Poppy’s journal
July 2024
5 entries this month.
Quiet
week 8fine energy 31 reply
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole…
Where the pen lives
week 7pleased energy 13 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months.…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 6pleased energy 13 replies
Quickly, before bed. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Worked out where to keep a pen in a fridge…
Stayed for the company
week 6warm energy 1
Quickly, before bed. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Went…
She noticed first
week 5held energy 34 replies
She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines…