• Curried chicken livers, lal chicken, Guinness, shiraz, raspberry mojitos, Bisongrass vodka and a hotel room are not good bedfellows. That’s even before you factor in Egyptian cigarettes.
• Following that up with the first review with a new boss the day after isn’t clever either.
• Trying to pack in much needed revision for an imminent exam whilst being distracted by the mere task of breathing, tricky.
• Losing all the health benefits I’d accumulated in the last two weeks through being generally sensible coupled with the stunningly novel idea of going to bed when tired rather than fighting through it.