Five things I've done this week

1 Said goodbye to a friend: Lee and I have been regular drinking partners for months. Sometimes every week, more recently every two weeks and almost always on a Tuesday. This Tuesday was the last time. On Friday he flew off to Spain to begin his new life as an English teacher. He has no teaching experience and doesn't speak Spanish but he went all the same. I'm quite jealous really. As usual we got really drunk and talked rubbish. At the end of the night there was an awkward hug and that's it. He's gone and by the time he comes back - whenever that may be - I will be back in Manchester.

2 Bought my first car: I collected my car, which I had bought off Lee as he was going to Spain (see above) Since I passed my test at the beginning of May I haven't been behind the wheel of a car other than to do a three point turn in a church car park. The car I bought has been declared off the road for a couple of months and as I can't afford to tax and insure it immediately I asked my dad and cousin to tow it to their work and leave it there for a month.

3 instructed the lawyers: we've finally found a house to buy. Chris has been working in Stoke for over a year now and living in a hotel there for three days a week whilst I stay at home in Preston on my own. It's miserable. We decided to move back to Manchester about six months ago, we've had our house on the market since Easter and we've got a buyer now. We have also found a house that we want in Chorlton, south of the city, and had our for accepted. Very excited. Should be there in about eight weeks.

4 Had a hair cut: the hairdresser FORCED me to have a beer at 2.20 in the afternoon. She is very wicked. Between us we decided that what she would do is disconnect the top of my head from the side completely and blend the back. It sounded quite brutal but it all worked out in the end.

5 Worried: next Saturday morning I am jumping out of an aeroplane somewhere over Nottingham. I am raising money for the National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline in order to cover shortfalls in funding caused by a number of NHS Primary Care Trusts around the country choosing not to pay the £422 that their guidelines recommend they do. We will also be naming and shaming these PCTs in the process.

At the beginning of the week I read a report about two experienced sky divers dying recently at Langar airfield where we'll be jumping. This led me to worrying. I'm scared of flying let alone leaping out of aeroplanes.

I called a friend who used to skydive as a hobby. He informed me that I am more likely to die in the car on the way to the airfield than by jumping out of the plane. I'm quite convinced now that I will die in a car crash.

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