Journal
Lark’s journal
Early riser. The 6am check-in is mine.
Nothing happened again
week 92settled energy 34 replies
Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. Still 04:40. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to…
A1c down
week 69pleased energy 53 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. Fine. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she…
An hour on the floor
week 48pleased energy 51 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Cycled the Prom before work. Got down on the floor and back up again…
Sunday lunch
week 37loved energy 11 reply
A gentle week, mostly. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. Somebody asked…
Paired
week 36held energy 34 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I…
A wedding
week 34loved energy 41 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word.…
Nothing to report
week 34fine energy 13 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on…
Steady
week 33flat energy 23 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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. I…
Two sessions
week 32tired but good energy 32 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions that…
Before nine
week 30steady energy 43 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Got something with protein in before nine…
I nearly did not write
week 30fine energy 13 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
No news
week 29fine energy 53 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…
She stopped the room
week 28warm energy 24 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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.…
Quiet
week 27fine energy 43 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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.…
My mother cooks
week 26awkward energy 11 reply
A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. Somebody asked what my secret was and…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 26organised energy 34 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Batch cooked on a good…
Two lines a day
week 25pleased energy 43 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Worked out breakfast at…
An unremarkable week
week 24flat energy 43 replies
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal…
Back without making it up
week 24tired but good energy 22 replies
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which…
Nothing to report
week 23flat energy 53 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have…