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  • sharondjs
    sharondjs Posts: 676 Member
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    here
  • katdanash
    katdanash Posts: 1,390 Member
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    Here
  • audrey13027
    audrey13027 Posts: 215 Member
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    Very tardy, but I'm here! :)
    @BigChangeNeeded
    Jen, I'm so sorry that such evil, hateful, ignorant ugliness has reared up so close to you. If Scotland holds & passes a 2nd indy ref perhaps you & yours should consider moving north!
  • ClarissaCLD
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    BigChangeNeeded wrote: »
    Checking in.

    I spent Saturday night comforting some friends who'd experienced some rather nasty racial abuse, people shouting racial insults at them in the street and telling them to "**** off back home". They were born in this town. And this morning, I noticed someone had carved swastikas into the glass at my local bus stop. Genuine swastikas. I felt sick.

    My partner and I are seriously considering moving abroad. Nowhere's going to be perfect, but for the first time in my life, I don't want to be in my home country.

    My nan died earlier this year, and she left me a small amount of money in her will, which I will get towards the end of this year. Its not a large amount, but would enable us to do a once in a lifetime move to somewhere new.

    Our first choice would have been Canada, but we probably wouldn't have the right skills to get in. We're looking at whether we'd be able to find somewhere that we could get jobs, have a small but happy home, and settle in to the local community.

    Its weird, it makes me feel sad that I'm considering moving, but the idea of the adventure of moving somewhere new is kinda exciting. Its a mix of emotions.

    I feel your pain, I think there were a lot of shocked people Friday morning, me being one of them. I am very worried about our future right now, but the fact these racists somehow think a vote for the UK to leave the EU gives them permission to say whatever they want is damn right maddening. They are not they type of people that make Britain Great and I would rather see them leave our shores.

    Lets not let this uncertain UK future knock us off course for our own futures though, I can do that all by myself ;)
  • audrey13027
    audrey13027 Posts: 215 Member
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    Here!
  • RunawayCurves
    RunawayCurves Posts: 688 Member
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    still here
  • BigChangeNeeded
    BigChangeNeeded Posts: 671 Member
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    Popping my head in...
  • audrey13027
    audrey13027 Posts: 215 Member
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    here for a sec! :)
  • sharondjs
    sharondjs Posts: 676 Member
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    here
  • BigChangeNeeded
    BigChangeNeeded Posts: 671 Member
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    1st July already! Wow, this year is going fast!
  • BigChangeNeeded
    BigChangeNeeded Posts: 671 Member
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    3rd July, checking in.

    Absolutely pooped today. I did a 10k sponsored walk, starting this morning, which I figured would be a challenge, but doable.

    No one told me what the terrain would be like, and it was rough. There were some crazy steep hills, and after 8.5km, I felt really ill, so had to stop for ten minutes or so as I felt weak and nauseous. I had to carry on as it was in the middle of the Peak District and it was not as if I could just stop where I was and get a bus/taxi!
    If it gives you any indication of how steep the hills were, my Fitbit registered the equivalent of 95 flights of stairs climbed during the walk alone! I just passed 100 for the day.

    I'm glad I finished, but next time I agree to do anything of this sort, I'll check out the walk itself.
  • audrey13027
    audrey13027 Posts: 215 Member
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    Just a drive-by check-in...but I was here! :)

    @BigChangeNeeded ...A big "Woo-Hoo" to you for completing AND surviving what sounds like an absolutely grueling walk!
  • katdanash
    katdanash Posts: 1,390 Member
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    I'm here..
  • BigChangeNeeded
    BigChangeNeeded Posts: 671 Member
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    Back again. Didn't realise until late yesterday that I've got bad sunburn on the back of my shoulders, which was the one place I forgot to put sunscreen.
    Ah well, it was all for a good cause, and I'm able to laugh this morning about how awful I felt during it, ha ha.
  • sharondjs
    sharondjs Posts: 676 Member
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    BigChangeNeeded wrote: »
    3rd July, checking in.

    Absolutely pooped today. I did a 10k sponsored walk, starting this morning, which I figured would be a challenge, but doable.

    No one told me what the terrain would be like, and it was rough. There were some crazy steep hills, and after 8.5km, I felt really ill, so had to stop for ten minutes or so as I felt weak and nauseous. I had to carry on as it was in the middle of the Peak District and it was not as if I could just stop where I was and get a bus/taxi!
    If it gives you any indication of how steep the hills were, my Fitbit registered the equivalent of 95 flights of stairs climbed during the walk alone! I just passed 100 for the day.

    I'm glad I finished, but next time I agree to do anything of this sort, I'll check out the walk itself.
    BigChangeNeeded wrote: »
    3rd July, checking in.

    Absolutely pooped today. I did a 10k sponsored walk, starting this morning, which I figured would be a challenge, but doable.

    No one told me what the terrain would be like, and it was rough. There were some crazy steep hills, and after 8.5km, I felt really ill, so had to stop for ten minutes or so as I felt weak and nauseous. I had to carry on as it was in the middle of the Peak District and it was not as if I could just stop where I was and get a bus/taxi!
    If it gives you any indication of how steep the hills were, my Fitbit registered the equivalent of 95 flights of stairs climbed during the walk alone! I just passed 100 for the day.

    I'm glad I finished, but next time I agree to do anything of this sort, I'll check out the walk itself.

    I'll bet you had an awesome calorie burn from it ! And sore legs and but the next day
  • sharondjs
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    Here
  • BigChangeNeeded
    BigChangeNeeded Posts: 671 Member
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    Back again!
  • katdanash
    katdanash Posts: 1,390 Member
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    Here ..
  • audrey13027
    audrey13027 Posts: 215 Member
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    I've been MIA for a few days--holiday weekend, 105 degree "feels like" temps & allergy/sinus crap...but I'm back! :#
  • katdanash
    katdanash Posts: 1,390 Member
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    Here , swollen feet and all. I hate hot humid weather

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