Journal
Obi’s journal
Import rules, heat, and a very good pharmacist.
Two years, no news
week 72content energy 51 reply
Notes for the week. 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…
Steady
week 61flat energy 31 reply
Recording this for the record. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was…
The list on the fridge
week 58steady energy 13 replies
I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Spread it across the day instead…
Flat, whole night
week 55pleased energy 31 reply
Notes for the week. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever…
Starters as a main
week 52warm energy 21 reply
A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. My mother cooks. That is how she says…
The arithmetic
week 52pinched energy 12 replies
Recording this for the record. Price went up mid-year and I had a very unglamorous evening with a calculator and a cup of tea. Price volatility and a difficult month. Did the…
Stayed for the company
week 49warm energy 54 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at…
The limits of yoghurt
week 46steady energy 23 replies
Recording this for the record. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when…
She stopped the room
week 43warm energy 24 replies
Notes for the week. 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…
Protein first
week 40steady energy 13 replies
Notes for the week. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Spread it…
Nine minutes
week 37frustrated energy 12 replies
Notes for the week. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. A locum who had clearly…
The list on the fridge
week 34steady energy 23 replies
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written…
I nearly did not write
week 31steady energy 13 replies
Recording this for the record. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks.…
A1c down
week 29pleased energy 31 reply
Recording this for the record. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. A1c down. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have…
The limits of yoghurt
week 28steady energy 33 replies
Recording this for the record. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own.…
Anchored to the shifts
week 25organised energy 52 replies
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. Tested three cool bags against…
What is your secret
week 22warm energy 11 reply
Recording this for the record. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. My…
My mother cooks
week 19loved energy 21 reply
Notes for the week. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. My mother cooks.…
No news
week 16steady energy 23 replies
Recording this for the record. 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…
A new bin and a plan
week 13organised energy 32 replies
Notes for the week. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Anchored injection day to my…