after much making merry yesterday with lsb's family, and even more blood sweat and tears trying to get at least some of my academic work in time for the christmas holidays and about as much hard work on the ward (i finished my placement on the friday just gone, loved every minute of it and i was actually very sad to leave) i'm back. just a quick note for now to reassure people that i haven't been eaten by my stash or something similar, hopefully when i can get the camera working later i'll post pictures of finished objects and works in progress along with whatever else i've got on there. but to cut a long story short, my camera's having bursts of going on strike due to the battery being very worn out and desperately needing replacing - unfortunately the only place i can obtain one is from the manufacturer themselves, ah, le sigh.