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Quiet bloke. Posting anyway.

46 entries from 11 Aug 2024 to 23 May 2026 · Chesterfield, UK

  • A wedding

    Friday 13 Sep 2024week 5awkward 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…

  • No news

    Friday 6 Sep 2024week 4fine energy 13 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Aye.

  • Where the pen lives

    Sunday 1 Sep 2024week 4organised energy 42 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.…

  • First dose, done

    Sunday 25 Aug 2024week 3nervous energy 41 reply

    The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I remember and I will ask again at the…

  • I nearly did not write

    Friday 16 Aug 2024week 1flat energy 23 replies

    A quiet week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Aye.

  • Beginning, badly

    Sunday 11 Aug 2024week 1hopeful energy 52 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. 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…