Journal
Ned’s journal
Quiet bloke. Posting anyway.
Nothing happened again
week 93flat energy 24 replies
Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. One sentence. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Nothing…
Come back in a year
week 60relieved energy 44 replies
A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. A1c down. Two sentences. Three years of results side by side. A trend…
Protein first
week 39steady energy 43 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not…
A wedding
week 39loved energy 41 reply
A quiet week. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation…
An hour on the floor
week 38quietly delighted energy 5
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. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that…
Flat, whole night
week 37quietly delighted energy 43 replies
A quiet week. 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. Slept flat. Whole night.…
The limits of yoghurt
week 36steady energy 23 replies
A quiet week. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Got something with protein in before…
Paired
week 35held energy 44 replies
Late, and writing anyway. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. My buddy noticed something in…
An hour on the floor
week 35grateful energy 54 replies
Short one tonight. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Walked up to the crooked spire and round the park. Sat on the floor and played for an hour,…
Quiet
week 34fine energy 43 replies
A quiet week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Aye.
Where the pen lives
week 33organised energy 32 replies
Late, and writing anyway. 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.…
Slept through
week 32foggy energy 44 replies
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, the sort you have…
A new bin and a plan
week 31organised energy 12 replies
A quiet week. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 30tired but good energy 42 replies
A quiet 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 annoyingly…
A printout I cannot read
week 29brisk energy 1
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Nine minutes. I took three written questions…
No news
week 28fine energy 43 replies
Short one tonight. Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Aye.
Sunday night, four lines
week 27held energy 44 replies
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 it will be the…
Anchored to the shifts
week 26organised energy 52 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool…
Sunday lunch
week 25warm energy 41 reply
Short one tonight. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course, permanently. No…
The list on the fridge
week 24steady energy 53 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five things I can…