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My mother cooks
Minnieawkward energy 4
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama,…
Circle tonight
Nolanwarm energy 3
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 tonight.…
An hour on the floor
Oskarquietly delighted energy 5
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. Sat on the floor and played for an…
Grip
Rillatired but good energy 5
Quick one. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is…
Back without making it up
Wilftired but good energy 4
This week: Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is…
I nearly did not write
Winniefine energy 3
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…
Quiet
Espesteady energy 5
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. No news. The dog is…
Protein first
Freyasteady energy 3
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Was undereating…
Across the day
Gillysteady energy 3
Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer. I have found five…
Off the floor
Heddagrateful energy 5
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Done.
She noticed first
Juniperheld energy 2
Well then. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month…
The space it left
Maevequiet energy 5turning point
The hum is back, quieter. I panicked when it started returning and Jonah pointed out, mildly, that nobody had promised it was permanent. The quiet, described in one…
Two flights of stairs
Mossgrateful energy 5
Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Slept…
Somebody new
Nualawarm energy 5
Well then. 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…
The limits of yoghurt
Ossiansteady energy 1
Short one tonight. 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. Was…
Back without making it up
Ozzytired but good energy 1
Right. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the…
Eight minutes and a chair
Sadietired but good energy 1
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the…
The question I had been avoiding
Sarafrustrated energy 5
A gentle week, mostly. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Asked the question I had been avoiding…
Propped up on pillows
Taviarough energy 1turning point
Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling faintly stupid. Manageable.…
A wedding
Lucaswarm energy 3
Well then. 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 table…
The list on the fridge
Ammisteady energy 5
Short one tonight. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. I have found five things I…
Starters as a main
Blyawkward energy 1
A quiet week. 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. Starters as a…
Sunday night, four lines
Catoheld energy 4
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most…
Quiet
Gwynethfine energy 1
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…