Last Wedding of the Year!
I was at my friends wedding at the weekend, which makes the 5th wedding I have been to this year! I am so glad I have had the transplant because otherwise I think I would have missed most, if not, all the weddings...and instead I have been able to join in all the fun and have a great time. This was a fantastic wedding and I had a great weekend (we were staying the Friday night as well). It was probably helped by the fact all my good school friends were there so I had great company and lots of people to dance with! It was a ceilidh and disco so we got the best of both worlds, and I was up dancing a fair bit. I think my friends boyfriend managed to video us all dancing to 'walk 500 miles' - now is it just a student (not that we are students, but we used to be!) thing that you get into a wee circle, arms round each other, and jump up and down to this song?? We seemed to be the only ones doing this and I assume everyone thought we were mad or very drunk. Never mind eh. I wore the infamous red shoes and not only did they look pretty (in my opinion) but they were quite easy to dance in. Maybe I am just getting more expert at high heels ;-)
Me and Andrew
Me with curly hair! (this is how it is naturally)
We headed back via mum and dads on Sunday, to say goodbye to Corey - he was up visiting because it was Frances Ann's birthday at the weekend - she would have been 24. We had a nice lunch on the Sunday and then Corey had to get to the airport, so we just headed back home. We were both exhausted from the two late nights and could have fallen into bed at tea time. We did however decide it would be good for us to cut the grass instead. I say 'us' because I decided I would now be able to cut the front grass, while Andrew tackled the huge back lawn. I think I did pretty well! It was much harder work than I anticipated but it didn't make me out of breath and I managed quite well. So there is another post transplant first! Seb watched me from the living room window with much curiousity, as if saying 'what on earth are you doing???' I tend to agree with him.
On Monday I tried to recover and also caught up with my friend for coffee, which was nice. Yesterday however I was busy again - attending a wee course! It's 3 half day sessions at the university (so this was the first) looking at how to be a Problem Based Learning (PBL) facilitator for medical students in year 1 and 2. Basically, the medical course is based on PBL sessions - the students meet in groups twice a week to look at medical scenarios. They work out what they need to learn to understand the scenario, make up questions to investigate this and then go away and find out the answers before reporting back at the next session. The facilitator sits in on the sessions and is there to make sure the group are not going way off track and are covering the main objectives. This is how my course at med school was run (we were only the 2nd year to go through this new course) so I am quite familiar with the process. It's interesting looking at it from the other side though. I hope to be allowed some time from work to facilitate a 5 week block for some experience, and maybe in the future this would be a work option for me if I found it interesting.
On the Team Jac front, I now have around 40 volunteers!! I want more though....because I am sure some people will drop out when they think about it a bit more haha. Plus I am plain greedy!! The date is set for Saturday 9th May and the walk will be part of Fife coastal route - 12 miles. I have a list of email addresses for people who have said yes, so if you haven't already contacted me then please do as I will be emailing people shortly! Even if you cannot commit just now but want kept up to date with a view to hopefully joining us then let me know. People are welcome to bring any family or friends who would also like to walk. You are under no obligation to raise sponsorship but I will create a website for people to donate to the 'team' and will also make up some sponsor sheets. Come on, you know you want to....
I was at my friends wedding at the weekend, which makes the 5th wedding I have been to this year! I am so glad I have had the transplant because otherwise I think I would have missed most, if not, all the weddings...and instead I have been able to join in all the fun and have a great time. This was a fantastic wedding and I had a great weekend (we were staying the Friday night as well). It was probably helped by the fact all my good school friends were there so I had great company and lots of people to dance with! It was a ceilidh and disco so we got the best of both worlds, and I was up dancing a fair bit. I think my friends boyfriend managed to video us all dancing to 'walk 500 miles' - now is it just a student (not that we are students, but we used to be!) thing that you get into a wee circle, arms round each other, and jump up and down to this song?? We seemed to be the only ones doing this and I assume everyone thought we were mad or very drunk. Never mind eh. I wore the infamous red shoes and not only did they look pretty (in my opinion) but they were quite easy to dance in. Maybe I am just getting more expert at high heels ;-)
Lyndsay and Colin
Me and Andrew
The Girls!
Gillian, Stephanie, Lyndsay, Claire and Me
Gillian, Stephanie, Lyndsay, Claire and Me
Claire, Giuseppe, Me, Andrew, Gillian and Pip
Me with curly hair! (this is how it is naturally)
We headed back via mum and dads on Sunday, to say goodbye to Corey - he was up visiting because it was Frances Ann's birthday at the weekend - she would have been 24. We had a nice lunch on the Sunday and then Corey had to get to the airport, so we just headed back home. We were both exhausted from the two late nights and could have fallen into bed at tea time. We did however decide it would be good for us to cut the grass instead. I say 'us' because I decided I would now be able to cut the front grass, while Andrew tackled the huge back lawn. I think I did pretty well! It was much harder work than I anticipated but it didn't make me out of breath and I managed quite well. So there is another post transplant first! Seb watched me from the living room window with much curiousity, as if saying 'what on earth are you doing???' I tend to agree with him.
On Monday I tried to recover and also caught up with my friend for coffee, which was nice. Yesterday however I was busy again - attending a wee course! It's 3 half day sessions at the university (so this was the first) looking at how to be a Problem Based Learning (PBL) facilitator for medical students in year 1 and 2. Basically, the medical course is based on PBL sessions - the students meet in groups twice a week to look at medical scenarios. They work out what they need to learn to understand the scenario, make up questions to investigate this and then go away and find out the answers before reporting back at the next session. The facilitator sits in on the sessions and is there to make sure the group are not going way off track and are covering the main objectives. This is how my course at med school was run (we were only the 2nd year to go through this new course) so I am quite familiar with the process. It's interesting looking at it from the other side though. I hope to be allowed some time from work to facilitate a 5 week block for some experience, and maybe in the future this would be a work option for me if I found it interesting.
On the Team Jac front, I now have around 40 volunteers!! I want more though....because I am sure some people will drop out when they think about it a bit more haha. Plus I am plain greedy!! The date is set for Saturday 9th May and the walk will be part of Fife coastal route - 12 miles. I have a list of email addresses for people who have said yes, so if you haven't already contacted me then please do as I will be emailing people shortly! Even if you cannot commit just now but want kept up to date with a view to hopefully joining us then let me know. People are welcome to bring any family or friends who would also like to walk. You are under no obligation to raise sponsorship but I will create a website for people to donate to the 'team' and will also make up some sponsor sheets. Come on, you know you want to....
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2 comments:
Glad you had a good weekend. Great photos, you all look lovely! You'll be able to put your feet up a wee bit(apart from cutting the grass!) now that the hectic social life has died down a bit! :) X
Hi Jacqueline
Super wedding photos and we are glad you both had a fab weekend. You have certainly made those new lungs work since you got them!!! Hope you are enjoying your course, its always good to have another string to your bow! The walk plans seem to be coming along nicely. Ross reckons he wil manage it no problem! So we can count him in at the moment. I have started my training!! Mind you the dark nights might hold me back now till the Spring but it was a good start! Looking forward to seeing you both and Seb at the weekend.
lol Anne John and Ross xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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