Day-to-Day - MXGNS

McDonald's tray with a cheeseburger, fries and Fanta

My Sunday treat

I might be a bit old-fashioned, but I quite like McDonald’s.

My standard order:

Cheeseburger with extra pickle
Small fries
Small Fanta Zero, no ice
2 ketchup

Pick and mix

I’m back in the UK after 2 weeks in Sweden.

The one thing I bring back every time is a big bag of pick and mix candy.

Might this be Sweden’s most important contribution to the world? 😋

Note posted 6 July 2026

My holiday is over and it’s time to get back to work! 💪🏻

Travel costs plus £43, daily flights climbed +6, daily steps minus 2K

The impact of moving home

Having to rely on public transport rather than walking does have a visible impact on my budget, but not as much as I worried in terms of my daily step count.

Note posted 19 June 2026

When you’ve finished work for the week, but it’s so hot outside that you stay in the office eating ice cream instead of heading out ☀️🥵

Note posted 17 June 2026

Our next flat is progressing very slowly, but today has an important gate to pass, so fingers crossed 🤞

Note posted 16 June 2026

The fact that we have 24 moving boxes we haven’t unpacked yet suggests that even in the tiny flat we had before, we had a lot more stuff than necessary!

Note posted 13 June 2026

Saturday night means pick & mix sweets 😋

On the radio, they said the best part of a world cup is just before a single ball has been kicked and anything is still possible. Hopefully including Belgium winning, as I got them in the office sweepstake!

🇧🇪⚽️🏆🥇

Note posted 7 June 2026

I just realised I’ve moved to a different hemisphere! I’ve gone all the way from 0.05° W to 0.001° E, about 60 metres across the Prime Meridian!

Note posted 7 June 2026

I’d forgotten quite how old old-style banks are. A standing order can’t go out on the weekend? Does a clerk need to print it out, take it to the accounts department, and hand it to another clerk? 🤨

Map from home near East India on the DLR to my office near Shoreditch High Street on the Windrush Line.

My new commute

This is my first commute by public transport in eight years. It takes just under 40 minutes door to door but I’m no longer getting my 10K steps per day.

Note posted 5 June 2026

Why are the doors inside UK flats self-closing, so you need to bend down and remove a doorstop whenever you actually want to close the door? 🤔

Note posted 4 June 2026

Note to self: Remember to go to the new flat, not the old one, after work tonight.

A brick building with a large window with cobblestones and potted plants outside.

Moving day

Bye bye, home 😢