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Emma O. Cats, climbing and cookies.

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Me every time I get a new follower:

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Just finished my Saturday shift and putting that out of office on was a glorious feeling 🙌🏻

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Lowered the walk interval time and had to dig deep for this one!

Then I came home and the boy had got me a plush of Ana from Spelunky 2!!!! It’s one of my favourite games! They’re only doing Ana and I always play as Tina but put on some yellow pants and a yellow helmet and you’re pretty much there anyway!

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Pattern of the day.

Met up with stealy manager after work. I reached out to him last week to check how he was getting on and we decided to meet up for a drink. He seems to be doing ok. He hasn’t found work but not worried just yet. I’ve got my fingers tightly crossed that he finds something good, he deserves it!

Felt I might have been a bit of a downer though. The boy found out he was being made redundant yesterday and that combined with my up in the air health issues, plus a day of constant system issues, I wasn’t exactly a ray of sunshine and just moaned about everything 😅

Seems he still speaks to two of the other fellas at work occasionally so he’s up to date with most of the latest drama that’s happening. Someone else has jumped ship. Well, technically they haven’t jumped ship, they’ve gone on a 6 month secondment to another department at a higher grade. Admittedly I don’t know him all that well but I believe he was searching for other jobs so even if it only lasts the 6 months, I don’t think his intention is to end up back here at a lower pay scale 😂

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Yesterday I worked upper body and then did 15 minutes on the rower and today I worked lower body, tried to run for a bit and my body just said ‘na girl, I ain’t in the mood for this shit’ so I went and did 20 minutes on the cross trainer instead 😂

Usually I do cardio then weights but I thought I’d mix things up.

Tomorrow it’s back to work and it will very much be a rest day. It has been a glorious three days being able to have the energy and time to exercise, it’s made me feel so good.

This time next week I’ll be on a flight to Switzerland again!!!! So excited! Best friend now lives in Bern so that’ll be fun to explore. I absolutely loved Zurich when he lived there so I hope it isn’t a downgrade 😅

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MY FINGERS BARELY EVEN TOUCHED YOUR STUPID FUCKING AD STOP REDIRECTING ME TO THE APP STORE

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LET ME SCROLL I DON’T WANT TO MOVE THINGS IN YOUR STUPID GAME

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Running!

The gym was unusually busy and I’m wondering if it’s because of the heat wave we’re heading into. I just love the idea that people might prefer to be sweaty in an air conditioned gym than sweaty and uncomfortable in their warm homes.

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I could get back into this 🫣

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This morning I had to raise my first official complaint from a customer about offshore staff. Customers have moaned about them and my ex colleague who’s now in complaints has confirmed that loads are being raised but this was my first.

The complaints team listen to the calls and yet we still need to be as detailed as possible when writing out what the customer’s issue is and so it felt kinda weird having to write out the reasoning.

I helped her with the problems she was having after her shouting at me for what felt like forever but while writing up the complaint and going through the details with her she said ‘I want it noted in there that you have been absolutely fantastic and incredibly helpful and this is exactly why I believe your call centre should be UK based’ I just had to awkwardly go ‘Thank you for the kind words but I don’t think I can add that to the complaint but all calls are recorded and my manager is sat next to me so I’ll let him know’ 😂

Then this afternoon a manager came out of a meeting and told me they’re apparently going to be advertising internally for 10 positions here. In our city specifically as we have the most office space. I was gobsmacked. They’ve made so many people redundant only to do this. Then again, the new department head started this week and this was possibly her first decision and it is a step in the right direction. I did say to the manager that they should try and call anyone who applied for the role and didn’t get it and see if they’re still job hunting. I know one lady who said she would come back and she was brilliant!

I had started to look at other roles last week but I’ve put a stop to that because on Monday I got a letter from my neurologist to say the results from my MRI are unusual and we’ll discuss when we have our appointment next month but if I have any weakness on one side of my body or loss of vision in one eye (remember how I ended up in hospital with blurry vision a couple of months ago!?!??) then I should contact him. So job hunting is put to the side until I know I’m not dying. I don’t think I should be putting additional stress on myself. Plus in that time I might see an improvement and I won’t want to leave 😂

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My non working day so off to the gym I went and did some walking and running followed by some weights. Felt good!

Remember how I said I was excited to find out how the department head did in the marathon? She sent the email around to say she done it and her time was the same as my marathon! I really want to talk to her about it and congratulate her but bitch just got promoted after the shit show she’s put our department through in the 12 months she’s been here so I wouldn’t be able to congratulate her on the marathon without congratulating her on the promotion that she doesn’t deserve. I can’t do it folks, I just can’t do it.

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OH MY DOMS!

Yesterday at the gym I did 15 minutes on the cross trainer, 5 minutes on the rower and then some weights. According to the app I use I haven’t done any upper body stuff since the 9th December which explains why my body aches so much 😅

I want to climb so badly, it’s been months but with the recent seizures and new epilepsy medication it’s not safe for me to belay anyone so I could probably only go bouldering 😭

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Bit of running / walking!

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Pattern of the day!

Fella in the street trying to sell me something pointing to my coat: Woo! I’m all about stripes over spots too.

Me: They’re squares.

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In honour of today’s London marathon I did slow run / walk intervals for 30 minutes on the treadmill 😂

Apparently the head of the department is running the marathon today but I can’t find her. I know she’s married so there’s a chance she uses her maiden name at work. I’m sure we’ll hear all about it in the weekly email she sends out. First time I’m genuinely looking forward to reading it, doesn’t matter who it is, I love a race recap! 😅

Yesterday I did 20 minutes on the cross trainer and then did a leg workout. The app that I use to track weights told me the last time I had done legs was the 12th November. Crikey. I know things have been bad but that was quite the shock.

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Marv.

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Pre vegan I was never super crazy on steak anyway and that combined with not eating meat in about 9 years means I’m probably not the best judge but I’d say this was decent. It was kinda like a cheap cut of meat.

A pack of two is £7 though!

SEVEN POUNDS!!!!

Currently an introductory offer in Tesco for £5.50 so that’s what I actually got them for but even that I thought was taking the piss. My protein sources are usually tofu / tempeh for half the price of that or 50p tins of beans! Won’t be buying again but it was nice to try.

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Pattern of the day.