Chesty Cough
Tuesday 6th January, 2004 22:07 Comments: 0
A lot's happened already this year, I've fixed something I wasn't expecting to do at work (and when I say fixed, I mean it's working better than it was before) and I've caught a cold, bought a new graphics card, spoken to lots of old friends, and taken a day off sick.
The cold's getting better, still a bit of a cough, but my tummy muscles ddon't hurt each time now. Was told I could go home anytime on Monday, but hung in and even managed to go shopping and fill up with petrol before collapsing in bed for about 15 hours. Back to work tomorrow though.
My dad wanted to buy another hard disk, so I'm splitting the delivery costs and buying myself a new Radeon 9800 Pro with the money I got from Xmas (and some of my wages, obviously). Not got it yet, but my brother should hopefully sign for it sometime in the next couple days when it arrives.
I've heard from loads of friends recently, like Callie (finally managing more than a term at uni, although she's still being flown out sometimes to do modelling), Katie (aka James Owen Girl), Kath (a fresher at Exeter who I've not even met), Chloe (still busy at work and visiting friends), Jonathan (still busy, not managed to meet up yet for drinks), and Gareth, Adam and Maria are back at work again so I have people to go to lunch with again! And loads more people who I'll remember later and kick myself for missing out, like Helen who I should remember seeing as I'm talking to her now!
I got some nice presents for Xmas. Aside from the CD changer in my car, I got a Bill Bryson book (A Short History of Nearly Everything), windscreen wipers (you should have seen my mum's face when I guessed what they were before even taking the wrapping off!), underwear (it must be Xmas), some money and a few smaller items.
I sent an email to a couple friends, and I realised I hadn't mentioned this before on here, but back in November I asked out a girl who turned out to live 50 miles away with her husband, and one girl I was interested in was far more interested in my other friend's housemate. That was definitely a bad month.
We've got a Nintendo GameCube in our flat now, Richard bought it today (after several days of nearly buying it and deciding it's not worth it, last thing I heard). Mario Kart seems quite good fun, I'll probably have a quick play later so they won't thrash me each time! I've also gotten into Need For Speed: Underground on my PC, hence the new graphics card as my current one (although cool) is quite slow and old now. It's pretty much the only part of my computer that's more than one generation old.
New Year was quiet, after Jonathan cancelled on me to look after his girlfriend who had a cold, I was hoping to go to the Comedy Night that goes on monthly here, but I missed it last night when I collapsed in bed, will have to join Jonathan (from work), Maria and Ross next month. Still, saved myself a fiver!
Oh, and we got a new server, a nice fast, shiny one, which is why I haven't sorted out the links to past months at the bottom, as Jonathan hasn't set the permissions correctly still. It's been over a week now, will chase it up next time I see him.
The cold's getting better, still a bit of a cough, but my tummy muscles ddon't hurt each time now. Was told I could go home anytime on Monday, but hung in and even managed to go shopping and fill up with petrol before collapsing in bed for about 15 hours. Back to work tomorrow though.
My dad wanted to buy another hard disk, so I'm splitting the delivery costs and buying myself a new Radeon 9800 Pro with the money I got from Xmas (and some of my wages, obviously). Not got it yet, but my brother should hopefully sign for it sometime in the next couple days when it arrives.
I've heard from loads of friends recently, like Callie (finally managing more than a term at uni, although she's still being flown out sometimes to do modelling), Katie (aka James Owen Girl), Kath (a fresher at Exeter who I've not even met), Chloe (still busy at work and visiting friends), Jonathan (still busy, not managed to meet up yet for drinks), and Gareth, Adam and Maria are back at work again so I have people to go to lunch with again! And loads more people who I'll remember later and kick myself for missing out, like Helen who I should remember seeing as I'm talking to her now!
I got some nice presents for Xmas. Aside from the CD changer in my car, I got a Bill Bryson book (A Short History of Nearly Everything), windscreen wipers (you should have seen my mum's face when I guessed what they were before even taking the wrapping off!), underwear (it must be Xmas), some money and a few smaller items.
I sent an email to a couple friends, and I realised I hadn't mentioned this before on here, but back in November I asked out a girl who turned out to live 50 miles away with her husband, and one girl I was interested in was far more interested in my other friend's housemate. That was definitely a bad month.
We've got a Nintendo GameCube in our flat now, Richard bought it today (after several days of nearly buying it and deciding it's not worth it, last thing I heard). Mario Kart seems quite good fun, I'll probably have a quick play later so they won't thrash me each time! I've also gotten into Need For Speed: Underground on my PC, hence the new graphics card as my current one (although cool) is quite slow and old now. It's pretty much the only part of my computer that's more than one generation old.
New Year was quiet, after Jonathan cancelled on me to look after his girlfriend who had a cold, I was hoping to go to the Comedy Night that goes on monthly here, but I missed it last night when I collapsed in bed, will have to join Jonathan (from work), Maria and Ross next month. Still, saved myself a fiver!
Oh, and we got a new server, a nice fast, shiny one, which is why I haven't sorted out the links to past months at the bottom, as Jonathan hasn't set the permissions correctly still. It's been over a week now, will chase it up next time I see him.