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Emmy picked the movie tonight an we ended up with Zombies 4. It was terrible 😆

I still have the dress you made Em!

New partner is taking it upon himself to educate me. Recent films include Terminator, Ghostbusters and the first Indiana Jones.

There are not enough characters for me to adequately answer this.

Name a film that most people in their 40s have seen and I probably haven’t.

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Em went through a stage of singing that constantly too 🤷🏻‍♀️

Last week of the holidays before small person starts secondary school. At her request, today has been a super lazy day, and I am becoming one with the sofa.

I’m also trying to do this. It’s hard!

I can’t remember if I’ve seen Hamilton 7 or 8 times in the theatre, and watched the proshot on Disney+ more times than I can recall but I am incredibly excited to go and see the proshot at the cinema.

And then maybe again at the theatre. For comparison purposes.

Tomorrow, we have BUNNIES moving in! Friend is moving somewhere unsuitable, so Em and I are adopting them.

Anyway, this is just shoe gazing introspection following telling all the small people and other relevant parties this weekend. It’s nothing new, but not a situation I’ve been in before, and yeah. It’s awesome and overwhelming and brilliant and terrifying all at once.

I mean, it’s all brilliant too, especially when you’ve known each other as long as we have, and it’s exciting, but I’m not just in a relationship with him, there’s two small boys in the mix, and similarly, I’m coming with a small girl and the kids matter more than anything else to both of us.

Starting a new relationship as a single parent is weird, and especially more so when the other person is a single parent. I’m so acutely aware that this relationship is so much bigger than just the two of us, and the responsibility to the kids especially feels so weighty sometimes.

heard about a billionaire & his wife who were robbed and shot dead in the theatre district the other day, their son Bruce was with them

Oh, this is AMAZING, thank you! I’m going in entirely blind, partner played a few times in his teens, but the kids have expressed an interest, so here goes nothing I guess 😆

Oh, and trying to figure out how D&D works to try and play a game with all the kids. (Is “play a game” even the right phrasing?! We’re going in utterly blind and will be relying on the beginner’s set Very Heavily.)

Kiddo has gone to her dad’s for a couple of weeks which is Not Good, but I’ve planned in lots of Good Things, including getting rabbits, a trip to the zoo for one of the bonus kiddo’s birthday, plans to watch the Persieds in a dark field & maybe a trip to the cinema. Plus get back in to gym going 🤨

I’m at home in jammies but Em is out in London at a gig tonight 😆

Saying that - I know of a 5yo Barry and 3yo Clive in my local area 😆

Mostly Snap(chat) and TikTok from I can gather, but they do generally have accounts

“Fancy coming to pet baby lambs on Saturday?”

What sort of question is that?! OF COURSE I DO.

@emmajwaring.bsky.social might be able to help!

Last night was a walk through London on a sunny spring evening, burgers then possibly the most joyful piece of theatre I’ve ever seen - Much Ado About Nothing was absolutely unbelievably fun, and just brilliant.

10/10 evening.

And now I have to dismantle one bed & build another. Not quite so fun.

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Oh, the Mail journalist stirring up shit about pronouns of a cartoon character in a three-second appearance in Hey Duggee? They don't mind it for themselves.

I need to invest in some kind of SAD light for next winter, because the utter joy I’ve felt today just because it’s sunny is slightly ridiculous. It’s largely been a day of mundane chores, but it’s felt so much more manageable and I just feel so much happier overall.

A desk with an Apple mouse, a takeaway cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun in a paper bag.

Never underestimate the power of someone bringing you a coffee and cinnamon bun to improve a Friday.

I once had a hug from Phill Jupitus, and it was wonderful, and I think probably the closest thing to a Duggee hug I’ll ever achieve.

Don't think single people get enough credit for doing life alone. Rent/mortgage is double, household responsibility and life admin is down to one person, you're your own emotional support, holidays are more expensive, you've to trap and transport human sacrifices for the solstice bonfire solo, etc.

Today has been a pretty awesome Sunday. Lazy morning, lunch with friends, followed by pottery painting and a trip to the park, followed by a rainy walk home, and clean bed sheets before dinner and trashy TV.

He once held a lift for me when Em was a tiny baby, and told me she was beautiful and cooed over her, so I like him.