Have passed all my exams Wahoo!! Just scraped through but its better than resits. Did better than my friend. Out of 8 exams he has 7 resits and 6 pieces of coursework to resubmit. Don't know what I would do if that was me I think I would probably give up as Uni obviously wasn't for me.

So now I have to prepare for the field trip in september. I had a choice of doing it this year or next so I opted for this year so I have a longer summer next year ( and less work). As a result I am on the hunt for a full dissection kit as I believe we are chopping up fish eye balls for parasites. Fun!! As someone who doesn't really like fish or the aroma they expel I am sure that it will be an experience. I am sure that there will be plenty of enjoyable activities that probably all involve chopping things up ie snails and other slimey creatures.

Not done much today. Went to the dentist and spent a fortune between me and my brother but hey at least we aren't private. Got wet in the downpour of rain we had early doing my errands ( I was beginning to worry that I wasn't in Manchester as we haven't had rain in weeks and normally its every day).

Perhaps I should try Tesco for my dissection kit they seem to sell everything else you can even buy your house through them now.

Feeling a bit more positive about my mum today as her Key Worker has given us a lot of hope that it has been caught early but they can't guarentee anything.

Went and lay in the garden before with my book as me mum and dad were watching Pirates of the Caribbean. Didn't watch any promise Harry (Got told off for downloading it as he wants to go and see it at the cinema). Me rabbit came over to investigate what I was doing so I couldn't resist taking some pictures of her. She kept headbutting the camera, she is a bit weird.



While I was there a cheeky little chap was watching us from the fence........

You may just be able to see his little tail swishing.

Posted the slide as promised. Mostly random pictures. My computer is slightly improved from Monday so was able to actually do something.

Not had the best day today, my mum found out that she has cancer in her descending colon and my gran has collapsed banging her head on a table. Mum is being really positive about it but it is just such a shock. I have always thought myself to be one of the lucky ones who haven' t had the unfortunate dallance with cancer. Then my grandma dies of it just before Christmas and on her funeral my great aunt had her breast removed due to cancer. Then a couple of months later my other great aunt has colon cancer, then my grandma's sister has skin cancer and NOW my mum. When will it stop. I have seen more cancer in 6 months than I have ever seen in my life.

My mum is strong and she will fight what ever the cancer throws at her. Hopefully they have caught it early and it will be resolved because she still has so much more of life's challenges to live through.

Got back from camping in wales on Thursday. It was really good. The weather wasn't too spectacular but we made the most of it. The sunday we got there is was very blustery and the monday wasn't to sunday either. We went to Harlech castle so we wouldn't be sat in a tent all day with rain pouring everywhere. The weather was absolutely fabulous on Tuesday and we even got to have a camp fire on the beach and watch a gorgeous sunset.

Wednesday was rock pooling lead by me, I was adament I wouldn't stop until I found a crab which I did eventually, although it was only about a mm long. On thursday it was over and we came home.

I will post a slide show of pics when my computer stops playing up and allows me to actually do something with it.

Got back from Rhodes this morning. I can see my podgy belly hanging over my pants. The holiday was absolutely lovely, the hotel was nice and the weather was unbeatable. It was incessant sunshine everyday and was stifling hot. Luckily where we positioned the sunbeds was directly infront of a ice cold shower so cooling off during the day was quite easy. The only downside was that the ground was razor sharp pebbles which pretty much cut your feet to shreds but after a couple of anesthetic drinks you didn't really notice much.

This was my view as I had the arduous tasks of basking in the sun all day.

The hotel was really faultless and the food was lovely as my expanded gut would suggest.

We hired a car and spent the first day doing the cultural stuff and the second the fun stuff. The first day we went to lindos which is a bay which is characterized by little white houses. There is a huge castle there sitting majestically on the cliffs presiding of the town and an amphitheatre cut into the cliff itself.

The afternoon was spent in Rhodes Town looking at the huge cruise ships docked in the port with such inspirational names like Queen of the Seas. The town itself was bustling and was full of little enticing jewelry shops and clothes shops which stock rather unusual items for this time of year, namely fur coats and soft leather jackets. Personally I wouldn't wear fur coats but the 100 degree heat must have been quite chilly for some people. The jewelry shops had glittering displays of gorgeous gems dazzling in the sun, it was only the pushy sales people who put you off as they went in for the kill if you came within 50 feet of their shop.

The second day was very different. The best part of the day was spent at Faliraki Water park which was great and as you probably guessed you got very very wet.

This was definitely my favorite, The Raft Ride. As the name suggests you go in a rubber tubing slipping and sliding down each corner until you come out looking absolutely DRENCHED!!!! The afternoon was spent in a quaint little taverna up in the mountains which served the most memorable baguette I have ever had, I will be dreaming of it for many years to come.

The rest of the holiday was spent lazing round the pool drinking a multitude of alcoholic potions and reading or sleeping. The evenings were spent watching the vast array of entertainment provided by the hotel. This involved one extremely bored German rep who for the whole of the kids mini disco had a look of total and understandable contempt. The adults entertainment positively took your breathe away and not with excitement. It consisted of :-

Sunday = Nothing

Monday = Belly Dancing (quoted as coming from Baghdad, but she was ginger???)

Tuesday = Bingo (spent 5 Euro and only got 5 out of the 18 numbers on the card, funny how the reps girlfriend won the prize)

Wednesday = Sword Thrower ( Must have had 20 costume changes in a 90 minute show)

Thursday = Greek Night ( By far the best night haven't got anything to complain about this one only that it didn't go on for long enough)

Friday = What a surprise, Karaoke (Only one family actually did it and they went up time and time again, they obviously thought that they had the chance to be x factor. I wish I could have been Simon Cowell and sent them packing)

Saturday = Cabaret Night ( Dances from the musicals, the only one I recognized was Grease and that was the hair pieces and the fact that their t - shirts had the logo written in glitter "GRACE".

I had a great time and would go back again, Rhodes was a lovely place and had some fantastic scenery. The only problem now is that I have to pay for things.