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An honest evening
Rafeclear energy 3
A brief account of the week. The pub is still the pub. I had worried about that more than anything. Looked honestly at my drinking for the first time in about fifteen…
The bad fortnight
Tullasore energy 2turning point
This week: A rough few days. Not dangerous, just relentlessly unpleasant, the kind of unwell where you cannot read and cannot sleep and cannot settle to anything.…
She noticed first
Yannickheld energy 5
Recording this for the record. 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…
Stayed for the company
Lucaswarm energy 3
Well then. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Circle…
Day one
Brunowired energy 5
Evening. So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I…
Flat, whole night
Bunnypleased energy 4
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…
Two lengths, badly
Catograteful energy 2
Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Done talking.
Starters as a main
Devwarm energy 4
Notes for the week. 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.…
Quiet
Fenfine energy 2turning point
Steady. That is the whole entry. Wrote "nothing to report" for six consecutive weeks and then apologised for it. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by…
A plain question
Harristeady energy 5
Notes for the week. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own.…
Where the pen lives
Kezorganised energy 2
Quickly, before bed. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Anchored…
Into town and back
Lilpleased energy 4
Evening. 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. Sat on the floor and…
Anchored to the shifts
Marnieorganised energy 4
Late, and writing anyway. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend…
Quiet
Ruthiesteady energy 1
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Next paper Sunday.
Not writing about this would be dishonest
Saoirseflat energy 3turning point
A gentle week, mostly. Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I…
Walking
Samtired but good energy 2
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. Walked instead of the bus all…
A different shape
Stefanrested energy 3
Recording this for the record. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find…
Steady
Stellanflat energy 5
Notes for the week. 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…
Steady
Tamsteady energy 5
Three things 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.…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
Lenasore energy 5
Notes for the week. 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…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
Poppysore energy 5
Quickly, before bed. The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it…
Starters as a main
Ashwinloved energy 4
Week in order: Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a…
Quiet
Birdieflat energy 3
Evening. 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…
Eight minutes and a chair
Brodytired but good energy 5
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back…