May 16, 2011

Only five more sleeps to the Vienna tournament!! I'm beyond excited now at this stage..I went to the doctor last week about my knee..didnt get the best of news really..he told me not to play in Vienna as there could be a problem with my meniscus..the pain is still as bad as ever, and the doc prescribed me a gel painkiller, but i cant find it in the chemists, which is disastrous! I'm going to play through the pain anyway and just hope for the best really, thats all I can do..I could end up doing much more damage if I fell, but we'll worry about that if it happens..we also recruited another girl for the tournament..her name is Leanne, she played for Donegal for 6 years so she's going to be unreal I'd say!! I also have a throat infection..thats probably due to my tendency to have a cigarette every now and then...Work's going well too, getting some good hours which means extra money!! Always makes me happy :) I got an A in my Social Policy exam last week too, was delighted with that!! What else....Oh I met two very lovely boys from London last week, they even invited me over to see them during the summer, so we'll see :) Man United won the league at the weekend too, all that's left is for them to beat Barca in the Champions League final!! Thats it for now..

May 5

My knee is fecking killing me...At this stage, I'm getting quite concerned about my fitness for Vienna...last week during the warm up at training, I had to stop after the warm up due to the pain in my knee..Luckily Mammy Whelton has come to the rescue and has posted out my "magic gel" (Etoflam)..thats really strong so that should kill the pain every few hours anyway..no matter how crippled I am, I'm still going playing in Vienna on May 21..I'm just afraid that if I fall again, I'm screwed...Let's not get too pessimistic though, I'll be fine :) I was kinda disappointed with the turnout at training last night though..only 5 girls (plus myself) turned up..it's only 2 weeks to Vienna so we REALLY need everyone at training next week so that we can really focus on our weak aspects and continue to improve on our strengths! The most frustrating thing is that we really do have the potential to do really well in this tournament, but we need everyone at training to discuss tactics etc...I will be devastated if we dont win, but then again, I cant get too optimistic either....
In other news, I was working Saturday and Sunday..I went out Friday night at 7pm for "one hour"...got home at 4.30am!! Getting up at 8.30am for work wasnt easy, but I did it!! And it was my first day working in the big beer garden upstairs and I only had one void!! Hanka told me that I did really, really well for my first day working there, so I was thrilled with that, particularly I was so wrecked!! I had to go to Propoganda bar on Friday night to collect my runners-up prize from the competition that I entered last week (I won a 500czk loyalty card for the bar), so myself and Sinead Murphy went there...then we went to the Dubliner for one cocktail, and were half way through our drinks when Shane text me to say they were over at the Old Oak, another little Irish bar near to the beer garden that myself and Sinead were going to call into..so we met up with Shane, Kev and Darren Troy (some laugh he is!!)..had a few drinks there and we all got a taxi back into town..myself and Murph went to Harley's cos one of her classmates was celebratin their birthday there..after a few minutes we said we'd go back to the Dubliner for a bit, and sher the lads were still there so we stayed there with them for a while...myself, Murph, Kev and Zarra (one of my work buddies) then went back to Harley's and I got a taxi home at half 4...ridiculously random but really fun night!! I'd be lost if I didnt play football out here!! After work both days my knee had swollen quite a lot, so I cant wait for Mam's package to arrive..I'm working tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday so I'll most likely be crippled after that, as I'm working in the big garden all weekend!! But money is money, and I realy enjoy the work so far, so thats the main thing really! I'm planning on staying here until late June/early July as I have a job guaranteed here, but Mam told me that Grandad is slowing up a lot in recent days (he has lung cancer) so it will all depend on his health...I didnt realise his health had deteriorated so that upset me quite a bit, but all we can do is hope and pray that he will be okay..he was told last June that he had a one in five chance of surviving until this June, so fingers crossed he'll be okay..he's a fighter so let's hope for the best..
That's it for now really...Oh Man United are into the Champions League final, delighted about that!
Ciao