Tommy Collison

There’s a lot of stuff I’d like to write about (some of which will be quite long, in-depth posts), but I don’t have the time right now. A quick sum-up of happenings:

CTYI

Still enjoying it, really great way to spend 3 weeks. Like everything, has its pros and cons, which I’ll go into detail about later. I’m doing Journalism and it’s been an absolute blast. Learnt a load, have some great new friends and memories.

Three

After two people harked about the mobile network, I gave them a try. Short story short, it was an unmitigated disaster and I want absolutely nothing to do with them. At the end of the day, Daryll and Paddy on Twitter (here) are superheroes who keep me on o2, really.

Sickness

Was under the weather a bit last night and this morning. Nothing specific, just feeling run-down and like my body was protesting against how busy I’d been since school ended. I took the morning off classes and stayed in bed though, and all is well again. My immune system is one thing I pride myself on me – it’s a bit of a tank :) Knee’s been largely quiet pain-wise recently, which I’ve been happy about. We (physios and I) have come to the conclusion that school was the cause of all the consternation, so when my holidays arrived my knee got a lot of relief and I’m pretty much off the Paracetamol too, which my stomach will thank me for. On the cane and not two crutches too, which is nice – I may or may not sometimes treat myself to hot chocolate during lunch here at CTYI and I can walk and drink simultaneously; what an age we live in! :)

America

Speaking of knee pain etc., I’ve been meaning to mention here that I’m headed to America in September for some more surgery. I had surgery there in 2004 and the surgeons wanted a follow up while they were in Belgium at the beginning of July. We (my Mum and I) went over and they suggested doing some more work. September 28th is the date that’s been set and I’ll be in America for 6 weeks in total. It’s my friend’s birthday actually, I’m hoping to squeeze in a birthday phone call that day too…

That’s all that I can cram into the limited time I can. Apologies for the blogging break, it’s good to get my mojo on. Incidentally, did you know my Mum blogs? She’s a great writer and a better photographer than I could ever hope to be. If searching for new online reading material, look no further. Inside the Margin is a neat pop-culture blog and also my CTYI friend Áine blogs – can you get the reference in her blog name?