Premiership Football Unbelievable!

Well what a day slept in forgot my iPhone and my Nokia, bust my zip forgot painkillers! Could anything else go wrong???
NO! Wembley was brilliant! The atmosphere was electric! Burnley fans amazing! Burnley team totally on form in the zone and well what can you say Burnley 1 - Sheffield United 0 Only one place up for grabs and that has Burnley's name on it, they are in the Premiership! UK top football league!
We even made it back to Stansted to find the flight had been delayed by almost 90 minutes so we could have stayed for more celebrations.
The whole day from breakfast to diner in the airport was totally memorable. Very well worth going to London for the game and the atmosphere. Now look forward to life in the fast lane.

We're on the Wembley Way!

The last match of the season for Burnley against Sheffield United for a place in the Premiership!
I spent two days trying to get tickets but finally it paid off and I am going to see the match which is at Wembley It is very exciting as it will probably be the first and last time I will get to Wembley so a day worth remembering. It means up at five in the morning for a 7.00am flight :) but it will be a great day out in London

I will twitter the day so you will be able to follow what is going on!

Stay tune to find out what happens C'mon the Clarets!

CT Scan

Well! The doctor has said it was mostly wear and tear and the pain is due to the operation so thats that then, when can I return to work. I will put up with the pain as long as I can go back to work I am guessing I will never do Windsurfing again but hey never say never it has been a particularly crap year when all is said and done but at least I have a roof over my head, enough to eat and I am not being shot at or bombed so in the grand scale of things a I am positively radiant and glad to be alive.
I managed to put together an IKEA cupboard as I bought a cordless screwdriver/drill but it wasn't good enough so I have been back to day to change it for a more rugged type of screwdriver/drill you know the type of screwdriver/drill workmen have when they are working. SO now I am all geared up to finish the cupboard brilliant!
It's funny because doing all this I am still in pain but thinking well I have put up with this for a long time it is no different to the time before the operation and when I was in work at this time last year so I just have to get on with it. I am waiting for my boss to organise a staged return to work. Hopefull I will be back at the end of May. Yippee!

Space time continuum problem

Yep it has been a really quick week this week it is already Saturday and I can't remember half of what went on through it?

I finally got in touch with firstly my GP who has now filed in the form and it has been posted off to my employer (so another 4 week wait then)I do have to pay £15.00 for that pleasure.

Secondly my consultant has written the report on my neck he hasn't signed it yet but it will be in the post next week. Thankfully his miserable secretary read out the contents to me over the phone. Basically the pain I have in my arms and neck is a result of the surgery (hopefully it will go away soon) and the fact that my neck vertebrae have a lot of wear and tear so they are not going to operate further (well not yet anyway). So thats fine then I am now trying to negotiate my way back to work more for the money than anything else as half pay is crippling us. Good News, Burnley are in the final playoff against Sheffield United sad news I waited all morning in the online "waiting room" for tickets and got no where. Gerry and I have booked flights to the capital so we are still going to London with or what looks increasingly without tickets. We will just have a great day out in London have a meal and a few drinks watch the match in a pub and enjoy ourselves. I would have really loved to get into Wembley though, the atmosphere will be electric. I will Twitter my day so all will be saved including photos.

Maria had her Prom on Thursday she has officially left school and just needs to go in for her exams 2 of which RS and Maths 1 she has on Monday so she is up revising for them. She really enjoyed herself on Thursday and she looked fantastic all grown up with her hair specially designed and her dress and all the accessories including a tiara which she wore with pride. I feel myself welling up just writing this sniff, sniff! Maybe next week I will know when I can go back to work Hooray! Watch this space (blog)

Newcastle win must win Game!

What a fantastic win! Not I hasten to add a fantastic game but the result was what was needed. Now if they can go on and win the next two they will stay up.

 

Speaking all things football, tonight Burnley play the second leg of a play off game against Reading, a win would put them into the play off final against arch enemies Sheffield United to be played at Wembley.

Still no joy at the Doctors but I do have a telephone appointment at 12 with my GP so lets see what happens there then.

Soap Box Rant

I'm at it again, having had such a good day today getting lots of reading in and feeling good in my neck and my arms but there is always something isn't there? Well I'm back to doctors. I need the doctor to fill out a form so that I can claim mortgage relief for the time I have been off, now they won't pay out until the form has been sent in. It needs to be filled in by the doctor then my employer and then I have to fill something in. So I thought since my filled in bit includes sensitive information I concluded that I would go in the order Doctor, employer, self, makes sense. Well 3 weeks ago I took the form to the doctors to speed up the process, the doctors do not see this activity as an important activity and to be fair their job is dealing with sick people but they are asking to be paid for this task but how long should it take. An admin person could do this from the records and then give it to the doctor to sign. Now the doctors do not see this as a priority but for someone who has lost half their monthly income and can't do anything until the form is signed and returned  it is a priority. Phew! I feel better now! I would feel even better if I had the form so that I could send it to my employer. Maybe next week then!

Bank Holiday Weekend

Well the May Bank Holiday is here and yet again I find myself at a loose end not doing anything.I wish my neck was better as I would really get to work on things around the house or is that just my excuse now for not doing anything.

 I have read quite a lot and the more I read the more I identify books that I should have read over my life time and I think it is all too late and I will never be able to understand the great thinkers and philosophers because they always refer to other peoples work that I haven't yet written so I need to read their work before I really understand what they are saying it is like having a great long list of books to read and they are in chronological order but you don't know the order and you only find that there is a book before the one you are reading when you are actually reading it so you go to that book and the same again. Even starting with say the bible isn't enough because the bible does not refer you to the next book or even going back to the first book ever written as the same applies there as it would because the next book isn't written yet if you see what I mean so the list of unwritten books goes on and on and on and it gets depressing and then the sun comes out and everything is fine. 

We have a birthday party to go to this afternoon so it should be a time to discuss the weekend and the football and whether or if Newcastle can survive (it's looking very grim for the 'toon') and talking about the the fact that Burnley are in the play offs in the Championship and can they beat Reading and then go further? Oh! what a fine day it will be if the rain stays away. I am still desperate to get back to work I just need to organise it with my manager to see about a phased way back in that will be great as I am really going berserk in the house. I have lots ti do as well I would love to get started on my Dissertation now that the survey is underway I am a little disappointed with the response rate mind you so far only about 30 have replied and that is from 6 different authorities still I suppose there is time yet. I need to start getting something written now so that it is not all to do next year because things will be hectic next year and I will be stuck for time. I am going to make a really stern effort to begin this next week.I know that as soon as I get my introduction down I will be able to write the rest and it will start to flow as long as I break up the tasks into small bites that I can handle so with that resolution passed I will go and enjoy the rest of my day knowing that the introduction to my research dissertation will start tomorrow Hooray! I love it when it all comes together.