Being the spontaneous, romantic sort, I booked a long weekend in Vienna for me and Louise next month. It should be a welcome break from wall-to-wall work (me) and wall-to-wall revision (her). Although I suspect she’ll smuggle a textbook onto the plane. We’re staying in the Hilton – yay me! I have never stayed at a 5* hotel before, I’m sure I’ll feel like I’m not rich enough or posh enough to be there. Louise is particularly excited that Vienna zoo has a young panda, having exhausted herself fawning over them via Cuteoverload.com

In other news, my Dad came to stay for a couple of days last week. We saw the Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2, which was well worth seeing, although Tutankhamun’s exhibits made up only a fraction of the things there. That doesn’t make them any less interesting, it’s just that if you are an absolute die-hard Tutankhamun freak, then you might be disappointed. In which case Lastminute.com might have some nice deals on flights to Egypt…  The gift shop was hideously expensive but you must remember (a) it’s a gift shop, they always are, (b) the exhibition costs a fortune to host and (c) it’s in London.

I didn’t realise what a great selection of restaurants the O2 has. None are cheap – in fact some are disproportionately expensive – but if you’re ever in London and want to go eat, try the O2 (not on an event day, obviously). We had lunch and sweet-talked the waitress into letting us steal our Peroni pint glasses, which were quite a sight to behold.

Thoroughly enjoying Welsh rugby success. I don’t think I need to elaborate on that.

Next month I’m doing a presentation at the House of Commons! I have submitted a proposal for a new website design for an animal welfare council, who happen to be meeting at the HoC on March 13. Little ol’ me, talking to a selection of VIPs. I don’t feel as nervous as I think I ought to be…