What the frig!? I mean SERIOUSLY! Ok so I’m sitting at my laptop Monday night after working all day and I get up to get a drink and feel that my right leg just doesn’t feel right. I look down…. holy shit my foot / ankle area is massively swollen and funny looking!  I think back to about a week and a half ago when I fell down twice…. yeah I know – unco much?! haha

Anyways, so I figured the swelling and general retardness of my leg had something to do with that so I put some ice on it for the rest of the night and kept it elevated and it eventually went down. Then this morning it was swelled up again and kinda sore round my knee so I told work I wouldn’t be in and went to the docs for my appointment at 11…. an hour later I got seen!!

The doc (snarky bitch doctor by the way – not my usual nice lady doc) took a look and some measurements and concluded that my right calf was bigger than my left calf by a couple of cms so she said I needed an urgent blood test to see if I had a blood clot – as she wouldn’t recommend me flying unless it was checked out.

So 20mins later (and 3 failed attempts at finding a vein) I gave blood and went on my merry way home to report to my parents.  I had something to eat and a shower then got out to mum yelling at me that I had a call haha it was the nurse from the doctors to say that whatever indicates you have a blood clot was at elevated levels so they had made an appointment for me at the After Hours clinic at 3pm for an ultrasound to find the dastardly thing!  At that stage it was 2.10pm and so I figured she meant 3pm tomorrow….. yeah NO it was today so I had to get mum and dad to haul ass to take me cos they said I shouldn’t drive?!

Anyways long story short I had the ultrasound and they couldn’t find the suspected blood clot but said I would probably need to come in next week again for another ultrasound or at least another blood test to see if the levels of whatnot were elevated again…

So yeah it’s been a long day and bedtime is calling haha! Work again tomorrow… more training of more new people

Haha classic Billy Connolly quote above – he is my absolute fav comedian and I seriously hope I get to see him live in my lifetime as no matter what show I watch he never fails to crack me up!

My mate Dan brought round the complete 8 Disc World Tour Collection the other night and we watched Scotland which was brilliant as I’ve been there before but want to spend more time there for sure…

I watched one of the England, Ireland & Wales discs last night (England) and saw Newcastle where I’m heading in 22 days! Now I’ve been there before many a time growing up but it was amazing to see it through his eyes and also seeing it as a more mature adult (yes Sarah I referred to myself as a mature adult – get over it!!! haha) as the last time I was there I was a green 22yr old with no clue about the world.

More Billy classics….

“The great thing about Glasgow is that if there’s a nuclear attack it’ll look exactly the same afterwards.”

“There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.”

“I don’t know why I should have to learn Algebra… I’m never likely to go there.”

“The human race has been set up. Someone, somewhere, is playing a practical joke on us. Apparently, women need to feel loved to have sex. Men need to have sex to feel loved. How do we ever get started?”

“Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey… Doesn’t try it on.”

“What always staggers me is that when people blow their noses, they always look into their hankies to see what came out. What do they expect to find?”

“I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.”

“Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he think he was doing at the time?”

“Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I’m a schizophrenic,
and so am I.”

Right before I sign off here’s a wee vid of one of the shows on the DVD

Rightyho so if anybody’s interested in my movements between leaving sunny Christchurch and arriving in drizzly London please find below my schedule… (NZ times included!)

I’m taking a really big book and lots of UK reading material of things to do so I shouldn’t get too bored…..

Yippppppeeeeeeeee! GG and Rossco are to be reunited after months of apartedness haha. 

The lovely Sarah Mooreski is being her brilliant self and coming to see me in Oxford the day after I arrive at Heathrow for a good old reunion haha.  We have no clue really what we’re gonna do or where we’re gonna go but hell we’re in Oxford so I’m sure we won’t be bored! I have warned her that she may be meeting with Sleepy Rossco but then again Sleep Rossco is still adequately fabulous so there’s really no issue there is there?! 

Can’t wait!

Just updated my UK Countdown page on here and there’s only about 4 or 5 things that are left to do!!! EEEEEEEEEK~ scariness! haha Nah it’s so all good it’s not funny cos I have done about enough planning this past few months to last me a lifetime!

28 days until I leave NZ…

21 days until I leave Haydns… now that is gonna be hard!

Once again my plans have changed haha… ok well maybe not drastically but they’re different from “A day of sleep and a Train” haha.

I’m pretty sure I’m now going to arrive at Heathrow Friday 13th Feb (assuming my transit in Brunei is only 10hours as planned) then Amelia is meeting me at Heathrow and taking me back to her and Mike’s flat in Oxford where I can rest up and get over the flight…. We will be having Nandos on the Sunday haha I’m sure of it! and then I’m planning on getting the bus from Oxford to Gatwick Airport and high-tailing it up to Newcastle, where either my Grandad or Auntie will meet me.  Which one depends on how my Grandad’s visit to the hospital goes which isn’t until next week… So who I am going to stay with will remain up in the air til just before I leave I think but that’s no biggie!

Gutted that I’ll be in Newcastle for Mooreski’s birthday but can’t be helped I spose! Maybe I’ll just have to invite her up to Newcastle for the weekend or something hehe. 

YAY 33 days to go!!!!! WHHOOOOOP!

xxx

Well I’ve done it…. finally sorted my shit and gone through with getting my tattoo!!

I went with my mate Dan and he was awesome keeping my mind off the pain – which I have to say was less than anticipated…