Days of leisure # 1

With Little Planet in fulltime childcare and with still a little time left of maternity leave, I have been indulging in a lot of "me time". I have...

• Bought jeans, blouses, tights, shoes and ti-shirts from French Connection, Gap, Cos, Uni Qlo, Selfridges and Wolford
• Lunched at Itsu (sushi) on Regent Street and Ikeda (mixed tempura) off Bond Street
• Breakfasted with M before his work, at Konditor & Cook (sausage rolls) on the Greys Inn Road
• Stocked up on provisions at the John Lewis food hall (mainly salad leaves) and teas at Postcard Teas (Sparrow's Tongue, First Flush and Masala Chai)
• Watched the moving Genova and poignant Gran Torino at cinemas in the West End
• Viewed Kutlug Ataman's engrossingly familiar family home movies at the Thomas Dane Gallery (photo above) and Andreas Hofer's mythic art constructs at Hauser & Wirth
• Eaten spaghetti carbonara, chilli tofu and chickpea and tomato stew at home for dinner
• Househunted in North London with my mother, who is planning on moving down here to be closer to her only grandchild

M has been away in Europe but is back tonight and then he has all of next week off. With Little Planet in childcare, M and I will be spending some leisurely days together... just the two of us.

And at the end of next week, I return to work. My maternity leave is coming to an end and I am both excited and nervous about this. Excited, because I am returning to a job I love; nervous, because... how am I going to fit it all in and be good in my roles as professional, wife and mother?

Time will tell.