My dear companion has begun talking in her sleep. I have decided to take notes. Last night she mumbled about our trip to Bath. I have paraphrased the gist of it below hopefully making sense of parts that were not immediately clear to me.
Bath
With the lovely Pearly at the train station. He’s gone stiff and nervous.
Trying to distract the lovely Pearly with pictures of mummified animals in National Geographic.
Flicker of recognition from JJ at the turnstile.
Roll onto JJ going round a roundabout in the back of the taxi.
Ask JJ about his bloodstone ring.
Pearly is quiet I am noisy.
Concrete.
Berlin.
Wet everywhere.
The sound of Pearly stepping into deep puddles.
I relentlessly question JJ.
Dr Dan seems nervous of JJ.
JJ holds forth on the sofas.
He laughs when I say my arse is large (watch it JJ)
Get bus.
Students cocky and annoying. One girl who looks like a shitsu is talking relentlessly about how much men want her. I wonder if this is how Alex feels when I go on and on.
Bath so beautiful and looks like its rendered in halva.
Back to campus.
Lost although a milimetre away from Alex’s show.
Alex has shut down and is in nervous concentration mode.
Dr Dan and Charles seem very awkward in the bar and I worry that I am pissing them off-but wonder if Dr Dan is just worried about the night ahead.
Gin and tonics through the men/women’s loos-like Mr Ben
I like the records and the high up eau de nil ship
‘in conversation’
JJ is riffing on a few themes and wangles some of Alex’s work into them.
JJ thinks Alex is more of a cynic than I think he is.
I pipe up relentlessly.
Unfortunately the obvious brilliance of my argument is fluffed by the gin and I realise I can’t remember what my point was as soon as I start talking.
JJ declares me the new Martin Parr as he peaks on red wine.
I’m in bed
Dreaming – I am holding a baby and I love it
Wake up Alex warm and soft in bed.
Alex tells me he loves me.
Put my ear plugs in and Alex says the prayer-I know he does because I feel his lips
Awake and have a bath with Alex
Take photos of JJ’s room.
Egg and bacon bap with Alex.
Quest for the Bath bun.
The Circus was cold.
The Royal Crescent was colder.
Fell asleep on Alex on the train home-dreamt he was a giant furry squirrel.
Curve of the weir and the water-sad the rubber ducks weren’t there.
The spa.
Seeing the town and rooftops while being in a giant communal bath.
Different steam rooms: Vicks, Chanel number 5 and lavender.
New friends James and Daniel at the baths find it hilarious I am in underwear.
