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i don't usually list or refer to other people's blogs, but here's one that has captured my attention recently (which is not a good thing, as it's been hard to tear myself away from reading the archives)

with a catchy and incisive writing style, the blogger writes about her life in paris as an english single mum with a tumultuous relationship(s) history (hence the archives). topics range from do's and don't's in the parisian métro, to the (bulimic) particularities of her french female (ff) work colleagues

worth a read (and a laugh)

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i've gone and done something to my back again. my body, while (touch wood!) relatively injury-resistant (in relation to all the rugby-playing) and of a good healthy constitution, tends to throw up surprising problems once in awhile

take the time i woke up one morning to find that my achilles tendon had swelled up painfully. the night before, there had been nothing, no sign whatsoever. so unless i kicked myself in bed, the chances of a tendon or muscle injury were v v slim. it was bad enough to make me hobble around in sandels and an ankle guard the whole day

but the very next morning, it was gone. kaput, no pain nothing

anyway i digress. so 2 days ago i was lying on my bed, got up awkwardly and felt the familiar painful twinge in my lower back. this first happened 6 years ago (i think) and now it comes once every few months, usually when i make an awkward movement involving my back. apparently lower back pains are quite common and lots of people get it from bad posturing and putting to much strain on that part of the spine while carrying heavy stuff etc

if the past is anything to go by though, i should feel no more pain in a couple of days max. however, i think it's about time i went to see the doctor and get myself booked into an orthopathic clinic post-exams