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Happy Burns Day!

Colin Meloy at Union Chapel tickets purchased 😍🥰😍. Ma Kennedy babysitting secured. Dreamy gig plans to look forward to.

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Took the kid to the zoo at the weekend. When I showed her this picture afterwards she gasped as though aghast at my reckless parenting. Reader she ran here and roared (quietly) at the lion and was not to be persuaded not to.

Zara, u ok hun?

Was very nice to be in an actual office today. Obviously didn’t dare an actual waistband but tomorrow’s a new day!

Got the tiny human to do some wallpapering with me today. Lovely job on the joins.

Not Christmas with my mum and sister this weekend. The small human has a toolbelt now and I am really fucking jealous tbh.

Shrinking is just the best thing on tv right now.

Going to Palma next week for a few days with Ma Kennedy and the Tiny Human. Any top cheapish eats? Any cool things to see? Went to the cathedral last year when staying in Soller. The wooden train was obviously the greatest thing ever.

Cinema is brilliant isn’t it… tiny humans + Paddington = joy.

Iona was a lovely, weird, spot. Mull is a delight.

St James’ Park looking particularly lovely today.

Little Trains & Big Names with Pete Waterman, in which PW and his famous pals that like model trains go a-modelling, is probably the greatest conceit for a tv show ever. No notes. 10/10. Absolute Partridge.

At Mum’s in East Sussex tonight and quite beside myself!

Turns out the thing that turns my incredibly friendly street hostile is a neighbour hosting a wedding reception with DJ. The street whatsapp vibes are not pro this. Assuming they are largely jealous of the ambition of squeezing 70 folk into a 2 bed terrace 😂.

Listening to this album of Pop Punk covers of Disney songs most of the time now. Not because of the kid, through my own free choice. youtu.be/8vZy3Sf4vAw

Spend a lot of time singing Sheena Easton at the kiddo these days. She’s started at a nursery nearer to where I work so we get to commute together. My peaceful commute reading time has gone but I can turn up to work with banana in my ear now.

Oooh hello new people! Obligatory intro post- civil servant, in people/strategy roles - currently leading the public sector arm of the Leadership College for Goverment. Solo mum by choice (IVF & sperm donor) - so forever looking a bit frazzled Oh - and I make stickers! shepersistedstudio.etsy.com

Ah KAOS, slap bang in the middle of my wheelhouse. ❤️

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

Gun Brewery Taproom is pretty idyllic. Would beer again!

This is a phenomenal piece of work, thanks for sharing @tomski.com – government services need to treat being 'fast' and 'light' with comparable priority to being 'secure' or 'reliable'.

Intense excitement in the Di Paola / Kennedy household as we await the appearance of our former quiz rival/sometimes quiz colleague / always excellent friend Karina in her first University Challenge appearance 🥰.

Painting the bathroom and went for eggshell below shoulder height and matt above and I am disgustingly delighted with this.

Celeb Race Across the World and the quizzes were back on Monday. It is a good week!

Them: women in tech are TOTALLY respected and treated as equals! we have no idea why women complain! Also them:

The French Exit… of all the times to forget your signature move.

Absurd luxury of Sunday morning Everyman visit for Deadpool vs Wolverine. 🥰

There are few things I love more than the CAMRA trip reviews in “Full Pints” the Ayrshire and Wigtownshire CAMRA magazine. Summer 2024 is a fine vintage.

Anyone stayed in a lovely self catered place on the Isle of Mull? Three (wo)men and a baby looking for a nice spot to celebrate a big birthday for Ma K!

Yup. A human definitely wrote this.

Just finished week 4 of being back to work after Maternity Leave and starting to feel a bit less weird about it all. Have had a week of lovely, interesting conversations and work, am left slightly overwhelmed but really excited for next week!

I love this post from Greg Winfield in my previous team about how we use the DLUHC Digital Front Door to work with Policy Teams and help them use Digital ways of thinking. 🥰🥰🥰 dluhcdigital.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/04/a...