Well in general i am happy because it's Friday and I have got 4 days off

my coursework will be finished tomorrow, sunday I am doing the half marathon, monday i will be lazy and tuesday is my birthday so its all good!
But heard this morning a friend of my best friend passed away this morning having lost a long battle against cancer

kind of puts things in perpective a bit really, she was one of those people who isn't just a good person, but really stands out for being full of aceness and lovliness and kindness and she was only in her 30s.
Suppose I feel quite priviliged now knowing that I can and will be running 13.1 miles on sunday suffering nothing more than achey legs for a couple of days.