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Paired
Catoheld energy 5
This week: Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Nobody has ever asked me how I…
I nearly did not write
Fensteady energy 3
This week: Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Flat again. Good.
Awake at four
Freyafoggy energy 3
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The…
Quiet
Gavinsteady energy 3
A quiet week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Cheers.
Not writing about this would be dishonest
Gillyflat energy 3
Well then. Reflux again. I slept propped up on three pillows and woke at two anyway. I have an appointment on Thursday and I am going to actually mention it this time…
No news
Marniefine energy 3
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…
Six labelled boxes
Odileorganised energy 2
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 day for the bad…
Fewer, heavier
Rafetired but good energy 3
A brief account of the week. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Two…
Back without making it up
Tamtired but good energy 5
Week in order: Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Two sessions this…
I nearly did not write
Theaflat energy 3
A brief account of the 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…
Two flights of stairs
Tildaquietly delighted energy 1
Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing.…
The question I had been avoiding
Lucasheard energy 1
Well then. 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 my other…
Walking
Ashwintired but good energy 4
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
Bexflat energy 5turning point
Quickly, before bed. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody reading it…
No mask
Birdierested energy 2
Evening. 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. Vivid dreams, every night,…
Off the floor
Boquietly delighted energy 2
A quiet week. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at…
Fewer, heavier
Bridietired but good energy 2
This week: Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a…
A new bin and a plan
Clemmieorganised energy 5
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. Two lines a day in a…
Sunday lunch
Harlanawkward energy 2
Recording this for the record. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No…
Eight minutes and a chair
Nettietired but good energy 1
This week: Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier,…
My mother cooks
Nolanawkward energy 5
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
From the inside
Salmaheld energy 5turning point
Jonah said something to me in circle that I did not want to hear. He said it once, kindly, in front of everybody, and then he did not say it again. Jonah named…
A different shape
Taviarested energy 3
Evening. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in…
What is your secret
Ashwarm energy 1
Well then. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Somebody asked…