So Friday marks the end of my holiday, its not been a classic, but i have got a lot of stuff done i wanted to. I’ve passed another two JavaScript exams, yey, so that takes a lot of pressure off as i am back on schedule to finish the next two exams by the end of September. Cramming two month sized exams into the space of a week is not recommended! For one my practical abilities are terrible as i have been focusing on the exam questions but once they are all over i can go back and brush up properly.
On Tuesday a well needed trip to the shops was needed as my current set of headphones had decided to disintegrate, yip the cloth that covers the headphones just fell apart, and one of the springs that kept them tight on my ears packed in. I did have them for a good ten years so i guess i can forgive them for finally falling apart. Luckily HMV had a sale on their tech gear and i got a new set for £20. So i now had a nice new set of headphones to listen to my JavaScript training.
Wednesday was a computer free day! started out with a trip to Scot Kart thanks to my boss who gave me two free sessions for winning the F1 predictions last year. Thanks Gene! It was brilliant as usual. I hadn’t been in nearly two years and I’ll admit my first session lap times showed that. Euan well and truly beat me on the times with that one, and as we staggered out the carts rubbing our arms the supervisor decided to give us a few tips. Number one being drive faster and the steering will be lighter and your arms wont be killing you so much! Hm really, because i thought i was going quite fast! Then he decides to do a couple laps and show us the racing line…. yeh i sucked. He tanks it round knocking a good 8 seconds off my time. So second session starts and breaking a little later and relaxing and leaning round the corners really worked. The back end of the cart was everywhere making it much funner and not hurting the arms at all. I knocked 5 seconds off my time doing a 0.32.50 lap. The track record is 0.28.0 so not quite as fast as the experts but it was great fun!
Thursday was back to study, with breaks of WordPress as i am trying to convert a HTML site to WordPress. I also went to see fast Five with my sister. I’ll admit i love the Fast and Furious movies, ok well Tokyo drift was a bit shit but the rest I’d happily watch again and this one was the same. There aren’t as many cars/races but there is a lot of Vin Diesel doing his thing (flexing his muscles), so i was happy.
And today, Friday, where I’ve done some more studying and hopefully finished off another WordPress site, barring any last changes, for a guy wanting to advertise the cars he is selling. If i get the other WordPress site I’m converting from HTML done, and a new style for a Joomla site I’m doing done it’ll have been a good week off work… doing work… maybe next time I’ll be away from a computer.
La Plagne 2011 Holiday
I went on holiday with my boyfriend Euan, my sister Louise and my mate Kirsty to La Plagne in France about a week ago. We went this time of year last year, mainly because its the only week Euan has off from Uni and saves him missing anything. The snow last year was a bit thin in patches but pretty good, but this year it was very thin all over! I don’t think that part of the French Alps has had any new snow in a while! There was a lot of built up snow at the sides and on roofs but it was rock hard. The runs were solid and being a snowboarder this was not fun! Sore bum and hands and knees and sholders and arms, oh and every muscle in my body basically. Can’t say it was the most fun i’ve ever had.
Good Points.
- The friendly French!!! Well the ones off the slopes anyway.
- The food. Just tasty!
- The sun, it was pretty bright and different from home.
- It was a week off work
Bad Points.
- By far the worst…. the bed in our room! Solid!
- The lack of fresh, soft snow.
- The walk to the slopes (1800 apartments not so good).
