I went to London with my dad at the beginning of the month to see the Turner exhibition at Tate Britain. Everything went really smoothly when it came to travelling. We had to cut our visit to the gallery a bit short as the exhibition was bigger than we expected but it was really fascinating to see Turner's view of ordinary life and people and the big changes he saw (the Industrial Revolution, social revolution). We caught a bus to Victoria (Dad said he couldn't remember the last time he'd been on a London bus as we normally take the Tube) and had a delicious lunch at the Jones Family Kitchen in Eccleston Yard. They do really good steaks here (there are veggie/vegan options, too). Best of all, it's just around the corner from our favourite gelato place, Olivogelo.

August has been very quiet at work (mainly due to most people in the West being on holiday) but I have finally moved upstairs after waiting for this to happen since May. There are more people around so I am not totally on my own, which is nice, although I recently discovered one of them isn't vaccinated because she 'isn't sure' about the vaccine. This despite everyone else on the floor being vaccinated and having no issues. I have to admit I've lost some respect for her over this, although I'm still being civil.

I have started going back to the gym now I'm double jabbed, and it's hard but I think my stamina is slowly improving and my flexibility is getting better. I'm looking into getting a new personal trainer this autumn.

Currently spending the bank holiday weekend with my parents and relaxing.

Better update before March is over! It's hard to update when I feel like I'm wasting my time in this place and like everyone is achieving things when I am too scared to even write a word sometimes.

The big excitement is that my old team leader's secondment has ended unexpectedly and she is now coming back to my department. However, my current team leader wasn't even allowed to tell us this herself: the head of our call centre (who is also the one who agreed to our training over the busiest period) went ahead and sent out an email announcing it to EVERYONE. Even the head of our department wasn't told about this and had to scramble and send out ANOTHER email explaining what was going on. Needless to say, my current team leader was severely unimpressed by this mess. After having one team leader leave without explanation and then being split into other teams, then having her announced as the team leader with no warning, the last thing she wanted was for us to find out this way. I told her to her face that I feel she's been badly treated and none of the team blames her for what happened. Not only did she have no control over leaving the job, she had no control over telling us. And so now, she's leaving the company completely and it's her last day tomorrow.

The good news is that my LBT (Legs, Bums and Tumms) class is starting to have an effect on my legs and my bum. Still waiting to see an effect on the tummy but I only go to one class a week at the moment. I'm thinking of going to the gym where the class leader works to see if I can make a bigger improvement. My mum has been staying with me so the flat is clean and I can talk to someone after work about how frustrating it is.

Dad and I went to London yesterday to see the Turner and the Sea exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich (aka the place where Jane and Thor confront Malekith in The Dark World). It was a beautiful sunny day, the exhibition was stunning and we had a great home-cooked lunch at the Green Pea on Trafalgar Road. Then we slogged up the hill to the Royal Observatory so Dad could look at the clocks. I was more interested in the beautiful Dolphin Sundial in the Titanic Memorial Garden. The tips of the two dolphins' tails form the line of the hour. It is extremely accurate.

Currently reading: The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands