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Norah’s journal

Nights, then days, then nights. Sleep circle regular.

46 entries from 6 Aug 2024 to 18 Apr 2026 · Derry, NI

  • I nearly did not write

    Monday 2 Sep 2024week 5steady energy 23 replies

    Right. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a…

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Monday 26 Aug 2024week 4hopeful energy 14 replies

    Right. Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me about. I think I expected to feel something immediately, and instead I made a cup of tea and put a wash on. Day…

  • First dose, done

    Saturday 24 Aug 2024week 4nervous energy 4

    Well then. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes of standing there. Then…

  • An hour on the floor

    Wednesday 21 Aug 2024week 3quietly delighted energy 41 reply

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Sleep, in theory.

  • Quiet

    Wednesday 14 Aug 2024week 2flat energy 41 reply

    Right. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Tuesday 6 Aug 2024week 1organised energy 2

    Right. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…