1. We have nothing to do but enjoy the day.

2. John is “indifferent” about whether to walk further down the path to the canal or just head home and collapse instead. If he’d wanted to go home, we’d have gone home but since he’s “indifferent”, I take us to the canal. A few minutes later, when Lily is dripping wet and running around with gay abandon on the gorgeous green bank, chasing sticks into the water and splashing us with her post-dunk shakes, he tells me I made the right decision.

3. We’re listening to the new Admiral Fallow album. “This bit [in The Paper Trench] is like the bit in the Beth Jeans Houghton track,” I say. // “Who’s Beth Jeans Houghton?” John asks. // “The song that was on 6Music all the time when I was tiling the kitchen. And I showed you the video.” // “The video?” // “Where the girl has sex with all the men then wakes up with a rabbit,” I explain and funnily enough, he knows exactly what I mean.