Too lazy to go to the office today despite that beautiful screen I could have been using instead. Yesterday I went back to the office after a friend had dragged me out for dinner and ended up staying until so late that my taxi driver laughed when I called him “The office? Now? I thought I would be picking you up from a club at this hour!”

Today has been slower, and I even found a moment to have a nice lunch, swim and get some sun.

Now I’m back by the computer but I don’t have airconditioning in my room, and it’s very very hot (36’C), so I am using a drawer to keep my computer from boiling over and burning my legs.

I do have a proper table at home, but it’s out there.. in mosquito zone. My room has one of those electric Raid plugs so it’s safe. (They actually work!) All I have here are shy spiders and giant jumping ants, I don’t mind them – they don’t care about my blood. (And it’s hilarious when they jump.)

Due to the last minute changes I only got a waiting list seat and unfortunately the flight got full before I could board.

My camera and I are very disappointed to miss out on this experience and adventure, almost comparable to the level of disappointment I would have felt if my only choice for lunch in Managua would have been this cup of.. instant something with a touch of mustard.

On the other hand, the person having it at least got on the flight, and I have a million things on my work list that I now can take care of as previously planned.

Also, I might still be going next week.

Preparing for the field step 5: “Cut your fingernails.”

On topic: I found “dolphin friendly” canned tuna here in Managua.

I still don’t know at what time my flight leaves tomorrow, will find out once I get to the office in the morning. At least I got an email that my Security Clearance had been granted. This disorder is all because of riots in one of the areas close to where we are going, apparently a significant security risk, so the entire mission had to be rescheduled.

My camera is SO EXCITED to go. Me too. Hope there will be some network coverage so that I can share some insights. Anyhow, I have been told there is no electricity in the communities we will be sleeping in – and in that case I will most probably be offline at least until Friday. Just so you know.

Suddenly found out that I will be going to the field this Monday instead of next week. Three nights in different communities in the Prinzapolka municipality on the Carribean coast of Nicaragua. Cooking facilities or access to food is not to be expected.

I’m going cookie shopping.

My colleague Natalia would probably fill my inbox with “The importance of work-life balance” TED talks if she knew that I got home from the office less than one hour ago. Luckily, I’m actually enjoying my workload.

I left my computer in the office as I didn’t feel safe about taking it into a cab, and also to prevent myself from continuing working. So now I’m home, ready for bed, and trying to relax my mind which still is I’m working mode.

I trust my ambient playlist and Jónsi and Alex to come to the rescue. And my IKEA vanilla candles that I bring along everywhere, perfect for placing in closets and among stuff to make everything smell nice and homey.

“Stokkseyri is a small town in Southern Iceland, with a population of around 445 inhabitants.

Founded around 900 AD by the settler Hásteinn Atlason. It was an important fishing and trading village in previous times, and now it’s become more of a tourist attraction. The town is founded on the Great Þjórsá lava.

The experimental artistic collaboration Jónsi & Alex wrote a song named after the town which appears as track 4 on their album, Riceboy Sleeps.”

Yeah, I should also sleep now.