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We woke up early again, keeping to the 8.30 wake-up and A worked in bed again before coming down to see L and getting a coffee together. In the morn, L’s order of loads of plantain crisps arrived, it was literally just a box of crisps. A was feeling demotivated (once more) while L preparedContinue reading “Day 105: Dog Bingo”

They got up at 8.30 together but A stayed in bed to work, and as he’d committed the day before to try and get back into a working routine (as he was now going sto do full days of World Bank work). They worked, L on her big screen and A on his World BankContinue reading “Day 104: Poke and Rebook”

L woke up and started working. She re-wrote her to-do list, called Bupa, moved her holiday and did a call. A woke up late and came down to start work at 11ish – very motivated to start his full day of WB work…… He was feeling a little bit lost in what to do andContinue reading “Day 103: In search of purpose”

We woke up late (after sleeping late) and headed on our usual Sunday Jaunt, we picked up kimchi from the korean supermarket, A picked up a sausage roll and L, upon not finding papaya in whole foods, gathered a whole load of miscellaneous items from Whole Foods. They listened to FT politics on the wayContinue reading “Day 102: Coffee Chat”

Saturday morning, we woke up at 9am ready and waiting for the cleaner to arrive. Initially they weren’t sure she was coming as she was a little late, however, A opened the door out of interest and she just wandered in. She didn’t speak great English but she seemed super friendly. They gathered all theContinue reading “Day 101: ‘The shower door has never been this clean’”

Leila started work early and had a really productive day, possibly because she’d had the day off the day before. A came down and they had coffee, they worked until 11 when they wrote the blog on the table outside, it was still super sunny and hot. L smashed through her work while A initiallyContinue reading “Day 100: A century of L & A”

L hadn’t slept at all in the night, she’d spent until 4am semi-happily tossing and turning in the hottest night of the year, but at 4 started getting a migraine to add to the sleeplessness. She decided to do some work and it was late enough that even her New York colleagues were closing downContinue reading “Day 99: Anish comes to visit”

A woke up first and stayed in bed for a bit before gathering his strength and going down for a coffee. He then popped up again just before L awoke and they headed downstairs. It was the hottest day of the year so far, so it was absolutely sweltering outside. A wasn’t wearing a topContinue reading “Day 98: RuMeera”

Leila had decided to take the morning off, and was excited about her day. Alex didn’t sleep that well so Leila let him lie in until 10am. He panicked a bit because they had said they’d leave earlier and had the quickest shower in the world, so they could set off at 10.15am. They grabbedContinue reading “Day 97: Morning off!”

Leila had slept really badly and was upset but couldn’t pinpoint it. She told her team she’d be in a little late and so started work at 10am. They made coffee with the Ethiopian beans for the first time which was really nice. Leila decided she wanted the following morning off work for a rest,Continue reading “Day 96: The Theory of Everything”