Well I've done three exams now and have one left on Thursday and I have to say it has been goddamn hard bl***y work this year. I am physically shattered. I had a three week flu which kicked off my asthma in the weeks before they started, an ear infection over the weekend, bags the size of suitcases under my eyes and a sexy great big coldsore!! Nice. But I am fairly confident I have passed the first three. Stats was a b**ch and I didn't do quite as much work as I'd have liked but I still did enough to more than pass it. Social Psychology was marginally more stressful (three essays, three hours out of a possible 15 topics, lucky me the ones I studied came up!!) and today's on Psychobiology (animal experiments for the purposes of human comparison, I hate this topic) was fine. So there's just Developmental Psychology which I find really interesting on Thursday, about the development of children. Child Psychology is an area I am interested in, so it makes studying the topics far easier! I can't wait fo exams to be over so I can sleep for an entire weekend and then start catching up on everything I've put on the hold the last month (i.e. my life!). Off to Royal Ascot in June, hopefully to Seville in July and somewhere in Italy in August and Barcelona later in the year. And this Saturday we're off to see Christain Slater on stage in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Can't wait! Just gotta find the energy for the home straight now....

P.S. This is me studying in style at the Black Lion with a Long Island Iced 'tea' yesterday afternoon (it has 5 spirits in it, lubricated the brain)!! Stu very helpfully tested me on my topics which was brilliant and we entertained the people sitting near us with me talking about primate cognition and how marsh tits - a type of bird - do cognitive mapping of where they stashed their seeds!

We have a new neighbour! She is incredibly friendly and on occasion comes inside to visit, where she is mosty fascinated by the bird feeders on the back door! We have no idea what her name is, but it's just lovely having a kitty cat padding around the house and making it part of her territory!

There is some funny graffiti popping up around the place at the moment, maybe because spring is here and your fingers don't freeze to the spray can! I saw this banana on a wall surrounding a building site. Brilliant!

Lauren cooking muffins with Roz - this is the 'pre' shot where most of the flour is still in the bowl, and not all over Lauren/the floor/the bench!!

Brad with Lauren on a train at Whiteman Park.

Spring is here!

My beautiful chives are flowering merrily! And I have thyme, parsley, basil, coriander, rosemary, oregano and they are all growing wonderfully!

Farewell Highbury. After 93 years Arsenal is moving to a brand new home, double the capacity. Which means we'll probably be able to get tickets more often, but we'll miss this beautiful intimate Art Deco stadium...

Even Action Man was celebrating!

Mum sent an assortment of snaps through a few weeks ago - it's always great to see photos of people you know and love (hint hint!). Here's one of Lauren doing the 'dishes' at Nanny's place!

Dad fishing at Yallingup on Mum and Dad's recent trip down south.

Brad working on a boat in his workshop.
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Spiderweb outside Mum's back door, first thing in the morning...

We met Amelia at the weekend, it was a long weekend so we squeezed in a quick visit before my exams in a few weeks. She's just so lovely, and so tiny!! She has the biggest eyes and softest skin and teensiest tiniest little fingers and toes. Could have stared a her for hours!

Beautiful Amelia...

We found two little Jedi's wandering in the woods...