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Gavin’s journal

Big lad, bad knees, very slowly getting back to the hills.

46 entries from 17 Jul 2024 to 21 May 2026 · Dundee, UK

  • Dreams

    Monday 19 Aug 2024week 6foggy energy 54 replies

    The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Tuesday 13 Aug 2024week 5brisk energy 52 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. She reduced one of…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Sunday 4 Aug 2024week 3organised energy 22 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. 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…

  • Eight minutes and a chair

    Saturday 27 Jul 2024week 2tired but good energy 3

    Late, and writing anyway. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Came back after a bad fortnight without…

  • Both bags, one go

    Monday 22 Jul 2024week 2pleased energy 11 reply

    Short one tonight. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Walked into town and…

  • The first one

    Wednesday 17 Jul 2024week 1wired energy 21 reply

    Short one tonight. Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one…