1. To see examples of something I’ll be learning about in a few weeks time – exciting!

1b. Everyone gasps when I smash the bowls but I like seeing their profile: today’s little bowl has thin, even sides and the bottom matches too.

1c. Smoothing out the yellow slip with a spoon and a kidney.

2. I sit in a heap on the sofa – feeling exhausted, hot and unwell – and John tells me he likes the colours of my outfit.

2b. Soup that hits the spot. (Figuratively, not literally – for once I don’t spill it down my top.)

3. We re-watch Office Space for the nth time and, yet again, enjoy how well observed it is (though not at all subtle!). We’re grateful that we don’t have to put up with that bullshit any more.