“It helps me relax, forget my worries, and just decompress,” she explains.
It has been a challenging 12 months for the 43-year-old from Giffnock, who has had to juggle full-time working from home, home-schooling her three young children and caring responsibilities for her elderly father.
“As time went on the pressure was overwhelming,” she says.
Caroline O'Donnell
“A number of my colleagues who were doing the same job as me were put on furlough – they had no kids and no caring responsibilities, so I asked if could I have my hours reduced or for a rotational furlough, but I was told no to both requests.”