I'm still here!

I can’t believe it’s been seven days since I wrote an entry in this journal.  It seems much longer!  Well, nothing of importance has happened.

 

 

I’m excited at the moment because next week I am going on work experience.  I will be working in a school as a classroom assistant.  I am looking forward to working there, and getting a break from my own school work.

 

 

I had so much fun when I went on work experience two years ago.  I worked in a local primary school as a classroom assistant.  It took to realise the pupils were calling me “Sir”.  But it was rewarding to know I had helped a child understand tasks and solve problems independently.  

 

 

I felt emotional after the two weeks had finished because I had got to know the children so well.  Their teacher called me her ‘saviour’ because the students listened to me.  Was it because I was a new ‘teacher’?

 

I begin on Monday, and I can’t wait!

 

Playing Catch-up

 

I’m glad January is over now.  December and January always seems to drag on forever. Once February arrives, I feel as if the year is moving swiftly on.

 

 

 

So what have you all been up to?  Nothing much has happened since I last wrote in this blog.  It seems like forever since I last wrote an entry, but in fact, it’s been three days.

 

 

Last weekend I used my bus pass for the first time without adult supervision.  I went bowling with my friends Ross, Jennie and Joanne.  I didn’t win any of the three games, but I had fun!  I felt so proud of myself for achieving independence.

 

 

On Sunday we went to the cinema to watch “The Pursuit of Happyness”.  It stars Will Smith as a struggling salesman who takes custody of his son (played by his real-life son Jaden Smith), as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavour.

 

 

I wouldn’t have chosen to go to see that film (the girls chose it).  I thought it was good, but it was slow in parts.  The trailer looked excellent on the T.V.  It is more of a thought-provocing “chick flick”. 

 

Christina Aguilera – “Soar” (title track)

 

Quick update

You may remember in a previous entry, my troubles with the doctors.  Well today I had a appointment with my paediatrician.  Unfortunately, I cannot get re-registered at the specialist hospital.  I would have to get them made by our local hospital which has ‘improved’ its services.  The ‘mole’ on my back shall be cut off by a dermatologist, so that’s a good thing.  Apart from that, nothing much has happened.

 

It's Someone's Birthday!

Morgan!

 

A Birthday Wish

 

I extend to you this Birthday wish,
and hope your day is fine;

I remembered you, on your Birthday,
so I hope you remember mine;

So accept this poem, from me to you,
with everything it's for;

Have the happiest of Birthdays today,
and I wish you many more;...

Ronny White.

The outcome...

 

When the crunch came to the crunch, I didn’t audition for a role in the school musical.  I let my nerves get the better of me.  I was going to audition.  I had learnt my lines and songs.  But as last lesson began I couldn’t help thinking “What am I doing?”  I wasn’t nervous or anything about the audition.  But I kept on thinking what would happen if I got a part in “We Will Rock You”.

 

At the moment I am studying to achieve A-Level qualifications in Health & Social Care and English Literature.  I am struggling to meet the demands of those subjects.  I do not need the added pressure of rehearsing for a musical too.

 

 

 

I’m sure the drama teacher will have jobs to do backstage.  Maybe I will get assigned to help backstage.  I know the pantomime in December was successful, but I may have got stage fright in front of whole school.  I didn’t want that to happen, that would be my worst nightmare.

 

I’m sure I’ll get many other opportunities to share my talent.  I’m taking part in the Viva! re-run of “Cinderella" in April so all is not lost.

 

I'm Going Slightly Mad!

I thought I would write something in my journal to spare my own sanity.  As the title suggests, I’m getting slightly stressed.  Why, you ask?  Auditions from my school musical “We Will Rock You” have been brought forward to TOMORROW!

 

I am auditioning for three lead roles.  The part of Freddie Mercury who is the lead singer of Queen, a gay male called Britney and Pop, a librarian.  Also I have to learn two songs: “I Want to Break Free” and “Innuendo”.

 

I have mixed feelings about auditioning at the moment.  I would like to, but am I really capable of taking on such a major role?  What if I forgot my dialogue or song words?  It doesn’t bother me if I don’t get a part because it will be an experience.  If I don’t try, I’ll never know!

 

 

Queen: “I Want to Break Free”

Wish me luck,

 

Feeling Frustrated!

A month ago, it was a normal school day.  I got up at 7:00a.m, made my bed like I usually would.  I had a shower, got out and wiped my back.  I looked at the yellow towel I was holding, it was covered with fresh red blood.

 

 

I could feel something dripping down my back.  I wiped with a fresh towel.  I looked at that and it was covered with blood and pus.  Puzzled I called mum, who suggested a skin tag had caught on something which caused the bleed.  She wiped away the blood and put a plaster on it.

 

 

After three days, the ‘skin tag’ was still bleeding so we decided to go to mylocal G.P as an ‘Emergency case’.  But unfortunately he wouldn’t see me.  Then I made an appointment to see him two days later.  I went to the surgery and the appointment slot at 10:30a.m came and went.

 

 

Three hours later, my name was called. The doctor examined my back.  He didn’t know what it was so he couldn’t do anything and has referred me to a Dermatologist (skin specialist).  I was annoyed as I’d waited three hours for a five minute check-up!

 

 

Just when I thought my day couldn’t get worse, I arrived home to discover a letter for the specialist hospital in Oswestry.  As many of you know I had an operation three years ago on my legs to straighten them.  I was discharged from the specialists last May, but I was kept on their books because they make me leg splints.

 

 

Well for some unknown reason I had been dropped from their books!  Is this a good thing or bad thing?  I was told I would have to have splints made by my local hospital.  Mum and I were annoyed because we were told by the specialists that the splints I’d been wearing had not helped my condition, it had made it worse.

 

 

I don’t mind travelling three hours in the car because the end result is worthwhile.  I get splints that are tailored exactly to my needs.  Even if we have to pay for them, it doesn’t matter because they will be the best.

 

 

I went to see my G.P about this who said he will re-register me with the specialists shortly so that’s a good thing.  He also said to make an appointment about the ‘skin tag’ on my back.  We got a letter saying the appointment had been postponed as the Doctor is away indefinitely, so I’ll let you know the outcome in a later entry.

 

 

What would you do if you were in this situation?  Has anyyone else had a doctor do a runner?  Comments and any advice would be appreciated.