Hi peeps!
Remember all the way back in April when I chucked in the accounting and took up Home Economics at school? Well now I'm playing catch up during my summer holidays!!!! I worked mightily hard today and I managed to cover Lipids, butter, cream and yoghurt. I also managed to learn off the 10 essential amino acids... let me tell you it's not easy. I came up with a sentence to help me remember which is:
Very Late Lucy Is Terribly Messy Today Panicing At Hedgehogs
Now I didn't say it had to make sense or anything- just something to help me remember these feckers...
Valine
Lysine
Leucine
Isoleucine
Tryptrophan
Methionine
Threonine
Phenylalanine
Arginine
Histidine
Phew! I can assure I wasn't looking at any paper... that all came from my memory. You can probably understand though why I'm so freakin' tired!
I must confess though... me being the nerd that I am. I have started doing some revision in other school subjects DURING MY SUMMER HOLIDAYS. I am now officially a fully fledged N*E*R*D I mean, what kind of freak studies DURING THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAYS? Me... that's who! It's not my fault I have a love of learning. Who wouldn't want to know about Diffusion and Osmosis in Biology or Human Resource Management in Business Studies.
And to add to my N*E*R*Diness I am doing an intensive revision course in higher level maths and Irish the week before school starts back!
In health news... the old Nerdy Girl is back baby! I haven't eaten so much since I was 14 years old... when I was a stone heavier than I am now... If I keep going the way I'm going I'll be back to that weight again... but I don't mind... I was a stout healthy country nerdy girl. Also I have Energy? Do you know how weird that is... when for so so long I couldn't drag my A$$ off the sofa but now I'm buzzing with so much energy I have no idea what to do with myself? So I clean the kitchen for the mother and I help make the dinner and I clean my room and I bring the dog for a walk... it's so weird... who would have thought being normal could feel so weird! But I have an appointment with The Prof on Friday... so I won't go jumping to any conclusions just yet... but I certainly do feel better.
The sister passed her driving test on Thursday and it was only her second time... so fair play to ya sister!
Ya know the way I'm always yabbering on about books and telling ye what I've been reading and whether I liked it or not? Well due to recent releases I want to make one thing clear I HATE HARRY POTTER!!!!!!! So do not be expecting me to tell ye what I think of the last book. I've got two John Grisham's coming up- now they are good books. I'll be telling ye all about them.
Can you believe it? After like 58 days of non-stop icky ucky crappy rain the sun has come through the clouds and is shining. It's amazing and the Irish have gone mad. Slipping on their t-shirts, slapping on their hats and most importantly of all slopping on the sun cream (factor 15 at least please). After all, do you really want to look like a leather purse? I personally prefer to be on the inside looking out when it comes to the sun. My pale Irish Cailin skin is not suited to the burning rays of the sun (plus the medication I'm on cause it to be ten times worse then it should be). I prefer to look like a milk bottle anyhoo.
Laters
Sal
PS: Just heard this fan-dabby-dozy song called "Mr Rock'n'Roll" by Amy McDonald... highly recommend ye all listen to it!
Monday, 30 July 2007
Monday, 23 July 2007
Goodbye Tube!
Thank God! Tomorrow I shall be saying goodbye to my NG Tube. It will have been up my nose for 6 weeks. I don't think I could stick it a day longer. Mind you I'm not going to complain too much... it has done the job it was supposed to do... In fact it done way more than what my doctors were expecting! I have gained a stone and I no longer look like a ghost! Yes I know, I know I have to be the only person who is happy about gaining weight.
Well, as I have been stuck on this tube feed I haven't really been up to much. Just cooking really and my friend has been coming down to keep me company and watch films. The odd time I go out with the mother or the father for a drive but that's about it... it gets boring stuck in the house.
The Mother and the Father will have been married for 25 years tomorrow! The sister and I put our money together and bought them a dinner for two and we also made a huge card with a picture of them at their wedding on it. It looks class!
For some odd reason I was looking at old photographs... let me tell you- I was a BIG baby! But I came across picture of our holiday in Scotland. What a country!!! It was so good. We even saw the Loch Ness Monster... here let me show you!
We stayed in Fort William for a week... it is such a cute little town at the foot of Ben Nevis. We even went on to the cable cars up one of the mountains in the Nevis Range. Then I read in the paper the next week that one of the cable cars fell- never again!!! But the funniest story was when the father and I went go-karting and I crashed at full speed right into the tyres... I was stunned and my neck was killing me let me tell you!
I hope you all were watching The Open Championship! What a day! I don't care what anyone says- Golf is exciting! I'm very proud of Padraig Harrington! You'll never beat the Irish!!! I have to say, after watching the press conference with Sergio Garcia, I was very disappointing. He was very bitter and wasn't at all gracious in his defeat!
Anyway, I have to go hook up to my tube for one last time!!!
Laters,
Sal
Well, as I have been stuck on this tube feed I haven't really been up to much. Just cooking really and my friend has been coming down to keep me company and watch films. The odd time I go out with the mother or the father for a drive but that's about it... it gets boring stuck in the house.
The Mother and the Father will have been married for 25 years tomorrow! The sister and I put our money together and bought them a dinner for two and we also made a huge card with a picture of them at their wedding on it. It looks class!
For some odd reason I was looking at old photographs... let me tell you- I was a BIG baby! But I came across picture of our holiday in Scotland. What a country!!! It was so good. We even saw the Loch Ness Monster... here let me show you!
We stayed in Fort William for a week... it is such a cute little town at the foot of Ben Nevis. We even went on to the cable cars up one of the mountains in the Nevis Range. Then I read in the paper the next week that one of the cable cars fell- never again!!! But the funniest story was when the father and I went go-karting and I crashed at full speed right into the tyres... I was stunned and my neck was killing me let me tell you!
I hope you all were watching The Open Championship! What a day! I don't care what anyone says- Golf is exciting! I'm very proud of Padraig Harrington! You'll never beat the Irish!!! I have to say, after watching the press conference with Sergio Garcia, I was very disappointing. He was very bitter and wasn't at all gracious in his defeat!
Anyway, I have to go hook up to my tube for one last time!!!
Laters,
Sal
Saturday, 7 July 2007
House Arrest
I'm very sorry for not having written in quite a while... but the past few weeks have been quite hectic to say the least. I've been to Rome and I've been in hospital so as you can imagine I haven't had the oppurtunity to post!!!
Anyway, Rome was just amazing. We went everywhere. We were at the Papal Audience in St Peters Square when the German guy jumped at the Pope. We also went to the Vatican Museums (the Sistine Chapel is amazing, but even more amazing is the Gallery Of Maps), the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, St Peters Basillica, San Maria Maggiore Basillica, San Maria deli Angli Basillica, the Trevi Fountain (it's so pretty, and yes I did throw my coin in- because I have to go back there!) and I pretty sure there's more.
My God! The food was just out of this world... seriously you have not tasted pizza until you have had a pizza in an Italian Ristorante. I also had Cannelloni, ravioli stuffed with cheese with tomato sauce, fettuchine alla papalina and the ice cream- it is the most delicious, most creamy ice cream. I had it twice a day EVERY DAY!
The only problem I had was that it was 27 degrees and that was far too hot- for me anyway. WHAT? I'm an Irish girl I'm used to really cold weather. So if I go back- No make that WHEN I go back it'll be in March or September.
But no sooner was I back from Rome, when I had to go to the hospital. I was weak and tired and my back was just aching. So anyway, I ended up spending 2 and half weeks in there... on a tube feed... which I'm still on at home and will be for at least another week. It's crap because I'm not allowed eat anything and it's getting worse everyday because the tube feed is making me so well that I want to eat more and more! My poor arms are in bits after all the blood tests and the canullas (Lines for IV drips).
Next week I have to go for a bone density scan (DXA Scan) and a blood test... I may wear gloves to keep my hands warm because I'll be damned if they are coming near the veins on arms. I couldn't straighten my arm for over a week after the last one!
I've read loads of books and watched loads of films during my stay in hospital. So here's what I think of each.
Size 14 is not Fat Either- Meg Cabot- It was really good- slightly gruesome. But it was full of Meg Cabot's trademark humour!
All I Want Is You- Martina Reilly- This book was really really nice. It was a light story (which I wanted because I was stuck in such a depressing place).
Set Up- Liz Allen- This book was brilliant, it was so full of twists and turns that I was not expecting. Great crime writer.
Marshmallows for Breakfast- Goomson- Can't remember the author's first name. but like Martina Reilly's book this was a nice light story.
The Guardian- Nicholas Sparks- I was not expecting this book to be near as good as it was. I thought it was just another love story but it turns into a scary stalking story. Fantastic!
If You Could See Me Now- Cecilia Ahern- I can understand why this book wasn't as popular as her first too because the storyline wouldn't be to everyone's taste but I have to say I quite enjoyed it.
The Last Juror- John Grisham- One word- Excellent
Currently I'm reading At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks. It's good but not near as good as The Notebook or The Guardian.
Now onto the films I watched
Sleepless In Seattle- I'm a hopeless romantic at heart.
Turner and Hooch which was so funny.
The Last Kiss because Zach Braff starred in it I was expecting it to be brilliant but it wasn't great.
Erin Brokovich- I've never been a fan of Julia Roberts but I have to say this film was just brilliant.
Save The Last Dance- Absolutely brilliant- Loved the dancing!
The Notebook- A bit different to the book but absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking!
John Tucker Must Die- Crap
The Shawshank Redemption- What I twist in the end. I have to say I did not see it coming. Morgan Freeman is absolutely brilliant.
Prime- I really like this film. Meryl Streep is great (as usual)
Dream Girls- Ok why did Jennifer Hudson get Best Supporting actress at the Oscars, I think it's fairly obvious that she had the lead in that film.
The Pursuit of Happyness- So cute and heartwarming.
Hoodwinked- I love the hyperactive squirrel and the bunny is so funny too! A great twist on Little Red Riding Hood
What Women Want- Mel Gibson, a comic genius, this film is hilarious.
I'm watching Live Earth at the moment. Toni Collette is singing- who knew that she could? No one decent has been on yet. I tell you what concert was good and that was Princess Diana's. Rod Stewart was amazing especially when he sang Sailing and Take That rocked!
Anyway, I have to go- not that I'm going anyway where, I'm under house arrest because of the tube feed! But I'll be killed if I stay on the internet any longer.
Laters
Sal
Anyway, Rome was just amazing. We went everywhere. We were at the Papal Audience in St Peters Square when the German guy jumped at the Pope. We also went to the Vatican Museums (the Sistine Chapel is amazing, but even more amazing is the Gallery Of Maps), the Pantheon, the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, St Peters Basillica, San Maria Maggiore Basillica, San Maria deli Angli Basillica, the Trevi Fountain (it's so pretty, and yes I did throw my coin in- because I have to go back there!) and I pretty sure there's more.
My God! The food was just out of this world... seriously you have not tasted pizza until you have had a pizza in an Italian Ristorante. I also had Cannelloni, ravioli stuffed with cheese with tomato sauce, fettuchine alla papalina and the ice cream- it is the most delicious, most creamy ice cream. I had it twice a day EVERY DAY!
The only problem I had was that it was 27 degrees and that was far too hot- for me anyway. WHAT? I'm an Irish girl I'm used to really cold weather. So if I go back- No make that WHEN I go back it'll be in March or September.
But no sooner was I back from Rome, when I had to go to the hospital. I was weak and tired and my back was just aching. So anyway, I ended up spending 2 and half weeks in there... on a tube feed... which I'm still on at home and will be for at least another week. It's crap because I'm not allowed eat anything and it's getting worse everyday because the tube feed is making me so well that I want to eat more and more! My poor arms are in bits after all the blood tests and the canullas (Lines for IV drips).
Next week I have to go for a bone density scan (DXA Scan) and a blood test... I may wear gloves to keep my hands warm because I'll be damned if they are coming near the veins on arms. I couldn't straighten my arm for over a week after the last one!
I've read loads of books and watched loads of films during my stay in hospital. So here's what I think of each.
Size 14 is not Fat Either- Meg Cabot- It was really good- slightly gruesome. But it was full of Meg Cabot's trademark humour!
All I Want Is You- Martina Reilly- This book was really really nice. It was a light story (which I wanted because I was stuck in such a depressing place).
Set Up- Liz Allen- This book was brilliant, it was so full of twists and turns that I was not expecting. Great crime writer.
Marshmallows for Breakfast- Goomson- Can't remember the author's first name. but like Martina Reilly's book this was a nice light story.
The Guardian- Nicholas Sparks- I was not expecting this book to be near as good as it was. I thought it was just another love story but it turns into a scary stalking story. Fantastic!
If You Could See Me Now- Cecilia Ahern- I can understand why this book wasn't as popular as her first too because the storyline wouldn't be to everyone's taste but I have to say I quite enjoyed it.
The Last Juror- John Grisham- One word- Excellent
Currently I'm reading At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks. It's good but not near as good as The Notebook or The Guardian.
Now onto the films I watched
Sleepless In Seattle- I'm a hopeless romantic at heart.
Turner and Hooch which was so funny.
The Last Kiss because Zach Braff starred in it I was expecting it to be brilliant but it wasn't great.
Erin Brokovich- I've never been a fan of Julia Roberts but I have to say this film was just brilliant.
Save The Last Dance- Absolutely brilliant- Loved the dancing!
The Notebook- A bit different to the book but absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking!
John Tucker Must Die- Crap
The Shawshank Redemption- What I twist in the end. I have to say I did not see it coming. Morgan Freeman is absolutely brilliant.
Prime- I really like this film. Meryl Streep is great (as usual)
Dream Girls- Ok why did Jennifer Hudson get Best Supporting actress at the Oscars, I think it's fairly obvious that she had the lead in that film.
The Pursuit of Happyness- So cute and heartwarming.
Hoodwinked- I love the hyperactive squirrel and the bunny is so funny too! A great twist on Little Red Riding Hood
What Women Want- Mel Gibson, a comic genius, this film is hilarious.
I'm watching Live Earth at the moment. Toni Collette is singing- who knew that she could? No one decent has been on yet. I tell you what concert was good and that was Princess Diana's. Rod Stewart was amazing especially when he sang Sailing and Take That rocked!
Anyway, I have to go- not that I'm going anyway where, I'm under house arrest because of the tube feed! But I'll be killed if I stay on the internet any longer.
Laters
Sal
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