It's not been an eventful week, except for a couple of things.

Firstly, I woke up yesterday morning to an incredibly sharp pain in the back of my neck. Not really able to move it much all morning, and being in quite a lot of pain, I stayed home and tried to stay as still as possible. Movements seemed to cause cramp-like spasms, which felt like someone was stabbing the back of my head. NHS Direct revealed that in fact I had torticollis, a condition which doesn't seem to be too well understood, but usually clears up in a few days. Well, I still can't move my neck too well today, though the spasms have mainly stopped. I think it'll be a while until my full range of movement returns.

Reading around the common causes of torticollis, I noticed that amongst them were stress and poor posture. I have been spending quite a bit of time arched over a computer this last week, and I wonder if that was a trigger. Well, I'd do almost anything to avoid having this thing again, so perhaps in addition to sitting up straighter, I should take up yoga or something.

Satisfied that my house sale is going through well, I went to see another house this week. I've expressed an interest in a few houses around Stirchley in the last couple of weeks, but am not in a big rush. The one this week needs a lot of work doing to it - and this is reflected in the price. I'm quite excited by the prospect of being able to put in a new kitchen, bathroom, redecorate everywhere etc. but I wonder if this is really the wisest thing to do, considering how busy I am with my PhD research and teaching at the moment. I'm currently trying to gather information about just how much the work would cost... and have yet to make up my mind what I think.