Went to the doctor today about my knees that I hurt when I fell down the stairs.  She poked and prodded as they do.  Apparently I've torn some ligaments in my knees.  With rest they should repair in 4-6 weeks, though I may need some physio.  As she was telling me all of this all of sudden I started getting really faint.  I ended up having to put my head between my knees and later on ended up lying down.  The doctor said that fainting like that can be a reaction to pain.  Wasn't much fun.  So she told me to take the rest of the day off.  I'm glad I am cause I just feel like all the energy's been taken out of me right now.

On the positive side, I finished my last exam for the semester yesterday, so that's pretty cool.  Now I've got just over 3 weeks off from uni.

As I was leaving work today, I tripped on the one of the top stairs and fell all the way down the flight of stairs.  By some miracle I didn't hit my head, but I damaged my knee and it's pretty sore.  I'm feeling pretty strange though - maybe it's just shock.  I'm not sure.

My computer power cord is completely broken and the batteries dead so I can't use my computer to get online at the moment. I miss it!  BF is trying to get me a replacement part, but we're having trouble as it looks like its been discontinued.  I really hope we find one!  I like my own computer with my own savings and settings...

Had one of the big assessment pieces for uni due yesterday.  Looks like our group did reasonably well, so that's a load off.  Then this morning I had my daughter's 6th birthday party at our house.  18 kids running around our house.  Luckily we had a great day for it and we were all able to be outside on our huge deck and huge yard. 

My daughter had wanted a "snake" party.  So I had the kids do a "snake hunt" where they had to find all these rubber snakes I'd hidden in the yard.  Then we played "musical snakes", where all the rubber snakes were in the middle and when the music stopped everyone would have to grab a snake, but there would be one left out.  And then after each round I'd take another snake away (like musical chairs).  And "pin the tail on the snake" and I also made a "snake cake".  I'll try and upload a picture when I finally get my computer working again (I'm on BF's computer at the moment).

As far as uni goes, I've got one major model to do that's due on Tuesday, and then an exam on the 24th, which is reasonably simple, and then that's it for the semester which is good.  I also found out officially last week that I'm doing  higher duties at work for 7 weeks, starting Monday week.  So that's a good thing too, but I just have to get stuff sorted out this week before I leave for this other job.  Then when I get back from higher duties, they're putting me in charge of a larger section (no pay rise for that unfortunately) so that will be an interesting change of scenery.

Got my wedding shoes in the mail on Thursday morning.  They're white with silver diamante buckles, strappy, and have 4-inch stiletto heels (BF is more than a foot taller than me, so I could go on pointe for the wedding if I wanted and still be shorter than him!!).  I had a go walking in them and realised I was going to need some practice.  It's been ages since I wore stilettos. 

Definitely in a better frame of mind as I've gotten past this birthday party - I think that's been the main cause of my stress.  All the other stuff I've been planning for and had worked into a schedule.  Hosting a kid's birthday party is out of the ordinary and just on top of everything else - which is full enough at this time of year.  The good thing is that I got my house really clean and tidy, and I just feel so much more relaxed when my house is that way.

Okay - I'm just going to have a whinge.  I'm so tired and so over everything.  I'm over work, and having to keep everyone else in line - and the ridiculous mountain of workload at the end of financial year.  I"m over uni and all the assessment and the fact I have turned up for 2 classes this week for which the final assessment is last week and there was noone there.  I'm over having to get the house looking presentable for my daughter's birthday party on Saturday morning. I'm over feeling like I have to find time for my friends when I barely have time for myself.  I'm over the kids throwing tantrums when I ask them to do simple things like get dressed or go in the bath.  I'm over our musical director going over the same piece 10 times when the reason we're not getting it right is because he keeps stopping us half way through to make us go over it again.  I'm over trying to keep the house clean and tidy.  I'm over things  breaking like the light  bulb in the loungeroom for the 3rd time in a month.  I'm over my computer having a busted power source so I'm using BF's now (and I am grateful that he went straight online and bought me a new one).  I'm over the cat miaowing when I've already fed him twice tonight.  I'm over the fact that I haven't lost a single gram of weight and I'm a big fatty fat-fat.  I'm over being in debt.  I'm over interest rates rises on the mortgage (and don't know how I would survive if I was still on my own and paying rent cause that's just as bad).  I'm over working on the other side of the city and it taking an extra 15 to 30 minutes every morning to negotiate the stupid round-about traffic, and that's not including the 30 - 40 minutes the trip takes as it is when the traffic's good.  I'm just over it all.......................