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Nettie’s journal

Shipyard shifts and a good union rep.

46 entries from 12 Sep 2024 to 21 May 2026 · Barrow, UK

  • Awake at four

    Friday 22 Nov 2024week 11rested energy 54 replies

    This week: Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Thursday 7 Nov 2024week 9quietly delighted energy 11 reply

    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. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not…

  • Starters as a main

    Tuesday 22 Oct 2024week 6loved energy 21 reply

    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 of people who…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Wednesday 9 Oct 2024week 4organised energy 1

    This week: 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. Small logistics…

  • She noticed first

    Friday 27 Sep 2024week 3held energy 24 replies

    This week: 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. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a…

  • The first one

    Thursday 12 Sep 2024week 1hopeful energy 3

    This week: 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…