Working from home

Working from home

So, Miguel, Salma and I are all very lucky to have jobs that allow us to work from home. We all sporadically work from home anyway, so the adjustment during lockdown wasn’t as big as I imagine it was for others. However, living in a small London apartment and having...
Mira and Branko

Mira and Branko

While life at 113 has been fun and eventful, a great deal of comic relief has been provided by none other than my mum and dad. There has been the odd case of “laughing with them”, although the strong majority of cases were definitely “laughing at them”, and their...
Everyday lockdown shenanigans

Everyday lockdown shenanigans

The remainder of April had no other major events. We still had our Friday night fun, but the rest of the time we spent just like everyone else; not doing much. At that point I hadn’t even been bullied into writing my blog (not for lack of trying), so the productivity...
Easter and the search for flowers

Easter and the search for flowers

After Iranian New Year, the next set of official lockdown celebrations were the Easter weekends (first the Catholic one and then the Orthodox one). The Catholic one was pretty uneventful, as the only real Catholic in the flat is theoretically Miguel, although if...
Nowruz and the birth of the Triple D

Nowruz and the birth of the Triple D

As we settled into our lockdown lives, I realised that, while fun, binge watching Netflix every day was not going to be a very healthy approach to lockdown. We had to be creative and bring some alternative new ways to have fun into our lives. One of our greatest...