It has been, by far ( as you would probably guess) the toughest few weeks I've experienced for a while.
Why? Not really for the fact that I miss home as such, or the fact that I'm an awful cook (although that contributes to it), but it has been one thing after another for the wrong reasons.
They say things come in three's, yet my bouts of bad luck arrived in what seemed like an exclusive pack of 8.
So, feel free to indulge on my absolute failures throughout freshers and the start of uni, to be honest I'm sure it would be hard to not laugh!:
1) The day I arrived to my new home I came down with, yet again, tonsillitis. This time it wasn't so bad, however I'm currently in the process of requesting a tonsillectomy, so hopefully that will finally be rid of!
2) It was the Friday night on the first week of freshers. My house mates and I went to the 02 Academy to watch David Zowie and Phillip George. It was ace... Until I burst my nose and looked like I'd been in the ring with Muhammad Ali.
3) The week I went away on residential I came down with a very painful kidney infection. So without any signal to inform my parents on the situation, I was taken to the local medical centre where I was treated after I collapsed on the floor due to the pain. A prescription was written and I was right as rain by the end of the week. Overall the residential was really enjoyable and the views were pretty stunning. We also took part in a 12 hour mountain walk where we ended up in Grasmere. I bought some of their famous ginger bread for my mum. I'm now the favourite child.
4) Returning from the residential I was so lucky as to have deodorant sprayed in my eye. But not only that, when I went to sleep and woke the next morning, my other eye was also the colour of Rudolphs nose. I looked like this for a good week.
5) It was after one of my first lectures that I arrived home wanting nothing more than a simple egg toastie. Until I went and cracked one of my eggs in to the pan and it was frozen.
6) My first gym session with the Leeds Development Squad was something else. I haven't done much gym work in the past other than core work and a bit of leg work, so to get stuck in straight away was a shock to the system. All week I've suffered badly to the extent my arms were stuck at a 90 degree angle. At our second gym session on Wednesday, S&C coach Nick said he's never seen anything like it.
7) The session that I unnoticeably ruined every muscle fibre in my arms, I had a swim on the Wedneaday morning which was definitely not going to go well with the situation I was in. I couldnt straighten my arms in to the streamline position, so when I dove in with my arms in the shape of a dodgy 'Y' out of the YMCA, I was greeted face first to the floor of the pool.
8) To help with my issue of the arms, I decided to wap out the deep heat which I haven't used in a while. I slathered it all over my arms, back and anywhere else that hurt. I lay in bed like a little ball of fire in hope I'd feel better in the morning. At this point my eyes were still on the mend, but still irritating me, so without thinking my eyes started to itch, so I only went and made the situation worse by rubbing deep heat in to my eyes for a good 30 seconds before I realised.
Just 8 things I can think of off the top of my head which have happened to me in the short period of time I've been in Leeds. I'm not writing this for sympathy at all, but I also have learnt to just laugh it off. It has been painful and not pleasant by any means but I don't think I've ever been upset by any of the issues. That's down to the people I'm surrounded by. I've met so many ace people already and I'm so happy to be training and being with the guys I've known for a few years now. The coaches understand what I need out of my sessions and even though I am a complete sloth in the water at the minute, I'm not phased by other people's pace or my own lack of pace because I know it will come. I've gone to every session with a smile on my face regardless of what disaster I've faced that day, because even though there are quite big negatives, there are double the positives!
As I told a friend one of my mishaps the other day, they laughed and said "This is so funny, it's as if it's scripted". I'm glad my pain amuses you guys, and it does seem like every day something else goes pear-shaped but I'm pretty sure it can't last forever. Or at least I hope it doesn't!
I also attempted to eat a 1/2m pizza. I failed. Miserably.
So I'm enjoying my degree at uni (Sports Business Management) where I've already recieved my grade for my first assessment. It was 70% for a first, and yep, you guessed it, I was awarded with 69%. Not bad though for my first go, but it would have been nice to have that extra 1%.
My house mates are great and I'm currently playing about with meals and recipies to kill any down time that I have.
I've also just booked my flights to Spain with the Leeds Development Squad which is over the new years for 2 weeks so I'm really excited to get out there!
Hopefully my next update will be a little better, but we shall see!
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| The 1/2m pizza I told you about... With the lovely ladies Mary and Jemma! |
Leah x
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