Journal
Lil’s journal
Me and my sister started the same week.
Steady
week 46steady energy 53 replies
Evening. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have…
I nearly did not write
week 44fine energy 11 reply
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. That is the whole entry. Off to…
She read the diary
week 42brisk energy 32 replies
Evening. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. A locum who had clearly read…
Circle tonight
week 40warm energy 34 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the…
No news
week 39flat energy 23 replies
Evening. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Off to ring Lu.
A locum
week 37heard energy 12 replies
A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven…
Two lengths, badly
week 35pleased energy 51 reply
Evening. 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. Walked into town and back, which I stopped…
Quiet
week 33fine energy 23 replies
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my…
Two flights of stairs
week 32grateful energy 13 replies
Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Walked to Avenham Park and back. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the…
Grip
week 31tired but good energy 12 replies
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 annoyingly right. Grip…
Paired
week 28held energy 5
Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I…
Walking
week 26tired but good energy 3
Evening. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying…
An unremarkable week
week 24fine energy 53 replies
Evening. 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. That is the whole…
Into town and back
week 22pleased energy 41 reply
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 played for…
An hour on the floor
week 21grateful energy 21 reply
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. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years…
Sunday lunch
week 19loved energy 51 reply
Evening. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long…
The pattern of it
week 17flat energy 4
Evening. Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway,…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
week 15rough energy 41 reply
Evening. Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. Very different experience from Lu, which…
Nothing to report
week 14fine energy 21 reply
Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Off to ring Lu.
Grip
week 13tired but good energy 22 replies
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 week, both short, both…