fun day on Saturday, we woke up late, went into town and pottered about and then went to Opal just to see Dazi, Ria and Chris who we hadn't seen for a week. We eventually left just after half 11 at night, having vaguely watched the Flintstones and Core and properly watched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which was entertaining. We also ate pizza so I feel fat this week, I may go to the gym tomorrow to row once Karen has gone off Moorhen spotting.

I am just about to edit some photos and send them to my first "client" a kayaker who I was shooting last weekend. Client is totally the wrong word as I was shooting whatever and she would like the photos. But I may someday have clients!

We have decided not to go to Southern Africa this Summer as it would be far too expensive (at least 2k) which is more than we can afford. However we are thinking of trying Morocco or Tunisia which will be very different! I am very much looking forward to it. We shall not only take some cool photos because we are good photographers, but we shall have an awesome time together which is the most important thing to me. I genuinely want to take in everything, even if we only went to the Lakes for a week I would try to get out from behind the lens more!

Anyway (not hoo!) I shall go and edit my photos.

Your eyes they hypnotize me every night I'm in a dream, just lie here with me...

Note to say this is going to be big. James Nachtwey October 3rd.

Today it is sunny huzzah!

I'm still feeling the effects of bouldering on Tuesday; my forearms and shoulders hurt pretty badly.

My field course write up is going OK, I am on target with my word limit so that's good.

I had a great time last night. Met up with cell friends from church and ate some lovely food then toddled down to the pub and had a relaxing drink with the biology crew. I feel incredibly blessed to have so many friends to look after me. But most of all to have Karenstickalaren to hug me to sleep even if I am minging and full of cold.

Karen's computer screen has died alas. Hopefully Dell will be able to fix it so we can MSN again and Kazz doesn't have to splash out on a new screen/computer which may impinge on our holiday next year.

I am happy to say I am going to get very familiar with winkles over the next twelve weeks. My project is likely to be looking at the responses of winkle species to predation. How exciting!

Just close your eyes and Ill take you there, this place is warm without a care

Today was our first day back at uni properly. I had one lecture. Its a hard life.

I am attempting to write my project by the end of the week and its awful I am struggling so much on the introduction I really wish I had done more over the summer.

I found out that my project supervisor is Roger Butlin who I had for my lecture today, he seems OK, his area of research is winkles and grasshoppers, which may prove interesting... I hope Kazz gets someone good for project. I really want us both to have fantastic opportunities.

We went out photototoing on Saturday, first to Crookes Valley Park then the Botanical Gardens then back to the park where I took some shots of kayakers which have hopefully come out ok, I shall put some up in a bit.

We have an exciting meeting about level 3 tomorrow which I cannot wait to attend. I am sure we will get showered in paper and shouted at by MSJ.

Breathe out so I could breathe you in, hold you in...

Its been an awfully long time since I updated last. We still haven't been imploded by CERN and its even been a bit sunny in the past couple of days.

I am currently planning for Sunday which I am looking forward to providing I get some team in! Apart from that church stuff is going really well, were moving forward with the programme and I am enjoying the responsibility its given me.

I am attempting to start writing my project too which isn't going as well. I shall pick up next week and hopefully get a first draft done.

I had an awesome time at home and then with the Opal crew and especially on Wednesday with biology friends. We did nothing but it was really good. I am so happy to be back in the social swing of things.

Anyhoo to work!