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L didn’t sleep well again, so A headed downstairs to her (overnight moved to) bed early morning. L got up quickly and headed downstairs for work, while A took a bit longer to get up and down, and L was already in place with her coffee, breaking only to do the blog They both workedContinue reading “Day 75: Beers in the Park”

Leila hadn’t slept well overnight, with Alex finding her downstairs in the (spare? original?) bedroom early in the morning. We’re not sure what caused it but we’re worried it could be the high pollen count and some hay fever overnight. Despite the sleepiness, A suggested they race outside and head to coffee-jar, their plan fromContinue reading “Day 74: A very full Coffee Jar”

We got up and got dressed for a morning outing to Hackney. Leila had found a coffee shop for them to visit on Broadway Market and Alex found directions through Angel, Haggerston and then on the canal for a little walk until they reached Broadway Market. It was beautiful and sunny, and absolutely heaving. NotContinue reading “Day 73: Broadway Market, Battersea & Barnet”

Alex woke Leila up as it had gone 8.30am and she hadn’t got up for work yet. Leila was thankful but also glad she had a mini lie-in as it was Friday. She started work at 8.45am whilst Alex had a slow morning. He did some admin whilst L worked. He had breakfast (toast) surprisingly,Continue reading “Day 72: Deserved white wine”

Leila headed down to work, and Alex started his chill day, after he’d been told to ‘slow down’ by the World Bank. Leila avoided breakfast, and stuck to her intermittent fasting (it only lasted this day), she felt hungry for the first time and had to wait all morning. Work was pretty dull for LContinue reading “Day 71: Gin and Elderflower”

A started the day a bit slower than before, and spent the morning looking at the Burmese data-sets. L worked from her usual 8.30 now she trusted A’s morning alarms to get her up. A also did all the admin work that he had to do for the World Bank and prepped for his introContinue reading “Day 70: Balls (Tennis)”

Alex’s alarm went off today for the first time. They were both already awake worrying that Alex’s alarm wouldn’t go off. It was the first day of Alex’s internship at the World Bank with the Poverty team looking at Myanmar’s data. L’s phone was still off from the day before. They both got ready andContinue reading “Day 69: First day of work”

Our first thought on this bank holiday morning was coffee, as usual. Alex chose Half Cup as our destination as we hadn’t been there since it re-opened, 2 days prior. En route, we chatted about Dominic Cummings who was facing calls to resign after breaking lockdown to go live with his parents in Durham. WeContinue reading “Day 68: All’s Well with No Phone”

We woke up with a mission to go get coffee. Leila had already received a multitude of Eid messages overnight. Instagram had told Leila that Coffee Jar, a little coffee shop on Camden Parkway had opened up the day before for takeaway. Leila saw that Ottolenghi had commented on their instagram post with a loveContinue reading “Day 67: Ludovico and chill”

We planned to wake up early (Alex had joked 8am the previous night) but A couldn’t sleep and ended up lying in until 10. Leila used the time to lovingly make some packed lunch – sandwiches, overnight oats and crackers. Leila made coffee and they sat outside and wrote 2 days worth of blog andContinue reading “Day 66: Day trip to Chiswick”