Journal
Nuala’s journal
Two teenagers. No privacy. Journalling anyway.
Reduced
week 75flat energy 32 replies
The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth…
Sunday night, four lines
week 66held energy 24 replies
Well then. 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. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or…
She stopped the room
week 64warm energy 14 replies
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual…
I nearly did not write
week 63flat energy 21 reply
Well then. 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. No news. The…
She read the diary
week 61heard energy 52 replies
Well then. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered…
Protein first
week 59steady energy 43 replies
Right. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only…
No news
week 58steady energy 13 replies
Right. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Nothing to report. Writing it…
Quiet
week 57steady energy 23 replies
Well then. 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. No news. The…
An unremarkable week
week 55fine energy 23 replies
No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. Nothing to report. Writing it down…
My mother cooks
week 54warm energy 51 reply
Right. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Somebody asked what my…
Off the floor
week 52quietly delighted energy 23 replies
Right. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Got down on the floor and back up…
Both bags, one go
week 51grateful energy 23 replies
Right. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Walked the Navan Fort loop daily for a month. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning.…
Laces
week 51quietly delighted energy 31 reply
Well then. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood…
Nothing to report
week 49flat energy 21 reply
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. No news. The dog is…
No mask
week 47foggy energy 54 replies
Right. 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. The…
The question I had been avoiding
week 46frustrated energy 52 replies
Right. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. She reduced one of my other…
Fewer, heavier
week 45tired but good energy 52 replies
Well then. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking.…
Awake at four
week 43rested energy 44 replies
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. The sleep…
A wedding
week 41awkward energy 41 reply
Well then. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Somebody asked what my…
A different shape
week 40tired energy 24 replies
Well then. 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.…