Bunfight

I finally got to speak to Andy last night; he phoned me in my office, and I called him back before I went to bed. It felt wierd to be sittin in my pajamas ready for bed, with him not even at the end of his working day. It was excellent to speak to him. He hasn't really got into work or anything yet, but he has seen a house that he might rent. I got upset on the phone; I manage to not feel too bad during the day, but I can't put of the lonlyness in the evenings, especially when confronted by it. I'll book my ticket to go and see him soon, then I'll have a definate date to look forward to. I am going to struggle to pay for it, since I'm trying to clear my overdraught, but I have to go. He said he doesn't want me to come over for a 'holiday'- I know what he means; I want to go over and have 3 weeks of normality with him, where we work, and at the end of the day we go home together. That might sound dull, but its the normality I miss. Plus its not ski season or climbing season, he won't have any money having spent it all on a flat deposit, and he doesn't have a car yet.. so tis normality or nothing :0).

I tried to get up at 7, but postponed it till 9. I'm exhausted still, and the bags under my eyes show it. I went for a run finally, but it was very difficult. I started off too fast, and ended up having to stop before the end for a break. I guess this is an improvement on not being well enough to go at all. I'm really sick of my health dictating what I can and can't do, I wna tmy social life back. I went up to highfield this morning- its the clubs and societies bunfight, a day where thousands of people cram into a tiny hall and get bombared with fliers for extreme ironing. I have joined women's cricket (they allegedly have a coach, yipee!), mountaineering and photography. I won't have time to be a full member of all these, but I want to do as much as I can in my last year as a student. I aim to climb at least three or 4 wekend s (I managed one last year- pathetic!). I'll also make as many cricket practices as I can (they are on sundays so I'm going to miss about the 1st 5 weeks of training, but it can't be helped. I'm hoping to get darkroom training out of the photography club- I'd like to develope some prints as christmas presents maybe. Its something I've wanted to do for a while, so its worth joining the club, even if its only something I do a couple of times.

Tim came to see me at 2 and told me Christos has his viva tomorrow 'and if noone else has arranged anything, could you arrange his party'... I don't really know him, and it's one day's notice... it took ages to arrange Andy's party :(. I don't even know the names of any of Christos' friends to find out if they have planned anything. Tim said he was 'sorry to spring it on me'...so maybe he should do it?