Journal
Poppy’s journal
Two kids, one very small fridge, here for the practical bits.
No mask
week 25rested energy 14 replies
Quickly, before bed. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. The sleep has changed…
Both bags, one go
week 24grateful energy 11 reply
Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Carried both bags up in one go. Small…
Steady
week 23steady energy 23 replies
Quickly, before bed. 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 thing.…
Anchored to the shifts
week 22organised energy 42 replies
Quickly, before bed. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire…
I nearly did not write
week 21fine energy 23 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about…
Fewer, heavier
week 20tired but good energy 3
Quickly, before bed. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have…
Stayed for the company
week 19warm energy 24 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Walking
week 18tired but good energy 22 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Kept the two sessions that matter…
Hiding the box
week 16close energy 2
My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about it all evening, and gave him a better one on Saturday. A relative said something at the…
Why are you not eating
week 15prickly energy 31 reply
Ten minutes then I am asleep. My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about it all evening, and gave him a better one on Saturday. A…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 14tired but good energy 22 replies
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes…
Told her
week 14close energy 44 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about it all evening, and gave him a better one on Saturday. Her…
She stopped the room
week 13warm energy 34 replies
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and…
A different shape
week 12foggy energy 2
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. The sleep has…
Sunday night, four lines
week 11held energy 54 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed…
No news
week 10flat energy 23 replies
Quickly, before bed. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. Nothing to…
Six labelled boxes
week 9pleased energy 23 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Anchored…
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…