Today, Barb is feeling: like she got run over by a deer.

what did barb do yesterday?
she walked, climbed, stretched muscles that don't get stretched.

so what did i do,
we had a house trip to the Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle
so to get to wallace monument (from here on out referred to as the WM) you have to walk up this HUGE hill. it is like a 55 degree angle and it just keeps going up. but when you reach the top you get an amazing view. but does the walking stop there? oh no. i then walked up the 246 stairs to get to the top of the actual WM. this is the tiny spiral stairtcase that in order for two people to get up, one needs to hug the wall whilie the other squeezes by. so we went up the 246 stairs, up and up , up, up. and up some more. then there were levels every 80,70,60,34 steps.
first level was about William Wallace, and it had his sword. second was the history and the people who were involved, and the third was the other places that a WM had been erected. and the last level was the very top where you could look out and see for MILES and MILES all around you. it was absoltuly amazing. the views that i got were spectacular. just wait until i get my pics up!

then after that we went to Stirling Castle. now we are talking a castle that has been around since like the 1400's. it is absolutly specatular also. unfortunatly, before we went in, my batteries almost died and so i saved them for special pics only, but i was able to have my friends take some pics and will send them to me. there are some pictures that are just breath taking in the views. the castle was so huge, it is the biggest that i have seen yet. it was really interesting to learn the history behind all the buildings. it was really fun becuase what i did, was i got a self guided tour that was on tape so i could just go off on myu own and explore what i wanted to see. it was so magnificant. with the head phones on i was able to run around and explore what i wanted to see and get background about the buildings and stories about what happened in them. it was awesome. i have decided that i am going to buy Stirling Castle and live in it.

ok, so it is saturday morning and it is possible that we will be going to a film festival this afternoon in Edinburgh. so that should be a good time.
my toe is feeling better for those of you who want to know.
i don't remember all the questions that i asked but i was just going through a slight time of sadness. but that is all over now and i am back and better than ever!!!!!

so who is going to send me some mail?
i have yet to get anything even a letter from people! that saddens me. i think i migh thave my mom and dad send me a little care package. just the basics like mac and cheese, pictures of them, maybe like grape nuts and just some other stuff like that. not too much, but just enough to get me through. but they will need to send it soon since it takes like 2 weeks to get here. so, MOM AND DAD, wanna send me a package? :-)

laters all!
-b