Today is the start of Euro 2008, one of the biggest sporting events in the world and especially Europe. It may also be the last time that I get to watch the championships too – not just because of the linked article, but because I’m heading off to the other side of the world shortly.

A few things are coming up in the next few weeks. There’s my premature leaving do next Saturday (that I hope all of you will come to) and the Summer Ball the following Saturday. In between all the partying I have to wrap up my final year project report, give a presentation and hopefully, fingers crossed, get my code to do what I want it to do!

I don’t know if it’s a side effect of hayfever but I’ve had a sore throat for the last few days. My attempts to fight it off with isojin and lemsip but seem to wake up worse off as each day passes! It sort of reminded me that I have to make a trip to the GP to sort out my hayfever prescriptions and also any vaccinations for the trip to Peru.

I seem to be just blabbering on about a plethora of topics today. I suppose it reflects my current state of mind.

I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to balance the football watching with the project work but I have half an hour to put in some solid coding before the opening match starts! None of the home nations are participating this tournament, which I guess cuts out all the disappointments but does cause a bit of a dilemma in deciding who to support.