Journal
Sorrel’s journal
Second Welsh smallholder here. We compare fridges.
Just Wednesdays
week 76flat energy 34 replies
This week: Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote…
Two lengths, badly
week 50pleased energy 44 replies
This week: Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Carried feed bags without her back going. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat.…
Slept through
week 36rested energy 34 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.…
Before nine
week 35steady energy 53 replies
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the…
An unremarkable week
week 35flat energy 13 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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Two flights of stairs
week 34grateful energy 11 reply
This week: Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I…
Into town and back
week 33quietly delighted energy 11 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Sheep out.
A rough few days
week 32flat energy 22 replies
This week: Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. Headache for three days running. It turned…
Propped up on pillows
week 31sore energy 42 replies
Cramp in both calves in the night, twice this week. Mentioned it and had bloods done rather than being told to eat a banana, which I appreciated. Reflux again. I slept…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
week 31flat energy 32 replies
This week: Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. Manageable. Headache for three days…
Dreams
week 30foggy 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. Repeat study…
A new bin and a plan
week 29organised energy 3
New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice…
Two lines a day
week 29organised energy 22 replies
This week: Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Anchored injection day to my shift…
She reduced it
week 27brisk energy 12 replies
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 nothing. I was…
Back without making it up
week 27tired but good energy 42 replies
This week: Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is annoyingly…
Starters as a main
week 26warm energy 21 reply
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say…
I nearly did not write
week 25flat energy 41 reply
This week: Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what…
A different shape
week 24foggy energy 14 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.…
An unremarkable week
week 23fine energy 43 replies
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made…
I nearly did not write
week 22fine energy 11 reply
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. Steady. That…