Journal
Bunny’s journal
Care home cook. Feeds everyone but me.
Just Wednesdays
week 90content energy 52 replies
The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Reduced to a…
Iron and B12
week 63pleased energy 23 replies
Evening. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. A1c down. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a…
Steady
week 40fine energy 33 replies
Evening. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Steady. That is the whole…
Two flights of stairs
week 39quietly delighted energy 11 reply
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Breakfast shift.
Slept through
week 38rested energy 54 replies
The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and…
Somebody new
week 37warm energy 1
Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The facilitator stopped the room when four…
Laces
week 36grateful energy 54 replies
Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full breakfast service without her feet ruining her. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Full shift on my feet and my…
Anchored to the shifts
week 36organised energy 12 replies
Evening. 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. Tested three cool…
I nearly did not write
week 35fine energy 23 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Breakfast shift.
Paired
week 34held energy 54 replies
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 something in my journal before I…
No news
week 33flat energy 53 replies
Evening. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have…
A different shape
week 32foggy energy 24 replies
Evening. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up…
An hour on the floor
week 31grateful energy 51 reply
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Breakfast shift.
Two lengths, badly
week 30quietly delighted energy 31 reply
Evening. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Breakfast…
She noticed first
week 30held energy 14 replies
Evening. 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…
Both bags, one go
week 29quietly delighted energy 21 reply
Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Breakfast shift.
Six labelled boxes
week 27organised energy 22 replies
Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern…
Quiet
week 27steady energy 41 reply
No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Steady. That is the whole entry.…
Into town and back
week 26quietly delighted energy 21 reply
Evening. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Breakfast shift.
An unremarkable week
week 25flat energy 31 reply
Evening. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Breakfast shift.