Twinkies & Ding Dongs
Seeing as I am living in America, I thought it was about time I started trying some traditional
American things. I am sure everyone has heard of Twinkies, I remember the first time I heard of them was watching Grease, when they have the sleepover. I always wondered what they were like and today I had the delight of eating one. Ian advised me that they taste like shit, so I wasn’t expecting anything hugely exciting! It was quite simply the most sickly thing I have ever tasted, a sponge finger filled with very sweet butter cream. Of course I still managed to eat the whole thing, but as they are only 2 inches long it was too much of a struggle.
Another of the great American snacks is the Ding Dong, similar to the Twinkie, although chocolate and round! Still the same sickly filling but covered in chocolate, which tastes like those horrible cheap easter eggs you used to get as a kid! I have to say I don’t recommend either!!
Next on my list is Milk Duds, as far as I can tell they are small chocolate covered things that come in a cardboard packet, like poppets! I’ll have to make sure I add them to my shopping list for next week.
Speaking of shopping lists, I have somehow become incredibly domesticated, possibly house wife of the year material in fact. I have never known somewhere I’m living to be so clean and tidy, all the washing is up to date, everything looks fab! Grandma would be so proud! 
So, other than cleaning, washing and eating crap American cakes, what else have I been up to?
Studying like a trooper as usual, I have another assignment due in, in a weeks time. So have been reading up on globalisation. I need to do really well on this one to bring my grade up to pass the course. Thankfully the Social Science course will be over in a couple of months, which means I can concentrate more on the Philosphy course. I really need to get a good grade over all in that course because it will count towards my final degree. I have just signed up to course number 4, starting in October, this one is Psychology, so much more my main interest. I am actually really looking forward to that one, I love to look in to how people work, and reading peoples theories. Anyway, I reckon by October 2009 I will have my degree, so that is not too bad, 3 and a half years to get a degree is pretty impressive, considering it’s meant to take 6! Yay for me.
So after my very thoughtful blog the other day, have been doing much more thinking! I am definitely going to finish my OU degree. Depending on how tough it is I would like to do the Counselling Studies course from September to overlap the OU stuff. I think it should be quite easy, the Counselling Skills course is the same level and wasn’t too tough, so should be ok to do that. Which will mean that the following September in London I can start the Counselling diploma overlapping the final OU Degree course. That means I should be able to complete my degree by October 2009 and hopefully have my Counselling Diploma in June 2010. So I will have a BA hons degree in Philosophy and Psychological Studies and be a fully qualified counsellor with a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling. Fingers crossed if things go to plan, I can be working as a counsellor by the time I am 28.
In the mean time the plan is to work for a charity in the UK when we move back, preferably someone like NSPCC or Childline. Something to do with helping children and young people. I might look in to Connexions or something similar too. I am not bothered about what kind of money I will be on, so long as it is reasonable I will be happy. I need to do something worthwhile. I am never going to be a high earner like Potts and all the other geeks I know (James ;)). So I will let Potts earn the big bucks, I will do as much as I can and hopefully we will both be doing something we enjoy!
Quite enjoying California at the moment, but would like to spend more time with my husband, he has been working like a trooper this week specifically on his JavaOne talks and was at work 9am till midnight on Friday and worked on Saturday 10am till 2am Sunday! He is knackered bless him, but it’s what needs to be done for him to get to where he’s going. I am really proud of him, he’s done all of it without any complaints, he does need to stop taking on more than he can handle, but then he seems to work well under pressure, so maybe it’s a good thing.
Well, that’s the end of another random rant from Fi.
Take care!!
xxx
P.S. As so many of you enjoyed my previous comment from NCIS, I thought a Forrest Gump quote might go down well today!
Lt Dan “Have you found Jesus yet Forrest?“
Forrest Gump “I didn’t know I was supposed to be looking for him, Sir“
Fab!!!!