Journal of a Russian Spy

Finally uploaded some pics of graduation and Ireland. the address is

www.flickr.com/photos/felicity_james

Bye

hey,

just a quickie to say that i've been at work for 3 days and still feel enthusiastic about it all. I'm all moved in to a nice new house. Miss Ryan horribly, but he might be moving over with me. Fingers crossed.

Ok, gotta go. Family Guy is on

Hey again,

I got my degree results - second class honours upper division (2:1). So once I've graduated (3rd july) I can officially call myself "Fxxxxxx Jxxxxxxx, BSc. (Hons) Optometry".

Other than that, nothing much going on here. Just doing a lot of internet flathunting - trying to weed out the weirdos, while not being identified as one myself.

Question for Morgan - how are you finding the whole long-distance relationship thing? I'm not sure how long you and Tristan were going out before you shifted to different cities. I'm just mildly nervous about how Ryan and I am going to fare this year with me in Plymouth and him in Northern Ireland.

Anyway, it's half 11 here, so time for my bed - and I need a glass of water.

Bye everybody (bye Dr Nick)

ok ok ok it's been ages. but in my defence most people have been fairly quiet as well. is this a sign we're turning grown-up. nah, just too busy with exciting real lives i'm sure.

i'm on my last ever summer holiday. in malta with my parents enjoying sun and snorkelling...but not both at the same time. ryan came too for a week and left yesterday.
i'll be doing a week around ireland at the end of june then turning up for graduation (saying hi to ryan as well!) then on to plymouth to househunt.

then real life kicks in, as of the 16th of july i'm a real person with a real job. gaaaah.

so what's everyone else up to?

well, i'm officially revising for my last ever set of university exams. i'm not revising for my lats ever optometry exams, but the next ones are next year and done in london.

and to pour salt on the wound, it's lovely. yes actually lovely weather here. monday it's going to be 23 degrees - i've never seen that kind of weather in northern ireland. i'm wearing a skirt right now and NOT SHIVERING

a solid week of sun and i've been inside revising -arrrrrrgh

hey everyone,

just to let you know there are photos of my mcdonalds birthday and of my st pats antics on flickr:

www.flickr.com/photos/felicity_james

Every year they have this sponsored "duck dive" for the lifeboat society - basically just people jumping in the ocean in funny outfits. Ryan went in in a Judo outfit - i had to go along, laugh and document the occasion. 

Enjoy!

crap - hope this doesn't mean i have to act like a grownup. i'm celebrating tomorrow with a mcdonald's party. the good people at mcdonalds don't know we're not quite kids and my friends think we're going out for dinner in a pub. god i'm evil.

if it's been my birthday, must have been morgan's too - happy 20th morgy-poo

ok - the newsd in brief:

got to help during surgery ( i held a clamp in place) while observing at the hospital ophthalmology clinic

got exam results - all good. i'm withing sniffing distance of a first, but nooooot quite. oh the frustration

got totally spoilt valentine's - can't believe my luck in finding this one

northern ireland is still freezing, but alas no snow

that's it

adios amigos

OK - so i'm back from my "meet the folks" experience. well planned trip - all his family members were swamped with work this week so i saw them each for no more than an hour - tops. Spent waaaaay more time at dinner with his mate Andy and Andy's new girlfriend.

Ahhh now i can breath again.

my nice young man (ryan) is making me go to his place to meet his family and friends next weekend. i'm staying the night. i've never met any of these people before. they'll judge me - judge me i say!. ok maybe i'm over-reacting. but i have a very real concern that they'll all speak really quickly with plenty of good ol' northern ireland slang - leaving me lost.

any tips on how to meet parents and not screw it up?