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  • Laces

    Odile8 May 2025quietly delighted energy 1

    A brief account of the week. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Walked into town…

  • At the table

    Ollie8 May 2025close energy 5

    My sister started too, three weeks after me. We compare notes badly and lovingly. My son asked why I was not eating my dinner. I gave him a bad answer, thought about…

  • Two lengths, badly

    Solomon8 May 2025pleased energy 2

    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. Walked into town and back, which I…

  • Paired

    Ted8 May 2025held energy 1

    Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it.…

  • Circle tonight

    Bruno7 May 2025warm 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. Went for the practical answers and…

  • Laces

    Bunny7 May 2025grateful energy 5turning point

    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…

  • Steady

    Clemmie7 May 2025fine energy 2

    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 report.…

  • An hour on the floor

    Col7 May 2025quietly delighted energy 1

    Quickly, before bed. 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. Tied my own…

  • A plain question

    Gwen7 May 2025practical energy 1turning point

    Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Started taking it seriously and noticed the difference. Got something with protein in…

  • Starters as a main

    Hattie7 May 2025awkward energy 1

    A quiet week. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly,…

  • A different shape

    Lu7 May 2025foggy energy 3

    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. Repeat study…

  • Both bags, one go

    Odile7 May 2025grateful energy 3turning point

    A brief account of the week. 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. Cycled…

  • An hour on the floor

    Ottoline7 May 2025pleased energy 5

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. 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.…

  • My mother cooks

    Sara7 May 2025awkward energy 2

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I…

  • She reduced it

    Tam7 May 2025brisk energy 3

    Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which…

  • No news

    Tansy7 May 2025steady energy 4

    Right. 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…

  • An unremarkable week

    Thea7 May 2025fine energy 4

    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…

  • Steady

    Wystan7 May 2025steady energy 4

    A gentle week, mostly. 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 report

    Matt6 May 2025steady energy 1turning point

    This week: 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. Wrote the…

  • Slept through

    Bel6 May 2025tired energy 4turning point

    Short one tonight. 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. Sleep improved…

  • The question I had been avoiding

    Bly6 May 2025frustrated energy 3

    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. Took the…

  • Walking

    Cass6 May 2025tired but good energy 5turning point

    Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Back to twice-weekly strength work. Walked instead of the bus all week.…

  • Quiet

    Clover6 May 2025flat energy 1

    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. Steady. That is the…

  • No news

    Freya6 May 2025steady energy 3

    Quickly, before bed. 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.…