Wives and Words

Philippa is two clicks on the computer away from signing up to a course this Autumn! She's going to do a highly-recommended and well-thought-of Sports Massage course that involves one day a week in a 'classroom' and the rest of the time studying from home. Three months of learning and practising then a practical exam in December. If she passes that, she can offer general sports massages and also then access a much more complex and in-depth course which would then allow her to treat sports injuries and other musculoskeletal problems. There is an earlier version of the same course that starts in a fortnights time, but she felt that was a bit too soon to get everything organised. By starting in September, she still has a bit of maternity leave left to go so she'll have some time spare at home to concentrate on the coursework, Mathew will be out more often and Rian will be a bit older and less needy (in theory) so it all seems to work well. Plus, I stop working Saturdays in October and that's the day she'll have to be in the classroom so it just all seems to fit together perfectly. And this qualification opens up a lot of other possibilities for further study and to gain other appropriate and accompanying certifications, so it's a great entry point for a field of therapy that she really wants to get into. The GP surgery where Philippa works has a list of approved therapists, so she may even be able to jump on that and gain some clients through her 'day job'. She also has loads of contacts with local sports clubs through her badminton days and her many sporty mates, so it might not take too much for her to get established, once she's up and running. All that's for the future, however. Right now, it's just exciting that she's decided to make a bit of a change and has found a way to do it and is going for it. I'm so proud of her, and so glad I can be a support.

I may have explained all that really badly, but I got to use the word 'musculoskeletal' in a blog posting, which is delicious because it's a very long word that is almost (but not quite) a perfect word for me in that it almost (but not quite) switches constantly from vowel to consonant to vowel to consonant and so on and so forth throughout its entire length. For some reason, I find that gloriously satisfying. 

And, thanks to the internet - which 99% of the time drives me towards self-harm, but which occasionally proves itself to be very useful indeed - I can tell you the longest word in the English language that follows that wonderful pattern...
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, "HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS".

RC 10-5-23