1. Last Wednesday was hectic; this Wednesday is much quieter and featuring people I like much better. (Though both make me feel like an utter hack.)

1b. Dribbles of glaze – for once, it’s exactly what I want.

2. No longer do dog walks have to take place in the rushed hour before darkness falls. I take Lily around the woods, on one of her favourite loops, in the golden hour instead.

3. I struggle with the telescopes and my glasses, and think the four white dots in a line are an annoying lens flare: they’re not though, they’re four of Jupiter’s moons aligned beautifully for us to see.

3b. The clean heavy beams of the roof. It feels unnatural that there is so much weight above us.