1. Lovely big D sees me through his cat flap as I’m spooning out his food. He runs over and alternates between eating and having hugs.

1b. Next door’s new cat is nowhere to be seen when I first arrive but when I softly ask, “little girl?”, she runs out from behind the sofa and is immediately granted the friendliest-cat-on-the-block badge of honour. An utter sweetie with an adorable white tipped tail.

1c. As usual when I return from feeding duties, I am thoroughly sniffed by every member of our team.

2. John’s tweaked his back so we have an enforced lazy day. We rewatch High Fidelity and marvel, yet again, at the absolutely perfect casting for Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso).

2b. My spinning isn’t perfectly even just yet but looking at the yarn stretched out on the niddy noddy, I’m proud how few slubs there are.

3. Lily stops for a poo but John’s bad back means he has to keep walking. When she is done, she races away down the path to catch up to him then, having asserted that he’s ok, she stops and waits for me.

4. Some of the mascarpone hasn’t been mixed in with the rest of the cheesecake filling and it’s colder and more slippery in my mouth (though not in a bad way).