Journal
Sorrel’s journal
Second Welsh smallholder here. We compare fridges.
An unremarkable week
week 22fine energy 13 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…
A plain question
week 20steady energy 43 replies
This week: Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Got something with protein in before nine…
Anchored to the shifts
week 20organised energy 32 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. Batch cooked on a good day for…
Awake at four
week 19foggy 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…
I nearly did not write
week 18fine energy 11 reply
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. No news. The dog is…
An unremarkable week
week 17steady 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…
She stopped the room
week 16warm energy 34 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…
Six labelled boxes
week 15organised energy 1
This week: Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually…
Grip
week 15tired but good energy 52 replies
Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before…
Where the pen lives
week 14pleased energy 33 replies
This week: Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool bags against a…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 13pleased energy 41 reply
Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to…
A new bin and a plan
week 13pleased energy 53 replies
This week: New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Cold storage off-grid, solved and documented. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date,…
A printout I cannot read
week 12heard energy 52 replies
This week: A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Asked the question I had been avoiding…
Two sessions
week 11tired but good energy 3
This week: Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions that matter and…
Across the day
week 11steady energy 13 replies
Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. I have found five things I can get down when nothing…
My mother cooks
week 10warm energy 21 reply
This week: 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…
I nearly did not write
week 9steady energy 51 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…
Sunday lunch
week 8warm energy 11 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…
Two lines a day
week 7organised energy 12 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…
Somebody new
week 6warm energy 34 replies
This week: Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Went for the practical answers…