Busy, busy, busy!

It has been half-term this week, but it has been extremely fast, and it barely feels as though I have had a break!

I have had another driving lesson this week, which was frightening! I think I am improving with my steering!!

Louise visited on Monday, where we ate at pizza hut. It was very packed, and neither Louise, or I had enough space to eat dessert.

I have had to apply for my choices for university, including conducting a personal statement. It has been quite stressful, and worrying, particularly if the univeristy do not accept me.

Go, go Joseph!!

Yesterday, I visited London, to see the amazing show, Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat!

I was extremely excited, and even managed to see a famous individual from the breakfast show, GMTV. Unfortunately, he looked busy, so I did not communicate with him!!

The show began at 3.00, situated at the Adelphi theatre, and it was excellent! Lee Mead was definitely the correct choice for Joseph, because his voice was strong, and deep.

The day was brilliant, but I was a little disappointed that the Jonny Wilkinson statue has been taken from Trafalgar Square. This was because there was a large gathering of Muslims protesting!

Community Occupational Therapist!!

It has been a frustrating week

this past week, particularly as South Kent College completely ruined my work placement!!

I had been told to travel to the Arundel Unit last Monday, where I was to begin my first work placement of the term. Unfortunately, when I arrived they sent me home again, because I was not expected, and they had told the work placement officer that they could not have a student!

The college understood all about this situation, but ''forgot to tell me'' that I was not expected! I was extremely embarassed, and upset, because I had wasted the hospital's time.

I now have a new work placement, which is brilliant! I am with a Community Occupational Therapist, and travel with her to meet individual's with learning disabilities.

Arundel Unit!

I begin my first work placement of the year tomorrow, situated in the Arundel unit!!

I am extremely excited about working tomorrow, because I will be working alongside the Occupational Therapists, which is exactly what I would love to do in the future.

Thankfully, I have a through understanding of hospital work now, and am aware of what I will have to achieve!

My tutor has told me to be assertive, and ask many questions about the roles and responsibilities of the staff.

First Driving lesson!

Friday, I began my driving lessons in Ashford. I was extremely nervous, but excited, and I was even shaking!!

The driving instructor, explained that I was to drive around the block, which was frightening! A few cars overtook me, because I was travelling slowly!! I did the steering, whilst the driving instructor placed his foot on the clutch.

He asked if I was willing to drive home, which was quite far, considering I had never driven before! I agreed, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly driving around the roundabouts!

Driving was an excellent experience for me!

Evolution of Dance

This video is extremely funny!! He is a very talented man!

Here is the picture!!

This is my favourite picture of Eithne's baptism!

Surprises in the post!!

Wednesday, I arrived home from college, and realised I had a letter from Canada!! I was extremely excited, because I love receiving post, particularly from Canada!

It was a letter from Erin, Tim, and Eithne, which I loved reading!!

Thursday, I recieved a parcel from Canada, and I could not understand who it was from! I then realised it was the photos from Eithne's baptism, taken by Irene Lowen (Auntie Rebecca's friend).

It was excellent to look back on the photos, but unfortunately, the photos were not able to post!!

Back to college (and reality)!

I went back to college on Tuesday, which was an extremely busy day of being told various things, that are going to occur during the year!!

We have already been given several assignments to work on, and I can feel my blood pressure slowly beginning to rise. These assignments include:-
Research project, Environmental Health, Physiological disorders, Lifespan developement, and Personal development in health and social care. There are many more assignments to come!!

My days have changed for college, and I now go into college on a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurday, with Monday being my workplacement day, and Friday being my study day! I find this exceedingly positive!

Devil's food cake!

My dad celebrated his birthday on Tuesday with a specially made devil's food cake, including marshmallow icing!! This is one of his favourites, which he is always desperate to eat!

It was a fairly quiet day, but it was good that he was at home, because he is normally working!! He is still recovering from his operation, but is making remarkable progress, particularly as he can walk around Singleton lake!!

He still has another four weeks off of work, and I have to return to college on Tuesday. Thankfully, there are not many weeks until half-term!!

Bubbles anyone?

This image was taken yesterday at Chessington
World of Adventures, on the Bubble Works!

I think this picture is brilliant, as we are all smiling.

The only unfortunate thing, as Louise pointed out, is that there is an Aloe Vera sign situated above my head!!

Occupational therapy experience..

I finally managed to have some Occupational Therapy experience today, which I thoroughly enjoyed!!

They are exceedingly busy individuals, so it was a real honour to be invited in for today and tomorrow!

The Occupational Therapists were warm and welcoming, and I even had the chance to visit some of the patients in the wards of the William Harvey Hospital! Unfortuntately, the nurses are tremendously busy, because there are not enough of them!!

It was a good experience to gain an understanding of what Occupational Therapists do, even though I was observing the majority of the time.

I am hoping to do an Occupational Therapy degree next year, which will be a three year course!!

An evening at Pizza Hut!

Yesterday, I was invited to Pizza Hut, to celebrate Louise's 15th birthday!

It was a real treat, particularly eating the pepperoni and margarita pizza's, including potato wedges and garlic bread!!

The best part of the evening was singing 'Happy Birthday' to Louise, as the lights were dimmed, and Louise had to stand in front of the whole restaurant, whilst we clapped her! It was very fun!!

For dessert, I ate ice cream, including smarties and marshmallows, which was exceedingly delicious! Unfortunately, the ice cream took a long while to come out of the machine!

Once we had finished at Pizza Hut, all the guests were invited to Louise's house, to eat a piece of delicious birthday cake. It really was an excellent evening!!

Knee operation!

My dad is currently in hospital after having a knee replacement. Unfortunately, he is situated between elderly men, and is in the middle of the hospital ward!!
He seems to be doing fairly well though!

Many individual's have been asking about him, and phoning to find out how he is!! They even announced it in church today, which was encouraging!!

He is hoping to be making a quick recovery in hospital, as he absolutely hates being waited on! As my Auntie Rebecca would say, ''medical individual's are the worst patients''!

I was dreaming about Tim Horton's today, particularly the doughnuts. It is such a shame we cannot have a Tim Horton's, although we do have a Starbucks in our local supermarket now, including blueberry frapucchino's!!

More images of my adventure!!

These are some of my favourite pictures of my trip to Canada!

The picture of Erin was taken in a Mexican restaurant, known as Chilies, which was thoroughly delicious!!

Pictures of my trip in Canada!!

I had such an excellent time in Canada, particularly playing with Eithne!! I even managed to change her dyper (nappy) on the last day, which was black poo, because she had been eating blueberries!!

Unfortunately, I am not able to put all of my pictures up here yet, so there is more to follow!

Eithne playing!!

Eithne is the cutest baby in the world!!

I will miss her very much!

The hills are alive!

Yesterday, Auntie Rebecca, Sean, Natasha, and I visited Rainbow Stage theatre, where we watched the Sound of Music!

It was absolutely brilliant, including the atmosphere!! Every individual stood at the end of the play, to applaud the actors and actresses on their achievement.

We were sitting fairly near the front of the stage, so we had an excellent view of the actors and actresses! My favourite song included:-

'So long farewell', which was sung beautifully by the children.

Sean laughed very much throughout the play, and thought that the actresses and actors would sing Michael Jackson's 'thriller', which he managed to play in my head!!

It seemed that the whole of Winnipeg had come to watch the play, because it was packed, with hardly any empty seats!

A day at the zoo.......

Sunday afternoon, Auntie Rebecca, Sean, Natasha, and I visited the zoo!! It was a brilliant experience, and a lot of fun!

Before, we arrived at the zoo, Auntie Rebecca brought me a famous slurpee, from 711!! It was even multicoloured!

We saw a range of different animals, including grizzly and brown bears. The best animal was definitely the bearded monkey, which resembled an elderly man!! We all could not stop laughing, once we had seen the monkey!

Auntie Rebecca did not visit the tropical centre, as there was a crocodile situated inside, which was tremendously long in size!!

It was lovely to visit live animals, because I had only seen a dead baby bear, and a dead deer lying in the middle of the road!

Minneapolis!

Erin, Auntie Rebecca, Eithne, and I drove on an eight hour journey to the state of Minneapolis, America on Tuesday! It was tiring, but exciting at the same time, because there was much to watch!!

We finally arrived at Minneapolis at 6.00 pm, and ate a meal from the restaurant, although Auntie Rebecca could not eat hers, because it was disgusting, and vile!

Wednesday, we visited the Mall of America, which is the largest mall in the United States! It was huge, and I had never seen anything similar to it before!! The mall even had a theme park, which I thoroughly enjoyed, partciularly going on the fast rides with Erin!!

Unfortunately, when we arrived back from the Mall of America, we found that a bridge had collapsed, carrying fifty cars! The news was on each television channel, and it was quite upsetting!