The power was out at the office for 6 hours on Friday. That made for some fun calls on the mobile and me reading a book between repair appointments by the light of our lone skylight. I was alone in this as my flatmate, Stewart, was in the US for a wedding. Weird Friday to say the least.
Friday night, Nicole and I saw Toy Story 3. It. Is. Awesome. Seriously, a great movie. We both thought that it was way more for adults than for kids (not that its inappropriate for the youngins, just that it was complex and well written).
Saturday, it was time for Crossfit (10 reps down to one rep of 100kg back squat mixed with one rep increasing to ten reps of chest-to-bar pullups). It's a little workout I made up myself and it huuuuurts. That's 55 squats at 220 pounds and 55 big pullups in 13 minutes. Ow ow ow. Then, we explored the Borough Market. It's like a huge well organized farmer's market. We picked up plenty of Paleo food that will serve as delicious meals for the near future. Ostrich filets, venison, pork and wild boar burgers with lots of fresh veggies.
Speaking of Paleo, Saturday night was our cheat night! Since it's Nicole's last weekend in town she treated me to dinner at a local, highly acclaimed, authentic pizzeria. I had wine, she had Prosecco. Our pizzas were enormous, delicious and served by the half-meter (seriously) on wood planks fresh from the oven. We devoured that, thanked our hardly-English-literate-waiter and then went looking for dessert. After stopping at two bakeries, we had the correct combination of a cookie, a carrot-cupcake, and two brownies. Of course, I felt awful on Sunday morning and now understand why the concept of a cheat day can be so powerful: I want nothing to do with sugar, starch, dairy or alcohol for awhile. We'll see how long that lasts.
Ed. note: If you're confused by any of this "Paleo" talk, check out the book, wikipedia page or the everydaypaleo blog that I look to for delicious recipes.
So far today, we went to early service at the beautiful St. Mary Abbots (Church of England). Its current structure is only 130 years old and the stained glass, columns and vaulted ceilings are gorgeous. A great, quiet place to worship. Then we went to a free workout one of the other Crossfit gyms hosts in the park on nice Sundays. We ran to the locale, did a 13 minute intense bodyweight workout and then ran home. Lucky for me, the workout included more squats! (no weight this time though). Ouch again.
The rest of the day has been filled with prepping for Monday (including reading the WSJ about the SEC charging the Wyly brothers) and watching Mad Men on iTunes. I'm seriously addicted. We've plowed through about 16 episodes since Wednesday. I don't like TV, but its a great show that about half of you have recommended and I'm sure the other half have meant to. You were right.
The big news going into tomorrow, is that I should be fully functional for trading! Fingers crossed that there isn't yet another unforeseen circumstance and that I'll be decent at what I was sent here to do.
Of course, the other news of note is that Nicole is heading back to the states on Tuesday. We've had soooo much fun and I'm really sorry to see her go.
Best,
Brad
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