From yesterday:


I wrote one of my longest ever entries yesterday. Then we had an electrical fault at work it all vanished when my pc lost power...

My TL has just bought a PDA. It's actually quite appealing. Smaller than my trusty diary, and probably more flexible. But the expense??

I talked about a lot of things, including the fact that i've found a new pink paint with which i am going to repaint my study. It's a bit lighter, and i prefer it. I still haven't finished the yellow paint though. I must do that this weekend, before i really begin to hate that colour!

Last night i got the pack from the OU about choosing my next course. I think i'm going to go for the short course about ancient cities, followed by reading Latin. It does mean that i have to put up with Sallust for the second time in my life, but maybe this time something will go in. I need to find two more short courses to make up the numbers. Probably an introduction to shakespeare, i don't think i could do a full course, but a short one might be interesting...and then i guess i wait and see. The shakespeare course hasn't been finalised yet, but i cuold do that years down the road. Right now, i'm picking ones that interest me. The cities one was an obvious choice (pity it isn't a full 30 point one in my opinion!) and i have always wanted to improve my Latin, now i have the chance.

I am enjoying the course, it's hard work (especially the TMA's), but i have made a new friend in Melody and learned so much already.

Well, after i wrote that the power went off in the office again, good job i saved this time!

I bought a bench for my garden last night, it wasn't heavy, but i simply couldn't lift it out of the trolley due to being on the short side. Fortunately, a very nice gentleman came and lifted it out for me. Once that was done i was able to pick it up and load it into my car. Sadly it was raining last night, so i didn't really fancy trying to put it together. I'll leave it until Saturday, in the hope that it will be nicer then. Plus i have much longer to do it.

The last few nights i've been playing a little Grandia II, doing some painting (although yellow paint is very hard to see in artificial light, so the borders will wait until the weekend when i can actually see what i'm doing!) and then going and trying to read "here's history of science", which i'm finding quite hard going. It's written in a rather odd, sarcastic way. Full of cliches...but i'll get through it.

I am enjoying it, despite the hard work. I'm a bit nervous about Res School, but i'm hoping that it will help me get my head a round some concepts, as well as perhaps making some new friends. I do want a classics degree, but the idea of some history of english is appealing too. So is art history!