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Alex woke up early and Leila made two coffees, Leila went heavy into into work, while Alex explored datasets for his Covid-19 policy memo. Alex spent a lot of this time sitting in the garden and thinking about what he could do to improve estimates of Covid-19 in the UK. Was actually really exciting andContinue reading “Day 23: Work work work”

Morning, Alex lay in then felt bad about not having achieved very much by midday, he read the case for development discussion later that day and listened to lectures while doing the morning admin. Leila was glued to her desk getting increasingly worked up by poor management. Alex made himself lunch early by roasting someContinue reading “Day 22: Coal Drop Escape”

We woke up super early and Leila made coffee. She sat outside in the morning and typed up the blog whilst we had coffee. Alex spent the morning doing admin, including creating the Dev-401 discussion group over WhatsApp and answering a whole bunch of emails. He listened to his old entrepreneurship lecture and tried toContinue reading “Day 21: Busy”

Monday 6 April 2020 We both woke up tired having not slept well because our brain’s were active. Leila was up at night thinking about direct transfers to people as a way to help with Coronavirus. Alex was thinking about this Coronavirus policy memo. It really is consuming our minds albeit not in a personalContinue reading “Day 20: A lidl life”

Leila made me get up because it was sunny and 20c, Leila was super excited for the sun. She was wearing a summer dress and she made super smooth coffee for us to sit out in the sun with. We reflected on how weekendy the weekend felt while we sat in the sun. Alex hadContinue reading “Day 19: Sunny Sun Day”

We got up late, and wandered downstairs very ready for a sunny weekend. Alex had promised Leila the day before that he’d make the second metal chair so that they could have breakfast together on it. They listened 80s classics in the background and Leila wrote the blog while Alex bodged together the chair. LeilaContinue reading “Day 18: Living the slow life”

Friday 3 April 2020 Leila started work at usual time and had a productive few hours. She was trying her best to wait for Alex to wake up so they could have coffee together but was feeling really weak by 10am. She decided to go upstairs and work in the living room so she wouldContinue reading “Day 17: Date Night”

Thursday April 2 2020 Leila woke up at 7.45am late for her barre class with Joohee. To her surprise, Alex was already awake and reading. She rushed down to start the class and midway through the leg section, Alex entered the kitchen in attempt to make coffee but was quickly told to leave. Instead, heContinue reading “Day 16: Towels and Tribulations”

Wednesday 1st April 2020 We begun the day outside. Except this time we had company. There were 3 guys giving the big tree next to our house a trim (they claimed haircut but it’s basically a bald stump now) so we couldn’t sit on our usual bench. Luckily they lifted and moved it for us,Continue reading “Day 15: Trees, Leaks and Leeks”

Tuesday March 31 2020 Alex woke up in the middle of the night, unable to sleep. He decided to read The Andromeda and play some games until he was tired again. Leila woke up at usual time and begun working. Leila was much happier but her migraine still persisted a little. We had our morningContinue reading “Day 14: Ending the month on a high”