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I don’t know about you, but I’m very busy righ

I don’t know about you, but I’m very busy right now trying to stay busy. We had some more unstructured days at the weekend where the hours seemed impossibly long, there was too much time to think and worry and, to be entirely honest, the toddler started to drive me crazy. So if it seems I’m doing a lot in my stories, it’s not because I want be ‘productive’ during a pandemic or view it as one big jolly, but because working, reading, baking, making dens, playing chase and streaming toddler music classes back to back is my way of coping. How are you doing? Edit to add: To everyone who doesn’t have to try to stay busy because they are out there fighting this virus for us in one or another - thank you.

I think conversely this lockdown might make me mor

I think conversely this lockdown might make me more adventurous when we’re all on the move again. Like many of you, I’ve had a lot of time to think about where we’d like to travel to as soon as it’s safe to do so, and that list is longer and more diverse than it was just a few weeks ago. While we had a great year of travel when Miles was under 1, I was feeling more apprehensive about travelling as we entered the toddler phase. I started to focus on places with direct flights, short transfers and in doing so ruled out so many gorgeous islands in my all-time favourite place to holiday Greece. These days though I’ve had a lot of practise in entertaining a little one with limited space and resources and feel like I’ll do anything now to explore some corners of the world I was going to save until he’s older. So in the spirit of keeping our chins’ up and dreams’ alive: tell me where’s the first place you want to go when this is all over and use an emoji to share what you’ll do there. I’ll pop mine in the comments. #reflections #lockdownlessons #travelplanning #travelinspo

You’ll find me here, compulsively rearranging my

You’ll find me here, compulsively rearranging my shelves, for the foreseeable. Hope you’re all staying safe and sane.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more grateful for

I don’t think I’ve ever been more grateful for a reason to get up, stay calm, play, cuddle and act like everything’s normal. ⠀
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Sending love and strength to everyone missing your mums and loved ones today. Especially as it feels like we need them most at times like this.

The world’s gone mad hasn’t it? It’s hard to

The world’s gone mad hasn’t it? It’s hard to know what to say on here as there’s so much fear and anxiety over our health and finances swimming around already that I don’t want to add more noise to the mix. But staying connected online is one way we’ll get through this, as is trying to see the positives, like the fact that Miles is seeing much more of his dad now with all the work from home mandates. Here in the UK our family is practising social distancing, although this is slightly ruined by the fact I’ve been to 4 supermarkets in 2 days to try and cobble together a few meals 😬. My sister is pregnant and self-isolating with 3 boys aged 5 and under, doing what they can to stay sane and healthy, and every-time I have a tough day with my one toddler I’m going to think of them. Work-wise I’m in the same boat as many creatives, agents and small businesses in the travel and hospitality sector - i.e. struggling. I’m trying not to look at my stats as so much of my 10 years of travel blogging suddenly became irrelevant. It’s heartbreaking to see so many of my network’s hard work and dreams come under such unexpected and unprecedented pressure but my plan is to soldier on and hopefully come out the other side stronger for it. How are things where you are? (Pic taken on a press trip in India pre 2020 crazy)

In this absolutely crazy week of quarantines I ear

In this absolutely crazy week of quarantines I earned myself a newfound freedom by finally passing my driving test. At 35 I’m a little *ahem* older than the average new driver but better late than never hey! (My new license has arrived already and I can’t tell you how excited I am to use a red card for ID instead of my giveaway green provisional 😂) Quite a few of you got in touch to say you started learning late too, or we’re still trying to get around to doing it, so I jotted down some thoughts on the blog about learning to drive in your 30s and why it took me so long to get started. Now I’ve just got to work on building my confidence at driving solo, once we’re all safe to socialise again. #driving #newdriver #newcar #drivingtest #drivinglicense #mgzs #mgzsev

This fella is almost 14 months and my gosh am I en

This fella is almost 14 months and my gosh am I enjoying this age. We’re in a post-weaning, pre-proper-walking period where I’m finding my hands a little more free to feed me instead of him. 🤣 His little personality is starting to develop and he babbles all day in his own gaga language. He loves music and books: he sings when he reads and wakes up singing. 🎶🎶🎶🎶 It can be easy on social media to only share the difficult bits - it feels cringe to say things are good and often a struggle is more relatable. But today I wanted to share a post all about why I’m enjoying being at home with Miles at this age and why, if I’m totally honest, I’m the last person I was expecting to say this! Head to my stories to get the link 🔝

People often talk of Instagram being a highlights

People often talk of Instagram being a highlights reel but more and more my feed & stories are becoming a showcase of ‘times I wasn’t too busy to document’ 🤣 I think I’m not alone in wanting to spend less time with my phone in my hand, particularly around friends and family, and, to be honest, if I’m anywhere near Miles I have to hide my phone to avoid it being chewed, thrown, hacked or worse 😂 I enjoy sharing snippets of my life on social media but the reality is I’m sharing less of the full picture as time goes on. Factors such as, protecting privacy (particularly for my child and other children we spend time with), a desire to live in the moment and frankly an awareness of not wanting to bore you to tears with sharing every little thing, all play into this mix. So, if I’m not posting it’s not because I didn’t do anything, but probably because I was so busy doing everyday boring things I forgot to fill you in. Any bloggers/content creators out there feeling the same? #bloggerlife #socialmedia #mumlife

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