Journal
Posy’s journal
Garden, dog, no drama.
Just Wednesdays
week 96settled energy 13 replies
The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I…
Paired
week 65held energy 44 replies
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. 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…
Nine minutes
week 64frustrated energy 41 reply
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Left with a printout I could not read and no…
She read the diary
week 62brisk energy 54 replies
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had…
The question I had been avoiding
week 62frustrated energy 43 replies
Took the diary in. She read it properly, which I had not expected, and changed the plan because of it. Blood pressure medication reduced. She reduced one of my other…
Protein first
week 61steady energy 53 replies
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the…
Sunday lunch
week 59warm energy 31 reply
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say…
No news
week 58flat energy 13 replies
This week: 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. Quiet. Injection…
I nearly did not write
week 56steady energy 41 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of…
My mother cooks
week 54loved energy 31 reply
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you,…
Starters as a main
week 53loved energy 21 reply
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say…
A wedding
week 51loved energy 31 reply
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you,…
Both bags, one go
week 50pleased energy 31 reply
This week: 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. Tied my own laces standing up.…
She stopped the room
week 48warm energy 34 replies
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and…
Sunday night, four lines
week 47held energy 24 replies
This week: My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before.…
Nine minutes
week 45heard energy 42 replies
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the…
Stayed for the company
week 44warm energy 24 replies
This week: The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Went for the…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 42organised energy 42 replies
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern…
She read the diary
week 40heard energy 52 replies
This week: Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. A locum who had clearly read…
Steady
week 39fine energy 13 replies
This week: 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. I nearly did…