Short (hopefully) update

Last night I went to bed at 1.15am because I felt a bit nocturnal and so wrote my previous blog update. I woke up earlier than my alarm this morning, so got up at 9am. I've been very tired today though, more tired than yesterday. I was planning to browse round the local carboot sale this morning, but decided against it because I didn't have the energy. So my parents went and I just stayed home and had a shower and stuff instead. I'm glad I didn't go to the carboot sale though because my parents got caught in a downpour while they were out and had to get changed when they got back because they were so wet! Mum hadn't taken a coat with her :P They managed a quick look round the carboot sale in the rain though and because of the downpour, stall owners were almost giving things away, so they picked up a couple of great bargains including a kitchen knife for just 10p and a DVD for me for just 50p :D

I've watched lots of TV today because I've been so tired. I watched a programme about Pink on C4 this morning (but the presenter really annoyed me), an interview with Taylor Swift on Something for the Weekend, The Restaurant which I recorded from last Thur and I attempted to watch a Horizon programme all about talking and language on iPlayer, but just couldn't concentrate on it so had to give up. And I also used iPlayer to listen to Pixie Lott on the Radio 1's Live Lounge from Thur :) I also watched the X Factor and most of the Xtra Factor tonight - I'm so glad that the twins are out at last! I wasn't very impressed with the performances tonight though - I'm not keen on Susan Boyle and I can't stand Mariah Carey!

I've wanted to use Spotify for a while, but was really disappointed that I'd missed the free sign up period and that now you need an invite from someone who pays for it to get a free account. But tonight on one of the ME forums I use, someone told me how to get around that and get Spotify without an invite. If anyone is interested, just click here. So I signed up and downloaded Spotify and I love it :D Now I just need some decent speakers for my laptop and then I'm sorted! Because you can only access music from Spotify on your computer, I'll still buy CDs so I can put them on my iPod, but I'm hoping now I'll be able to wait til they drop in price as I'll be able to listen to them on Spotify in the meantime. The first thing I used Spotify for was to listen to Pixie Lott's album and it's brilliant :D But I'm not in such a rush to buy it now I can listen to it on my laptop :)

My dad looked at my bedside lamp today and he managed to mend the broken fuse which had stopped it working, but somehow in the process he made it so that the lamp works, but wont turn on or off, lol :P So I'll have to have a look for a new one.

As I've mentioned before I've just started writing to my new AYME buddy who is called Katie. Last week I wrote to her mum asking for advice on what to buy Katie for Christmas as I want to get her a little something, but as I've never been severely affected by ME myself I didn't want to buy her something that she couldn't use. Today I received a lovely email in response from her younger sister and now I've got some good ideas about what to get her for Christmas :)

Today I heard from K's mum. I've not mentioned K for a while, but she's a little girl I met in hospital who had a transplant like mine. K is 5 and has been having lots of health problems this last year which mean she'll probably need a second transplant. And she had very severe swine flu a few months ago. I'd not heard from K's mum for a month or two, but contacted her today. K is still in hospital and not doing very well. And K's mum and dad have just split up :(

Today me and mum have been planning tomorrow. I've been quite worried that I might not be well enough to go, but I'm going to make every effort to get to the concert tomorrow as I really don't want to miss it. Hopefully I'll feel a bit better tomorrow morning than I have done today, fingers crossed. If I'm feeling well then we're probably going to go to Harrods first then go on to the concert. If I'm not feeling so well then we'll just go to the concert. I've not really allowed myself to get excited today, but if I wake up tomorrow morning feeling ok, then I'll get excited. I'll try to update tomorrow to let you know whether I've made it out or not.