1. John suddenly decides to tidy his desk and I copy him. Mine looked worse than it was – it takes little more than closing an open binder (trapping all my scruffy notes inside) and a wipe down with a cloth to make it look considerably neater.

2. A chord progression on his guitar reminds me of Billy Bragg and John launches into a good impersonation.

2b. Dancing with Lily – well, she just watches and wags her tail when I do her favourite moves – then playing catch with her bone.

3. I’ve been watching the squat dog running around for my whole walk up the path but it is only when I get close that I see that the dog is chasing a laughing little boy – then it flips around and the laughing little boy is chasing the dog. Their dad walks steadily behind them, presumably happy that they’re tiring each other out.