Journal
Anna’s journal
Reading everything before I decide anything.
No project
week 77settled energy 54 replies
Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and I have decided it is the best sentence in this journal. Steady, writing long,…
Unremarkable
week 56pleased energy 33 replies
A brief account of the week. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. Improved. She wrote about confidence intervals. Three years of…
I wanted to stop
week 38stubborn energy 23 replies
A brief account of the week. I wanted to stop this week. Said so out loud in circle, which I had not planned to. Six people said they had been there. Nobody tried to fix it.…
No news
week 36steady energy 13 replies
A brief account of the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine…
Back without making it up
week 35tired but good energy 32 replies
A brief account of the week. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Grip…
Across the day
week 34steady energy 53 replies
A brief account of the week. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 33held energy 14 replies
A brief account of the week. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or…
Protein first
week 32steady energy 23 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. Got something with protein in…
Quiet
week 31steady energy 33 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on…
Paired
week 30held energy 44 replies
Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Paired up.…
An unremarkable week
week 29fine energy 31 reply
A brief account of the week. 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. I nearly…
Six labelled boxes
week 28organised energy 32 replies
Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen…
Two sessions
week 27tired but good energy 52 replies
Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 26held energy 54 replies
A brief account of the week. 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. Nobody has ever asked me how…
What is your secret
week 25warm energy 31 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. Somebody asked what my secret was and…
Before nine
week 24steady energy 23 replies
A brief account of the week. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Protein first, everything…
Circle tonight
week 24steadied energy 33 replies
A brief account of the 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. The…
The list on the fridge
week 23steady energy 53 replies
Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it…
Nine minutes
week 22heard energy 12 replies
A brief account of the 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. Left with a printout I…
Grip
week 21tired but good energy 4
A brief account of the 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…