Long Overdue

I have just realised that I haven't posted a blog since May. And before that it was early April. Shame on me, lol! The problem is that during the quiet times of life I have nothing to write about, & during the times worth writing up I am too busy. So here I am, at the end of my first term of the BA(hons) Theatre course wondering where to start.

Not a lot happened in May, June, July, & August. I did pluck up the courage to register with a dentist. Facing my biggest fear! Thankfully I got a good one who is very sympathetic to my phobia. I even managed to let her do a root canal! Sadly I have to go into hospital in the new year to have major dental surgery. That is going to be very hard for me, both before and after.Mind you, if I can get through that I can probably get through anything!

My health issues are still a struggle. I have fallen anaemic a couple of times, & my thyroid is still being balanced. My thyroxine dose has gone up a couple of times. Hopefully it will soon begin to help.Unfortunately the progress I had made on my fitness, with the help of my brother who is a fitness instructor, has gone downhill through the intensity of the physical things at uni being too much too soon for me. If I could have continued at my own pace I would probably be in a better situation now.

As for my personal life, sadly because of the long distance, the amount of changes, and other issues, things didn't work out for me & J. We are still on friendly terms though. Our lives were just going in different directions.

In September we suffered some devastating news. We unexpectedly lost Christos (my stepfather, for those of you who don't know) to cancer of the pancreas. It was completely out of the blue & shocking. No-one, including the doctors, realised how ill he was until the last days. It was believed that he had a minor digestive problem. It all happened so quickly. At least this way he didn't suffer much. It happened between my second and third weeks at university, and because of the speed in which things happened I was not able to get back to Greece in time. I must take comfort from the fact that he didn't suffer, & strength from hearing how proud of me he was about going to university. That has kept me fighting through the tough times here, particularly throughout late September & early October. So here's to Christos, who will never be forgotten.