Journal
Poppy’s journal
Two kids, one very small fridge, here for the practical bits.
Reduced
week 92content energy 54 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady, PCOS symptoms much improved, writing in fragments as ever. Nothing happened again. I am aware that…
The second one is easier
week 72low energy 53 replies
Quickly, before bed. The plateau has been going on longer than the part before the plateau. That is an odd thing to sit with. Five flat months during which she stopped…
Stayed for the company
week 55warm energy 34 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Two flights of stairs
week 42quietly delighted energy 23 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Got off the…
Two lines a day
week 40organised energy 32 replies
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…
My mother cooks
week 38warm energy 31 reply
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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. Starters…
No news
week 38fine energy 21 reply
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. Nothing to report. Writing it…
Starters as a main
week 37warm energy 41 reply
Quickly, before bed. 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. Starters as a…
Both bags, one go
week 36pleased energy 51 reply
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Kids…
Quiet
week 35flat energy 43 replies
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. Quiet. Injection…
She stopped the room
week 34warm energy 4
Quickly, before bed. 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…
Sunday night, four lines
week 33held energy 34 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…
Before nine
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. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the…
Unpleasant, not dangerous
week 32sore energy 51 reply
Quickly, before bed. The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it stopped…
Propped up on pillows
week 31sore energy 22 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it…
An unremarkable week
week 30fine energy 21 reply
Quickly, before bed. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it.…
A rough few days
week 29rough energy 1
Ten minutes then I am asleep. The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it…
She noticed first
week 28held energy 34 replies
Quickly, before bed. 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…
Nothing to report
week 27fine energy 23 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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.…
Two flights of stairs
week 26quietly delighted energy 41 reply
Quickly, before bed. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to…