Journal
Marnie’s journal
Menopause circle. Finally understanding my own sleep.
Eight minutes and a chair
week 7tired 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. Walked…
Fewer, heavier
week 6tired but good energy 32 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which…
Quiet
week 4fine energy 53 replies
A quiet week. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. Quiet.…
Flat, whole night
week 3pleased energy 31 reply
Short one tonight. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I…
Standing in the kitchen
week 2hopeful energy 51 reply
Late, and writing anyway. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. The pharmacist talked me through it…
First dose, done
week 1hopeful energy 1
The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading it. Started…