Rachel's Journal

long meme thing as am bored!

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:46:35 GMT

1- Elaborate on your default icon.
It's me right after I got my hair chopped short (so it would be managable when in hospital for my op) and i like it lots which is rare.

2- What's your current relationship status?
Loved-up with scott, been with him for over 2 and a half years, soon will be moving in with him! (WOOP!)

3- Ever have a near-death experience?
Luckily no!

4- Name an obvious quality you have.
Friendly?

5- What's the name of the song that's stuck in your head right now?
2 hearts by Kylie is in there a lot atm

6- Any celeb you would marry?
Can't think of any right now

7- Who will cut and paste this first?
dunno...maybe Jen?

8- Has anyone ever said you look like a celebrity?
At school my friend thought I looked like Scully (as in X-files) which is why I sometimes get called that by old friends.

9- Do you wear a watch? What kind?
Yeah, its marcastie and mother of pearl and from Next and hasnt got proper numbers!

10- Do you have anything pierced?
Just my ears

11- Do you have any tattoos?
No, I don't like them!

12- Do you like pain?
Nope, had enough of that in my 22 years already thank you!

13- Do you like to shop?
Yes, lots which is bad for my bank balance

14- What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
I bought a present for scott and some candied nuts from the german market in canterbury (the taste of which made me all nolstagic for erfurt) and a present for my mummy...and lucozade at UKC

15- What was the last thing you paid for with your credit card?
food last night and train tickets at the weekend

16- Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone?
mummy

17- What is on your desktop background?
picture of me and scott at gradball

18- What is the background on your cell phone?
sleepy scott

19- Do you like redheads?
i prefer brunette but i dont dislike them!

20- Do you know any twins?
I am a twin :) And I know lots and lots more it would take forever to list them all!

21- Do you have any weird relatives?
what does that mean?

22- What was the last movie you watched?
Harry Potter 5 last night

23- What was the last book you read?
i'm not sure, havent read a book for ages cos of PGCE taking over my life...Emma i think.

24- Is there such a thing as love at first sight, or it is more likely to be "lust at first sight"?
I don't think there is, definately lust and fancying etc, but love is somethign that grows with time

25- What's your favorite book?
hmm...i have loads! time travellers wife, to kill a mockingbird, catcher in the rye, white swans, big stone gap, memoirs of a geisha, a wild sheep chase...have probably forgotten some!

26- When was the last time you visited the street where you first lived?
i'm not sure..but i drove near it the other day as my house at home is really close

27- When was the last time you googled your own name?
ages ago...now i want to go do it again!

28- What was is your favorite subject at school?
English (literature, language, linguistics etc) and German

29 -What was is your least favorite subject at school?
maths

30- Do you like having your photograph taken?
sometimes when i look pretty

31- What time were you born?
9.01 pm and david came along 11 minutes later (it says on a clock in my room at home)

32- Ever seriously questioned your sanity?
only jokingly so no

33- How many phone numbers do you have remembered and can say off the top of your head?
lol only like 3!

34- Can you Limbo?
i doubt it, my back would probably be unamused

35- Have you ever killed your own dinner?
no

36- How long have you been living at your current residence?
since september

37- What phobias do you have?
the dark and noises in the dark!

38- What's your ideal breakfast?
hmmm...crossiants and chocolate crunchy museli stuff with bucks fizz (xmas morning breakfast)

39- Where are you right now?
in my room in canters

40- Why do you blog?
for myself really as writing things down is good for getting feelings in order

41- What would you call your autobiography?
i'm not sure

42- What's the longest time you've stayed out of the country/where?
germany year away (probably longest was like 3 months without going home, was 9 in total i think)

43- Do you use ICQ, AOL Buddy list etc..?
MSN and i have aim but never use it.

44- Do you have nightmares frequently?
nope, though had some recently about children misbehaving

45- If you were another person, would you be friends with you?
i think so, i am mostly harmless...o maybe my autobio would be that, haha

46- Which TV character could you be friends with?
all of the friends gang of course, and the scrubs gang

47- What's on your mouse pad?
i dont have one

48- What is your ring tone?
at the moment i have my old silly phone because my new one broke...i put it in to be mended today and its just occured to me i will lose all the stuff on it...i did have moby for scott (the F1 song) and gypsy (fleetwood mac) for parents and imogen heap for everyone else...how complicated!

49- What did you watch on TV last night?
simpsons and hollyoaks etc and then put on harry potter on dvd

50- Scary movies or happy endings?
depends on my mood but generally happy :)

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:32 GMT

now our boiler seems to have broken so we have no heating or hot water which is very ironic

not sure why i'm doing this...

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:47:22 GMT

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Sales Assistant @ Robert Dyas
2. Waitress @ Rish in York
3. Sales Assistant @ Gap Outlet York
4. Waitress @ fish shop in winchester (only for like two weeks!)

Four movies ive watched more than once:
1. Mean Girls
2. The Last Kiss
3. Vanilla Sky
4. Lost in Translation

Four places I have lived:
1. Bishopstoke, Eastleigh
2. York! (Fairfax, Hes Road, James College x 2)
3. Erfurt, Germany
4. Canterbury

Programmes that I watch:
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. Top Gear
3. House
4. um...Friends but does that count cos its not on TV anymore

Places I have travelled to:
1. lots of places in Germany
2. America (Denver & New York)
3. Corfu
4. France

Four People who e-mail me (regularly): (going to change this to facebook or similair messaging)
1. claire shore
2. scott
3. jenny
4. mummy

Four of my favourite foods:
1. Spag Bol
2. Jelly
3. Fresh Pasta & Pesto
4. Chocolate

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. with scott
2. at home
3. York
4. erfurt

Four things I am looking forward to this year (am going to make this academic year!):
1. my first teaching placement
2. first christmas with scott's family (this is also strange/bad as its away from home)
3. living in germany again for a month
4. moving in with scott next summer

Four friends I think will respond:
1. maybe mummy
2. maybe wendy
3. noone
4. else!

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:23:21 GMT

I've been up for nearly an hour now. It's just too early. Not *too* tired as went to bed so early. But its dark outside and I have to leave in 20 minutes time...thats just silly!

hmmmpfff

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:25:30 GMT

So around 40 out of 200 of us (including me) haven't been placed yet...and the first serial day is thursday...just got an email saying some of us will end up missing the first two serial days! I feel that as I only get 4 weeks this time round because of being a primary languages person wheras the other peeps get 6 weeks, maybe they should have tried to put us lot in first because we have less time in school as it is and now might miss two more days. I guess it means I might have two days off this week which will be good for catching up with reading/shopping etc as am away this weekend BUT am so eager to get into a classroom and start really training now and whilst the PG director says missing them won't be an issue and that every year it happens, I do feel like we wouldn't have them scheduled in the first place if they weren't important? I am really enjoying the course and I know that the Uni has a lot of people to place and wouldn't want that job...but with regards to organisation i feel they let themselves down a little...part of me thinks hang on they've been doing this for how many years now and it's not one or two people not placed yet its nearly a quarter of people! It just seems a little crazy that they can't, with all their years of sorting out placements, manage to get a better success rate than that! Ah well...I will make the best of a bad situation and if I don't get placed in time for serial days this week i'll just have to be extra prepared on the one's the week after! :D

staying positive!

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:53:13 GMT

I am in London with Scott and we just ate at La Tasca and now are eating Haribo so I am quite happy! I also went to my fave jewelerry (sp!) shop and i bought a present for my friend's birthday! So the placement list came out yesterday but I don't have one yet...ah well if I don't know I can't stress...I've resigned to finding out at last minute, and if i do i will just put up with it! I can't wait to be in school although as I said earlier am also nervous. People are majorly stressing bout them but I plan to stay positive, if i have to travel its only 4 weeks...lots of my friends have to get up stupid hours every day for work...am sure I will moan along the way to all of you but I am also sure I will cope...I want to be a teacher and if it means a bit of hassle this year I shall just have to do that I guess! And there are 200 other people in same position...Nic for example has to go to Tonbridge every morning! I am going to repeat the mantra "STAY POSITIVE" and remind myself why I am doing the course...so far have had lots of fun and am sure the placement will be the same :)

I need a decision maker person

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:20:12 GMT

So I was planning on going to Scott's tonight for the weekend but he has got a cold and so we both are thinking maybe I shouldn't go because I can't afford to get a cold right now because I am very very busy next week and in school for the first time etc etc...plus am away in York next weekend so would be good to have a weekend to sort out stuff.....but I obviously want to see scott...argh I can't make decisions! What do people think? Train not until 9.20 so have a while to decide. Now am going to to productive stuff. Karoake last night was lots of fun...we only did one song (Paradise City for some unknown reason) but was just good to be out having fun etc!

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:22:36 GMT

I'm going to be in school for the first time thursday and friday of next week (but we won't find out where until end of this week/maybe next week!) and am slightly nervous and excited all at same time. Also its wednesday now and I am exhausted, which is hardly surprising because have had three long full up days...with work to do in evenings afterwards. I have that next week too and then actual school on thursday and friday! EEK! We go into the school where we will do our first placement (which is four weeks long for me as an MFLer) and we dont have to teach but we should do a story or something to practice talking to the whole class, and we have to find out as much as we can about the school and get hold of their weekly plans and organise with the teacher which lessons we will teach and when...week one of the placement we do about one lesson a day and some group work and some team teaching...by week 4 should be teaching 50% of the day! It seems really strange because we haven't really learnt anything yet...lol! On the serial days we also have to do some observation tasks. We have to make a big file for the placement (which reminds me...need to get one as i have used all of mine already!) It's quite scary and overwhelming, feels like we are being thrown in at the deep end a bit and we don't even know where until right before we start! right now it's 5pm and i want to go to sleep already...i went to write up notes from science today but the power point hasn't been put up yet...so instead i think i will have dinner early, then do science then have a REALLY early night! have induction at the gym tomorrow and an ICT lesson and then thankfully have nothing until monday so hopefully can catch up on all the reading and whatnot that I'm too tired to do in the evenings...need to buy more paper too as I have nearly used a whole printer pile and notepad in two weeks! Tomorrow night we are having a well-deserved i feel night off and going to do a house cocktail evening followed by karoake! should be good :)

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:48:21 GMT

Today was loooong...and its only monday! But have thursday afternoon and friday off so only two more days, haha! 11-6 lectures today, scott left at 5 this morning and i didn't get back to sleep properly..so am going to bed now as have 9-7 tomorrow! (EEK!) I joined the gym this morning (woop) and they were lovely and are going to help me design a programme so i can look after my back! Only 35£ for the year too :D Went to Yoga this evening which i absolutely loved! I wanted to do pilates but it clashes with my classes so I did Yoga instead. I was happily surprised at how much I was able to do, some of the things I couldn't complete extend into but mostly I was able to do it and it felt good too! Considering I had major surgery on my back not too long ago I'm quite chuffed, I spoke to the lady at the end and she said I'd done well so that's good! I loved the relaxation at the end...this course is shaping up to be busy busy busy so was nice to have 15 minutes just completely relaxing and thinking about that moment and nothing else. Think am going to really enjoy doing it each week and feel I have found something I can do other than the course...I used to horse ride but can't anymore and have been feeling that I am lacking a hobby/something other than work and friends (my real ones not the tv show though maybe the tv show too, haha!) etc! I'd forgotten that wonderful feeling you get after exercise because all I got was pain! Now I have that amazing pumped up energy feeling! Anyway...gotta write blog for english then go to sleep as up at half 7!

my recent spinal surgery

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:28:33 GMT

I haven't written in my livejournal for over a year now but am writing now because I want to document my last week or so, in which I had spinal surgery! It's been such a roller-coaster involving feeling the most ill I have possibly ever felt and then stupidly happy (when I stood up on my own for the first time) all in the same week! So I'm writing this, mainly for me and for anyone else who is interested to find out exactly what I had done and why!

So last Tuesday (20th March 07) I went into hospital (specifically RHCH in Winchester) and on Wednesday morning I had surgery on my spine! I had kind of downplayed the operation a bit to my friends mainly to stop myself from being worried and also because the doctors hadn't explained it all completely to me...but maybe if I knew how tough it would really be I wouldn't have had it done? I don't know, I think I would have still but would have been even more worried...before I write about the op, here's what I have experienced that led to my decision to have major spinal surgery!

I have suffered with referred leg pain because of prolapsed discs and a narrow spinal canal since I was about 15. I saw my GP after struggling to walk home from school and he thought it was just growing pains and said I had one leg longer than the other (we know now that it seems that way because my spine has curved slightly because I was compensating for the pain). I had physiotherapy with a couple of people at my local doctors surgery and it eased off, thought I got cramp regularly in both legs at night time. Then after having a lot of pain again at age 17 during my a-levels I was referred to Mr Fowler who is the orthopaedic consultant at RHCH. I had my first MRI scan which showed that I had a prolapsed disc in my lower spine, which is where the stuff in the middle of the disc comes out into the spinal canal, and in my case it was pressing on my sciatic nerve causing pain in my left leg. I successfully had physio after this with a woman at RHCH and the pain went away for about two years though I continued to get very painful cramp during the night a couple of times a week, I didn't have pain again until the summer term in my second year at Uni, so when I had just turned 20.

The day after walking the race for life with my friend Claire in Leeds I woke up and could barely get to the toilet, think Scott who I was newly with at the time, was a bit shocked! I went to my doctor in York straight away and he sent my to a lovely physiotherapist in York, who was private but gave a certain amount of free sessions to Uni students who needed it. The physio didn't work this time so he gave me acupuncture which did for a while. Back at home for the summer I woke up (on the day of a job interview for Game, I didn't get it!) and the pain was back and this time in my right leg. I remember this was the first time it was in my right leg as when showering it was so confusing to feel pain there instead of my left leg! My doctor referred me to an orthopaedic specialist in Southampton, Bedford Place, whose name I forget, as well as to a podiatrist to get something in my shoe to help straighten me up. The podiatrist waiting list was too long, I didn't see them before I went to Germany. The doctor in Southampton however said that if physio doesn't work the next step is an steroid epidural in the base of your spine, which I had. The idea is to try and relieve some of the pressure, but for me the epidural was one of the most painful things I have ever had done and it didn't work! However I think it helped with the cramp as I don't get that so often now. In October I went to Germany, armed with all my doctors letters and whatnot and after just having some more acupuncture which eased it for a few weeks. I saw a doctor there who gave me a course of small injections which didn't really help and then I saw a consultant there too who gave me my second MRI and they said that my spinal canal was very narrow and that two discs had now prolapsed. The surgeon there sent me for physio and said I could have had the surgery that I needed there which I wasn't comfortable with. He also gave me something to wear in my shoe to straighten me up. I had an amazing year in Germany but it was a bit of a struggle at times because some of my friends didn't really understand how much pain I was in because I walk normally with it and occasionally people made rude comments, however that taught me who my real friends are...some people don't always understand and that's OK...I can often tell now early on who will become a friend by the way they deal with me when I am in pain...i.e. with patience or with rudeness. When I got back to England I saw Mr Fowler again and had yet another MRI and he said the next step was an operation, or I would have to live with the pain. It wasn't really even a choice because I want to be a teacher and I couldn't stand for more than about half an hour or walk for more than 20 minutes.

So I didn't really understand this until after the surgery but I was actually having two things done at once! I had a (micro) lumbar Discectomy (at L4/S1 and L5/S1) and a lumbar Decompression! These are both operations in and of themselves. The Discectomy was to mend the two prolapsed discs in my lower spine. The surgeon removed the gel stuff that had been pressing on my nerve and the bit of the disc material that had prolapsed, he had to cut my back open and move the nerve out of the way and then the muscles and then scoop it out! Moving the nerve has left me with considerable numbness in my left leg, feels like a dead leg all the time, but that is normal and can last a few weeks before going away. The decompression part was to actually remove some of the bone as well as more disc material to help relieve the pressure on the nerves. I have something called congenital spinal stenosis which means I was born with a very narrow spinal canal which means there is a lot more pressure on the nerves than there would normally be. This in itself can cause sciatica and is why I managed to have two prolapsed discs by the time I was 21!

I was given at date to fit in with my holidays from York, so on Tuesday 20th March 07 I went into hospital. I rung up for my admission details and we got asked to go in at half 11 but then we had to wait until half 3 for my bed...guess that is kind of normal though so I won't complain, especially because most of the other people on my ward had had operations cancelled and/or waited for a long time whilst I didn't wait for long at all *probably cos of my age). Then a really nice doctor came and took blood...I got a bit upset then mainly because it was finally happening...but she was so lovely and managed to calm me down, and the next time I had blood taken (two days later) I was a lot calmer! I also got used to giving urine samples and having my blood pressure taken...I had it taken every hour post-op! I had my first hospital food...wasn't that bad really, though I certainly don't miss it now. Early Wednesday morning I went down for the surgery. I was especially nervous because my parents and Scott were not allowed into pre-op where I was put to sleep, they let me take my lovely new cuddly toy bullseye (the horse from toy story) with me though!! The nurse from my ward wheeled me down on the bed and they moved me across on the board thing like they do on TV and she stayed with me which was nice of her and calmed me down...then I went into the anaesthetic room and one of the scrub nurses stayed with me whilst we waited and then the anaesthetist came and put the cannula thing in my hand which actually didn't hurt, and then before I could get more scared he put something in to relax me and then the anaesthetic and I went all woozy and felt drunk and my eyes closed and then when I opened them I was in the recovery area with an oxygen mask on and a very painful back and two hours had passed. My back felt really heavy as if there was concrete in there, it still does today but less so. The lady there asked me lots of questions I think like my date of birth and bits, I can't remember clearly, she asked about my pain too and gave me morphine injections until the pain had eased. I remember her telling me it was over and I think I asked if she was sure it was! I felt very spaced out and sleepy, my parents and Scott came in and I heard the nurse say that the surgeon had instructed me to lie flat on my back for 48 hours with my head slightly below my body and I was wheeled back to the ward like that! I didn't discover why that was until Thursday, the nurses were quite confused about it themselves!

Most of the rest of Wednesday is a blur...I was sick quite a few times, and I needed oxygen in my nose because my oxygen levels were low, and a fan because my temperature was high. I also had a catheter put in because the bedpans were not working for me! I was worried about that but it wasn't bad, it didn't hurt it was just a little bit uncomfortable at first and it was great to not have to even think about going to the toilet for two days. I had stuff in virtually all my orifices at one point as I had a suppository for the sickness and the kept taking my temperature in my ear and I have IV fluids and paracetamol...the IV Paracetamol was a godsend! I had an awful night, I felt so sick and uncomfortable and painful, I couldn't move on my own so the nurses had to help me move onto my side when I wanted to, I had to keep my back completely straight but that wasn't too hard because if I didn't it hurt like hell. But the next day after a wash I started to feel a bit brighter and even managed a teeny amount of food lying on my side! Because I was feeling a bit brighter they moved me out of the post-op bay and into the bay next door for the rest of my stay. My buzzer to call the nurses was my favourite thing! The pain was pretty bad at first but it got better everyday. Thursday night was still quite hard as I still needed the nurses help to move, but I managed to eat a bit of lunch and a bit of dinner which was good. I had a cough which didn't help because each cough made my back pulse with pain. By Friday I was eating more and whilst I still needed the nurses help to move in bed I was starting to move by myself with their support rather than literally be moved by them! On Friday my surgeon, Dr Boeree came to explain how the surgery had gone and finally I discovered why I was flat on my back! He said my spinal canal was extremely narrow which meant he didn't have much room to work in and something called a dural tear had occurred. The dural layer is like a layer of skin under the actual skin over the spine, i think that's right anyway! This can be dangerous if not noticed before the end of surgery but luckily he noticed it before he closed and so he mended it. He ordered the best rest to stop it leaking and to and to stop me having horrible headaches as a result. Other than that the surgery went very well he said and he took me off bed rest that day but said take it slowly, so I decided not to try and get up until Saturday morning as this was the afternoon and I was normally tired by the afternoons!

On Saturday morning at about 6 a nurse took the catheter out, I think partly to motivate me to get up, however it was the one nurse that I didn't like very much that did it...she obviously hadn't checked my notes because she said to me on Thursday night I should be moving on my own because I would go home Friday...which would have been the case if it weren't for the complication and the enforced bed rest! Anyway by about 3 that day my bladder was back to normal and I needed the toilet. The physio taught me how to log roll and get sat up on the bed without bending my back, but I only managed to sit up for a short amount of time that first time because all my blood had been in my head and had rushed out so I felt dizzy and sick so I had to lie back down! Later on I tried again and managed to stand up this time with the help of two nurses! I sat straight back down on the commode. It felt great to go to the toilet again, even though it was in front of one of the nurse! I had to get back into bed quickly as I felt so dizzy and like I might pass out, and then they gave me more morphine which made me all space out and the second time I got up to go the toilet I had a bit of panic attack too because the nurse left me alone. It was quite overwhelming and getting up had exhausted me to I slept well that night for the first time...but at 3 in the morning I needed the toilet but with the nurses help I managed to go again without feeling *too* dizzy and she even left me alone and I felt ok. By Sunday lunchtime I had done that quite a few times including once without holding onto the nurse :) I then practised walking on the spot with the physios and managed to stand for about 3 minutes alone with no help, all the people in the other beds were cheering me on and it felt fantastic! I didn't think I would ever be quite so happy just to be able to stand up, but also only two days earlier standing up had seemed impossible! I slept very well that night too!

Monday morning I woke up thinking I would walk again for the first time that day and then go to an actual toilet again and then on Tuesday do the stairs assessment and go home...but they needed my bed, probably because I had stayed longer than expected! And so Monday became very rushed and manic...it was a bit overwhelming because the nurses didn't know who was going and who was staying themselves, in the end only two of us from my ward went but at one point I think they thought we all were! Anyway one of the pyshios came and said 'shall we do the stairs?' and I said 'hang on I haven't even walked yet' and so we walked to the stairs! It was so amazing to do them but I was also very wobbly because my left leg is still really numb, so the physio, who was really funny and friendly, gave me crutches to use until I get used to the numbness. Then they said I could go home that day and were asking me what time I could leave...then it became manic because I hadn't even been to an actual toilet yet and also had been trying to get a waterproof dressing sorted out! After a bit of tooing and froing a lovely pyhsio (and ex-Yorkie too!) found me a frame to take home so I could get down onto the toilet on my own and then a lovely nurse came on shift and found me a waterproof one and home I went...except it wasn't quite that easy! At the moment I can lay down and stand happily but sitting is painful after a while so I am not allowed to for more than 15 minutes and only in high chairs....but the car journey was half an hour in a low car on bumby roads...I also cannot twist or bend because it hurts...so yeah I the car journey felt like an eternity and I was very happy when I got home and back into bed!

So that was hospital! Whilst there were a few problems a long the way, such as the night staff not being quite so lovely as the day staff and the chaotic discharge on Monday (most of the problems were probably more to do with management and lack of communication between staff) overall the nurses were all amazing, I had my favourites, such as Sarah and Linda and Marlene, but they were all so helpful and lovely. They passed me things, helped me go to the toilet, gave me painkillers, chatted to me, washed me, dressed me...you don't feel uncomfortable them seeing you naked somehow because they just make you at ease and it all felt normal almost! The other patients were inspirational as well. I was in a ward with 5 other ladies. Jan on my left had had a knee replacement was so positive and determined that I couldn't help but be the same (most of the time) and Lynn on my right was so considerate and had been through the same thing as me! Was great to talk to her and we moaned about people who didn't understand our back pain together! Jan's family were lovely as well, her granddaughter made me a card! All of these ladies helped me by encouraging me cheering me on as I stood and then walked on my crutches for the first time and so on, I will never forget how lovely they all were, in particular I will remember how the nurses turned our lights out late one night because we were all chatting together! My parents and Scott were a big part of my recovery too. Everyday they came and sat and held my hand when I coughed and did a crossword puzzle with me so I wasn't too bored or to keep my mind off the pain and they fed me when I was on my side and couldn't feed myself. Scott was fantastic to do that, he must really love me, especially because I nearly thre up all over him! And many people won't have parents who will still look after them like this now I am older and they are doing so much for me still at home now and its fantastic. I also had flowers and cards from my family and I had them in my little area making it nicer. I was at first bit disappointed that not many of my friends sent me things but Claire S sent me a huge beautiful bunch of pink lilies and a lovely card and Jenny had given me a card and sent me loads of message and bits and since coming home I have had lots of text messages and emails and phone calls! Claire S sending me those flowers was one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me, they must have cost a fortune and they are so lovely, was such a nice surprise! The strength of the other patients and the helpfulness of the nurses and the amazingness of Scott and my parents...it makes you realise how amazing people can be!

Since coming home I have gone from strength to strength, though yesterday was a bit of a bad day because I was very achey and stiff. Tuesday I managed to shower and wash my hair with my mums help, which was amazing. I can't sit for long before my back tells me I need to stand or lie again, so I spend most of my time lying at the moment and I can't bend or twist at all, it hurts to do so, and apparently I won't be able to for about 6-8 weeks. I can walk about 20 minutes with the crutches...I walked to the surgery to get my dressing changed...that knackered me out though! Despite all the uncomfortableness and painfulness in my back etc the wonderful thing is that I haven't had the leg pain at all! I had it for two years without respite and this week without it is so strange and wonderful! Today it is friday...and to think only a week ago I felt like I might never stand again...its amazing! My back still feels like I have concrete in it and am taking painkillers regularly and my leg is still numb, and I have to wear sexy white stockings for the next 6 weeks, but everything is going very well! I looked at my scar yesterday when we changed the dressing again and it's 5 inches long, it has staples in at the moment so it looks like a tatty teddy scar! They will come out soon though. I am going to try and work today as I have acquisition of syntax due in next Friday so I need to start that, will do 15 minutes sitting then walk around and lie and then do more....my recovery is going to take a while and sometimes I feel down but I am mainly positive and making sure I listen to my body, it tells me what I can and can't do! And for anyone that is still reading...well done to you!

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:19:12 GMT

Create your own! Originally Written By ga_woo, Hosted and ReWritten by darkman424

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:35:02 GMT

Yesterday we went to an Erfurt Fest called 'Honky Tonk'! There were 18+ bars all with live music and you paid 9euros in advance and got a wristband and could go round them all. And it was great! We went to about 7 or so of the bars, i didn't realy count, and the atmosphere around town was great cos there were people everywhere having a great time. for example at one place we met the wonderful sarah and so we all screamed (as drunk girls do) and hugged her and everyone else around decided to start screaming to so they whole street was cheering, was very amusin! and the best place we went in was this medieval bar, where they had clay pots insted of glasses and the waiters have on old fashioned clothes and bits. there was supposed to be irish music there but in the big room upstairs you couldnt hear that, so michelle and claire anne, our irish lasses, decided to start singing themselves, and so we did, and then the whole pub starting singing with us, and having competitions to see who could sing the best! it was absolutely fantastic :-D then we went to another place and everyone was there, the mexicans, the irish the english and the americans, and i had a great time with everyone :-)

so yeah this is a happy post

and today is my one year anniversary with scott!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SCOTT, i love you sooooo much :-D

and my mummys birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY, i love you loadsss and loadss and hope ur having a wonderful time in center parcs :-D

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:00:49 GMT

OK, this is a Meme where someone has given me a letter in their post and I have to list 10 things that are important to me beginning with that letter, and then if you leave a comment I can give you a letter to do the same if you so desire...

Ok so Maddi gave me S...hmmm wonder why??

SCOTT
is obviously my first choice and I don't even need to explain why, cept that I love him! and on sunday we shall be one year old :-D

SUCH GOOD FRIENDS
hehe maybe this is cheating but I don't care, cos my friends are very important to me! I have made amazing friends here in germany and I feel really happy at the moment as I have so many different people in my life that enrich my life in so many different ways, like Hayley (who is coming soon) and Leigh Ann and Claire and both the Sarahs!

SNUGGLING
pretty self explantory

SONGS
I love listening to music so much, and I like loads of different artists and bands, music is definately a big part of my life, even though here I don't seem to find out about as much!!

SUNNY ERFURT
is suddenly really nice weather here (though today is raining! lol!) and thats an excuse to write this down! I love Erfurt so much, its a wonderful city anyway, for anyone to come visit and its become such a big part of my life, studying here for a year is one of the best things I have ever done! I've expereinced living in a different culture and have met people from all over the world and generally had a good time!

SLEEPING
tehehe, silly but true! I love to be sleeping, cos I need so much of it and here during day I am always busy and their are always people ringing the doorbell, and I love it but i never have time to myself so at night I can crawl into my bed and sleep and relax and be alone for a bit!

STUDYING
I actually like studying! lol! I really enjoy linguistics and I really enjoy learning German so all the work i do is very good, and actually I wish at the moment that I had more time to do it in, cos again..I'm always busy! So today am gonna get lots done, and tommorow and sunday and monday too!

SWEET HOME
My family is very important to me and I really enjoy it when Im home for a while and get to see them :-D

'SCHOOL' of YORK
haha, seeing how university begins with a U i'll steal the americans word for uni so I can put York in here. York is a lovely city and the University is great, and even though I had a tough year there last year, on the whole York has been a place of having fun and growing up and of course I met Scott there and fell in love there, so it'll always be important to me just for that reason alone. I can't wait to go back next year but I also don't want this year to end...

SMILE
be happy :-D

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:19:32 GMT

Just booked flights to go see Scott at end of May for a nice long weekend (thursday to monday)! Yay!!!!! Yay to having no classes on fridays and mondays and yay to bank holidays :-D

If you're happy and you know it you're unusual

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:13:01 GMT

It's suddenly summer! Don't quite know where spring went but its all lovely and hot outside..and according to nico, a german its just gonna get hotter from now on! I went to town to post my mummys birthday present and there are people everywhere and there is a really nice atmosphere. I was thinking that I'm pretty damn happy at the moment, cos have great group of friends here and a wonderful boyfriend (even though he is far away) and is nice weather at last! I am slightly worried about money and was getting annoyed about module choices next year (though think is sorted now) but we shall ignore that and be happy!

Yesterday we (me, claire and sarah) looked after our teachers little boy while she was teaching a class, is because we are doing a class on second language acquisition with her, and he is biligual and will only speak english to native english speakers, his english is amazing and he was sooo lovely. he is four years old and sooo intelligent, plus he loves thomas the tank enginge! he even picked us all daisys. it was so odd because he has a slight german accent and occasionaly adds in german words but other than that his english is same as an english 4 year olds. very cool. he can just switch betweent the two.

today there is a party in my building, this is good as = cheap (they've asked us all to bring one euro) and im currently in saving mode, so that i can afford berlin with hayley and home to see york..

oh i havent posted anything! Hayley is coming to see me on the 4th of may and she is staying for a week and then we are going to berlin at the end of the week! And I dont have classes on mondays and fridays so I'm going to York for a weekend at end of may (there is a bank holiday on thurs 25 so can go thurs come back monday), also my parents and brother are coming for my birthday, which also happens to be the weekend of the best festival in erfurt :-D My friends are all swapping rooms so that mum and dad and david can stay and not have to find an expensive hotel.

last weekend i went to dresden with the international students, it was great to get to know more of them, and i had such a lovely time with everyone, esp my york girls!

cant think of anything else to write and this is a bit rambley anyway! so byeeee

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 07:20:58 GMT

App I have now lost 10% of my body wieght, and also seem to have lost about 2/3 pounds (is hard cos am weighing again in kilos) over the past two weeks...considering what i ate last week...am not sure! but the scales can't lie! so yay! is probably cos my scales at home weigh me a little heavier than i am...but still yayness!

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:58:51 GMT

The semester break is over! Im back in Germany now, and while it is nice to be back i am now missing scott cos he went home yesterday :-(

I had a nice break, a wonderful time in York with Scott, then two weeks in america with my brother and then a bit of time with my folks before coming back here with scott. america was fantastic, i didnt seem much in colorado, but in new york i saw tons..i loved skating at rockefeller centre and i loved to boat ride round manhattan, and also i met leigh ann and we ate dinner in the village, twas lovely to see her outside germany! then this week has been great with scott here. the rest of the yorkies have turned up too, and i've had a lovely time with them, sarah in particular, we just seemed to have clicked and have spent lots of time together eating ice cream and drinking beer, and she gets on great with scott. having scott here was amazing, he just fitted in perfectly, waking up to him every day was lovely (even though the bed is teeeny) and i fell even more in love with him. we did lots together, we went to weimar with char and claire and dustin and charlies parents, and we went to fairy caverns and we went on the fair lots and i took him to ice hockey (last game of season!) and we had some nice relaxing lazy days too ;-) was great having him see where i live too cos now i can say 'i went to anger today' and he will know exactly where i mean :-D

i miss him soooo much today, last night i watched movies at sarahs till late but then i couldnt sleep cos was missing him and the flat was all empty without him. was odd to get up for toilet in night and not have him there and bits. Today am feeling bit lonely cos everyone has lectures and leigh ann hasnt reappeared yet (where are you??) and i have to read a book for my class so cant go find anyone anyway really..but am going shopping with claires new roommate chrissy and sarah later so that shud be good. (chrissy is great, she's sarahs tutor, and she is very friendly and also was at york last semester and so we can talk to her about york, tis fantastic!) this bit is gonna be long without scott, but i have organised my timetable so i have mondays and fridays free so i can go see him at some point, and also i know ill have fun with all my mates here for sure, i just need to get used to him not being here again. next weekend is the dresden trip, so that will be nice way to get to know more people and not sit on my own and miss scott. then soon is my year anniversary with him and in a bit hayley is coming to visit me for a week and we're gonna go to berlin and then mum and dad will be out here for my birthday..so i know am gonna have a busy and fun semester!

i have to go get washing now so ill stop rambling on!

here is a picture of me and scott, that i love cos is here in erfurt and we just both look happy :-)

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:28:26 GMT

Teacher
You scored 49 intelligence, 52 diligence, 51 charisma, and 50 compassion!

You are well-rounded and nurturing. The future of the world is in your
hands. People will never understand how difficult your job is until
they try it. "Don't you spend all day coloring pictures?" Ha. Right.

Other jobs you might be good at: pretty much anything you enjoy

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 38% on intelligence
You scored higher than 67% on diligence
You scored higher than 84% on charisma
You scored higher than 83% on compassion

Link: The Ideal Job for Your Personality Test written by newbluechampion on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

oo thats what I was thinking bout doing :-P

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 19:28:05 GMT

Ok here is a picture post for anyone interested (but mainly for my dad) First are a coupla pictures from Colorado and then the NYC ones, enjoy!

Here is a picture of me and then one of david in a golf buggy that we went in, in colorado, and then one of the rockies:

Some of the many pictures from New York (In no particular order)

Me skating @ Rockefeller Center:

Me skating again next to the statue at Rockefeller Center - i'm looking up at the new york skyline:

me and david in a horse and carriage in central park:

Blurry me on the 100 odd year old carousel in Central Park:

The Polar Bears at Central Park Zoo:

Me next to the Charging Bull, Downtown Manhattan:

The Statue Of Liberty:

Me and David in front of Lady Liberty, on a boat tour round Manhattan:

Me on top of Empire State with the Chrysler Building in the background (and it was very windy :-P)

so yeah there is a handful of the photos, none of them actually capture the things we saw properly anyway! which is always the case :-D

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:39:08 GMT

ok so im bored again (david is feeling ill so doesnt look like we are going to denver :-()

*A Better Cure For Boredom*
Basic stuff
How do you call yourself? (What's your name?):	Rachel
How old are you?:	21
Where you live?:	Erfurt, Germany/ Eastleigh, England
With whom?:	With Miss Leigh Ann in Erfurt and parents in England
Favorite things
Color?:	purple
Person?:	scott
Pet? (Not animal. Pet. Either living or dead. Yours or a friends):	george my hamster from when i was 8ish
Number (lucky or just magic)?:	16
Childhood memory?:	i have lots but yesterday david reminded me of how everytime we rented a movie at the end dad wouldnt let us stop it until all the credits had gone in case there were outtakes
Thing to do when you're bored?:	read, watch friends
Person to talk to when you're bored?:	scott, leigh ann or hayley
Place to shop?:	clothes i guess gap and new look and books, i love borders cos u can go get coffee too!
Food? (The whole meal, not a category):	pasta with my own sauce, salmon with veg and potatoes
Place to go when you're sad?:	my bed, a zoo
Place to go when you're happy?:	anywhere, if im happy ill enjoy it!
The last stuff
What's the last thought that crossed your mind?:	'i should go shower after this'
Person you spoke with you in real life?:	david
Person you spoke with on the phone?:	mum and dad
Person you spoke with online?:	dunno
Person your send any sort of snail mail to?:	scott
Place you went?:	new york baby yeah (well technically walmart but ill ignore that)
Thing you did before bed last night?:	watched friends
Friends stuff
Who's your best friend?:	i have a few close ones: hayley, leigh and anne marie and also scott
Why?:	because they are all wonderful people, and i can tell them everything and they always know how to help
If you had to spend an entire day talking to only 2 people...?:	scott and anne marie
The best person you ever un-friended?:	what??
Who do you wish you spent more time with?:	scott and friends wise anne marie and hayley
Who knows you better than anyone else (honestly)?:	my mum, and hayley and scott
Who is secretly someone you're embarassed of for whatever reason?:	dunno
Your family stuff
Any siblings?:	twin brother
Are your parents still married to each other?:	yup
Which parent do you like better?:	i like them both for different things, probably closer with mum but only cos she is female
Would you voluntarily hang out with your sibling?:	yeah but not for toooo long
What about your parents?:	yeah definately, am gonna spend my weekend with them when i get home 'stead of going to a friends bday cos is my last weekend in england for a while
Random stuff
If you could have an accent, which would you have?:	i like mine :-P but maybe australian
Do you remember your dreams?:	for about three seconds when i wake up then i forget
Do you speak any foreign languages?:	german and i can understand a teeeeny bit of italian (teeeeeeny)
What's your middle name and why is it that?:	susan and im not sure though one of my aunts is susan
Relationships stuff
Are you married, dating, or single?:	im in a long term realtionship
If you had the opportunity, would you go back out with any of your exes?:	nope, all of my past relationships ended for a reason
Have you ever had a friend try to steal your bf/gf?:	dont think so but maybe without me knowing :-P
Would you rather be single and have lots of friends or married?:	married, scott is everything i need, i love having my friends but i couldnt live without scott now
Do you really tell your significant other everything?:	yes
Have you ever cheated just because you can?:	no
Do you think your bf/gf is better than the losers your friends bring home?:	no, my friends boyfriends seem great for them and make them happy (esp hayley and anne marie)
Last stuff
Have you ever cried in public just to get attention?:	nope, cept for maybe when i was like a year old, hehe
Have you ever lied just to get attention?:	nope, i dont like attention
Would you ever colaborate with a friend's lie just to make them look cool?:	don't think so, depends what it was i guess
Assume you were rich, where would you buy your clothes?:	wherever i found clothes i liked
What makes you smile?:	comedy shows, my friends, scott, animals, small children
What makes you frown?:	people being mean
What's your ultimate goal/dream?:	id like to be a mother and id like to write a novel
Take this survey \| Find more surveys You've been totally Bzoink*d

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:30:28 GMT

blogthings cos am bored! but going to denver tommorrow...yay!

Your 2005 Song Is

Since You've Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson

"But since you've been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so moving on"

In 2005, you moved on.

What Hit Song of 2005 Are You?

SOOOOOO true, after a horrible first four/five months i really did move on..met and fell in love with scott and went to germany and made new friends :-D

Your Ideal Marriage Proposal Is

Mutual, after a great conversation about your future and feelings.

What's Your Ideal Marriage Proposal?

yeah i think that wud be true...

You Are Midtown

You love so many things, you don't fit into any one label.
Your city girl persona goes to a fancy restaurant one night and a dive bar the next.

Are You Uptown or Downtown?

tehehe, thats where i stayed in nyc :-P

Your EQ is

120
50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!
51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you'd have better luck understanding Chinese.
71-90: You've got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.
91-110: You're average. It's easy to predict how you'll react to things. But anyone could have guessed that.
111-130: You usually have it going on emotionally, but roadblocks tend to land you on your butt.
131-150: You are remarkable when it comes to relating with others. Only the biggest losers get under your skin.
150+: Two possibilities - you've either out "Dr. Phil-ed" Dr. Phil... or you're a dirty liar.

What's Your EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient)?

ok ok thats it honest...

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:58:18 GMT

Ask me 1 question for each of the following:

1. Friends
2. Sex
3. Music
4. Favorite Past memory
5. Love
6. Livejournal

No matter how rude, sexual, or confidential.
Then post this in your journal and see what questions you get asked

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:56:58 GMT

another long meme, hopefully now ive done this david will order pizza...am very hungry!

Favorite
1. gum: just sugar free spearmint
2. restaurant: La Tasca, and that lovely one i went to with Leigh Ann in Manhattan
3. drink: tea
4. season: autumn
5. type of weather: not too hot not too cold :-P slight breeze
6. type of emotion: all loved up with scott
8. late-night activity: well..stuff in the bedroom
9. sport: horse riding
10. city: winchester, york, london
11. store: don't really have a favourite

When was the last time you-
12. cried: im not sure, i think on the phone to scott right before i came to america cos i was missing him and he was bit down
13. played a sport: i dont even remember
14. laughed: two seconds ago (am watching the season 10 of freinds gag reel)
15. hugged someone: david wen i got off plane in denver
16. kissed someone: just as i got on train home from scott
17. felt depressed: i haven't for a while now
18. felt overworked: day before annoying exam end of last semester
19. felt sick: yesterday, i ate too many pancakes for breakfast i think

What was the last-
20. word you said: 'i am watching' to david telling me to watch the tv screen
21. thing you ate: prosciutto and fresh mozzarella
22. song you listened to: 'i walk the line' joachin phoenix (i just bought the soundtrack at walmart)
23. last thing you drank: sunkist
24. place you went to: walmart
25. movie you saw: um..the ringer on the plane yesterday
26. movie you rented: wallace and gromit with scott (very very good) oh no hang on it would have been the island the day after, not soo good
27. movie you went to: memoirs of a geisha

Who was the last person you-
28. hugged: david
29. cried over: missing scott
30. instant messaged: um..god knows was two weeks ago!
31. danced with: dunno..guess my girls in erfurt
32. shared a secret with: i tell hayley and leigh everything but dont really have any secrets
33. had a sleepover with: i dont remember
34. kissed: scott
35. went to a movie with: claire, charlie, dustin and charlies roommate whose name has escaped from my head wich is really bad
36. saw: davi
37. were angry with: david
38. cant take your eyes off: scott

Have you ever-
40. danced in the rain: oh yes
41. kissed someone: yup
42. done drugs: nooo
43. drank alcohol: yes
44. partied 'til the sun came up: yes
45. had a movie marathon: yes
46. gone too far on a dare: yes
47. spun until you were immensely dizzy: yes

My life-
48. school you go to: University of York
49. name: why is this at end...rachel
50. gender: Female
51. birthday: June 16th
52. relationship status: long term
53. number of siblings: twin brother
54. State or province you live in: Germany but at home Hampshire (and im staying in Colorado)

Play-
55. i'm feeling: tired
56. i'm listening to: friends is still on
57. i'm doing: well this obviously
58. i'm talking to: david
59. i'm craving: scott and pizza (im hungry and david hasnt ordered it yet)
60. i'm thinking of: pizza and scott
61. i'm hating: that you can't buy like one oreo for me to try in walmart u can just can like 25 million in a packet which will make me fat..but seriously that have only been with scott fot three weeks so far this year

Love-
62. love is: wonderful, it has made me stronger and happier and most of all having someone to talk to all the time and someone who understands me and someone who calms me down wen i get stressed
63. my first love: my first love was unrequited so it never really went anywhere, also i didnt really like the person even though i loved him! so i count my first real love as scott cos it is actual love for me cos he loves me back which means my feelings are deeper
64. love or lust: love, and passion comes with that
65. best love song: dunno, i really love the fleetwood mac song 'you make loving fun' cos is how i feel 'bout scott
66. Possible to be in love w/ more than one person at the same time?: i dont think is possible as i think part of being really in love is that person loving you back and thats when you can really undertsand how strong love can be, also the way i feel about scott, if i felt that about two people at once i would explode
67. when love hurts: if is unrequited, if that person cant be with you, if you love someone you don't like very much! loads of stuff!
68. Are you in love: yes totally and utterly

Opposite/same sex-
70. turn ons: eyes, smile, laugh, sense of humour, etc etc,
71. turn offs: thinking you're always right
72. do your parent's opinion on your gf/bf matter to you?: yes, a lot
73. what kinda hairstyle are you into?: for blokes, just long enough to run hair through, and fluffy when just got out of shower..ok so scotts hair then!
74. What is the sweetest thing a girl/guy can do for you?: make me a cup of tea even though he hates it, hold me when i need it
75. where do you go to meet new people?: i never looked for anyone, everyone ive been involved with was just there
76. are you the type of person to HOLLA and ask for numbers?: nope..see above!

Picky Picky-
77. dog or cat: dog
78. short or long hair: long
79. sunshine or rain: sunshine
80. hugs or kisses: both at same time of course!
81. xbox or ps2: don't care
82. written letters or e-mails: i looooove getting post, i see emails as functional, and letters as special and romantic, something to keep too
83. Cars or motorcycles: cars
84. coke or pepsi: coke
85. house party or dance: party
87. freak or slow dance: slow dance

Lately-
88. How are you today? tired out from new york
89. what pants are you wearing right now?: well my undewear is purple :-P, but i have on my now too big green cords
91. what song are you listening to right now?: nothing, friends is on (repetitive questions here!!!)
92. how is the weather right now?: clear and cold
93. last person you talked to online?: again with the repetition
94. who was last person you talked to on the phone?: um scott and then straight afterwards mum and dad
95. last dream: i dont remember

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:29:46 GMT

100 Yes's or No's...cept loads of the numbers are missing so whoever made this is lying :-P

YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING! =D
(Takes all the fun out of it if u do!!!!)

1. Taken a picture naked?
No
2. Taken a shower with someone?
Yes
3. Made out with a member of the opposite sex?
Yes
4. Drove a car?
Yes
5. Stolen anything?
No
6. Interested in someone?
Yes
7. Been dumped?
Yes
8. Stole money from a friend?
No
9. Gotten in a car with people you just met?
Yes
10. Been in a fist fight?
No
11. Snuck in or out of your/someones house?
No
12. Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back?
Yes
13. Been arrested?
No
14. Hugged a stranger?
No
15. Met with a member of the opposite sex somewhere?
Yes
16. Left your house without telling your parents?
Yes
Where is 17???
18. Ditched school to do something more fun?
No
19. Slept in a bed with a member of the same sex?
Yes
20. Lost a friend?
Yes
21. Been on a plane?
Yes
22. Been to an island?
Yes
23. Slept in until 3?
Yes
24. Love someone or miss someone right now?
Yes!!!
25. Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by?
Yes
26. Made a snow angel?
No
27. Played dress up?
Yes
28. Cheated while playing a game?
No
29. Been lonely?
Yes
30. Kissed more than 4 people in one night?
No
31. Been to a club?
Yes
32. Felt an earthquake?
No
33. Touched a snake?
No
34. Ran a stop sign?
No
35. Been suspended from school?
No
37. Been in a car accident?
No
38. Hated the way you look?
Yes
39. Made yourself throw up?
No
40. Crawled through a window?
Yes
41. Been lost?
Yes
42. Been to disneyland?
No
43. Felt like dying?
Yes
44. Cried yourself to sleep?
Yes
Where is 45???
46. Sang karaoke?
No
47. Done something you told yourself you wouldn't?
Yes
48. Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose?
Yes
49. Caught a snowflake on your tongue?
No
50. Kissed in the rain?
Yes
51.Sang in the shower?
Yes
52.Made love on the beach?
No
53. Had a dream that you married someone?
Yes
54. Glued your hand to something?
No
55. Got your tongue stuck to a flag pole?
No
56. Ever gone to school partially naked?
No
57. Been a cheerleader?
No
58. Thought about going gay?
No
59. Didn't take a shower for a week
No
60. Ever too scared to watch scary movies alone?
Yes
61. Played chicken?
No
62. Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on?
No
63..??
64. Broken a bone?
Yes
65. Been easily amused?
Yes
66. Laugh so hard you cried?
Yes
67. Mooned/flashed someone?
No
68. Cheated on a test?
No
69. Forgotten someone's name?
Yes
70. Slept naked?
Yes
71. Done something dumb while drunk?
Yes
where is 72???
73. Blacked out from drinking?
No
74. Played a prank on someone?
Yes
75. Gone to a late night movie?
No
76. Made love to anything not human?
No
77. Failed a class?
No
78. Choked on something you're not supposed to eat?
No
79. Smoked pot?
No
80. Cheated on a girl/boyfriend?
No
81. Did you celebrate the 4th of July?
No
82. Thrown strange objects?
No
83. Felt like killing someone?
No
84. Thought about running away?
No
85. Ran away?
No
86. Got a piercing?
Yes
87 and 88..??
89. Made a parent cry?
Yes, indirectly
91. Owned more than 5 sharpies?
No
92. Dated someone (same person) more than once?
Yes
93. Had/Have a dog?
No
WHERE ARE 94 and 95???
96. Been in a band?
Yes
97. Drank 25 sodas in a day?
No
98. Broken a CD?
Yes
99. Shot a gun?
No
100. Lied to a cop?
No

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:37:52 GMT

meme thing stolen from maddi

and now am gonna stop lazing and go to walmart with david

*About Me in Depth*
Name::	Rachel Bell
Birthdate::	16th June
Birthplace::	Southampton
Current residence::	Kinda in the middle, but this year = Student Halls in Germany
Height::	5 foot something
Weight::	in the middle of a diet so im not saying
Body type::	curvy
Hait color::	my HAIR is dark brown atm
Eye color::	greenish greyish
Left or right handed::	Right
Heritage::	english but my grandad was welsh
Relationship status::	long term with scott
Religion::	undecided
Siblings::	twin brother, david
Favorites
Color::	purple
Food::	im going through a salmon and tuna phase
Pizza Toppings::	feta chesse, red onions...mmmm
Snack food::	kit kats
Candy::	skittles (but i dont really eat candy anymore)
Ice cream flavor::	ooo the other day i had ben and jerrys oatmeal raisin, twas fantastic
Soft drink::	diet coke
Movie/movie genre::	lots of different ones
Show/network::	freinds, x-files, roswell, family guy etc
Band/music genre::	indie, rock, alternative. faves include: four day hombre, jimmy eat world, michelle branch and fleetwood mac
Restaurant::	la tasca in york (with scott)
Store::	not sure actually, prolly a bookstore like waterstones and gap
Vacation spot::	italy
Animal::	red pandas, cheetas
Book/author::	loads but i love adriana trigiani and murakami,
Teacher::	from school? um..miss phillips was fun
Subject::	english lit and lang, and of course germany
Past time::	reading, watching dvds, snuggling up to scott, horse riding and cycling when im healthy
Memory::	fun with scott in lake district
Season::	autumn
Day or Month::	dunno
Holiday::	with scott in lake district
Questions
Do you smoke?:	no
Drink?:	a little
Like to sing?:	yes
Like to dance?:	yes
Like to cook?:	yes
Are you likeable?:	i dunno ask someone who knows me
What's the worst thing about being stuck indoors?:	not feeling a cool breeze on face
What's the worst thing about being stuck outdoors?:	when it rains, and not having a toilet, lol!
What's a fear of yours?:	the dark
A weakness?:	sensitivity
A strength?:	not sure
Do you have a talent?:	not sure
Can you play an instument?:	a little guitar (though havent played in ages cos am in a diff country to it)
What's your greatest achievement?:	falling in love with scott
What's at least one thing you would like to do/be?:	i would like to travel more, and id like to be a mother, and i'd like to write a novel
What's your favorite thing about yourself?:	scott
Do you curse?:	sometimes
Have you ever snuck out?:	nope
How many boyfriends/girlfriends have you had?:	only one serious (scott) and about 4 people i sorta dated
What's your sexual orientation?:	straight
What sports do you play?:	none
Where's the furthest you've been from home?:	here atm america, but mentally when i was in york beggining of last year
Do you like to travel?:	yes a lot
Where's a place you'd like to visit?:	japan, australia, canada
What do you want to be when you're an adult?:	i am an adult..but i think teacher
Do you want to get married?:	yes
Want children? How many?:	yes and 2 or 3 max
Have you had sex?:	not yet
Have you been called a slut?:	no
Have you been called a tease?:	no
Ever gone to the beach?:	yes
Ever been snow skiing/boarding?:	no
Ever gone skinny-dipping?:	no
What gaming systems do you own?:	none
What cell phone service do you use?:	orange
Do you like thunderstorms?:	nope
Do you get sick easily?:	don't think so
Have you ever commited a crime?:	nope
Are you a health freak?:	nope
Do you think you're attractive?:	sometimes but not often
Are you confident in yourself?:	sometimes, when im with scott
Ever broken any bones?:	a small one in my wrist
Cheated on a test?:	not a real one
What are your goals?:	um..have a nice house and family
What is your passion?:	music and rwading
How do you want to die?:	in my sleep
Ever been on an airplane?:	yup, inlcuding yesterday and will be again on sunday and then again in a week or so
On the subway?:	yes
Been electrocuted?:	no
How many friends do you have?:	i dont count, 3 or 4 really close ones though
Have you ever been in love?:	i am in love
Do you get along with your parents/guardians?:	yes very well
Do you wear either contacts or glasses?:	i have glasses for in classes and bits
Ever been jealous?:	yes
Do you dwell on the past?:	im getting better
Are you parents together or divorced?:	together
Do you do well in school?:	yes
Are you messy or tidy?:	bit of both
What's your clothing style?:	whatever fits
Are you shallow?:	dont think so
This or That
Pepsi or Coke?:	coke
McDonalds or Burgerking?:	burgerking
Subway or Quiznos?:	subway
Walmart or Target?:	walmart
City or country?:	both are good at different times
Day or night?:	day, im asleep at night
Chocolate or vanilla?:	chocolate
Beach or mountains?:	again both at different times
Hot or cold?:	cold
Sunshine or rain?:	sunshine
Cappuccino or Coffee?:	cappuccino
Liberal or conservative?:	liberal
Sweet or unsweetened tea?:	unsweetened
MTV or Vh1?:	mtv
Fruit or vegetables?:	both
War or peace?:	peace
Loud or quiet?:	quiet
Inside or outside?:	both at diff times
Looks or personality?:	personality
Money or love?:	love
Single or group dates?:	single
Hanging with your best friends or bf/gf? (Bros or ho):	boyfriend
Pale or dark skin?:	pale
Regular or diet?:	diet
Dogs or cats?:	dogs
Rock or rap?:	rock
Party or stay home?:	stay home
Pool or ocean?:	pool for swimming
East coast or west coast?:	dunno im not american
E-mail or IM?:	both at different times
Some more questions...
What’s your bedtime?:	diff every night but around 10/11
First thought waking up?:	i want more sleep
Do you get homesick?:	yes for sure
Would you ever live next to a cemetery?:	if i had to walk thru it everyday then no but if it was just next door then yeah sure
Are you superstitious?:	not really
Do you have any piercings?:	just ears
Any tattoos?:	nope
Wear makeup?:	yes but not every day and minimal cos im lazy
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