Journal
Aleks’s journal
Small country, small supply, big determination.
Just Wednesdays
week 78settled energy 51 reply
Short one tonight. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady, supply permitting. Nothing happened…
An hour on the floor
week 61quietly delighted energy 31 reply
A quiet week. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not…
Three years side by side
week 60pleased energy 33 replies
Short one tonight. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a…
Awake at four
week 58tired energy 34 replies
Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced. Ten years of that mask. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning…
A1c down
week 58relieved energy 12 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. Improved. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have…
The question I had been avoiding
week 57frustrated energy 2
A quiet week. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Asked the question I had been avoiding…
The limits of yoghurt
week 55steady energy 43 replies
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 54tired but good energy 42 replies
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I…
I nearly did not write
week 52steady energy 13 replies
Short one tonight. 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…
Flat, whole night
week 51grateful energy 41 reply
A quiet week. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I…
Protein first
week 49steady energy 33 replies
A quiet week. 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. Spread it across…
Sunday night, four lines
week 48held energy 24 replies
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the…
Sunday lunch
week 46warm energy 51 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. My mother cooks. That is how she says…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 44organised energy 32 replies
A quiet week. 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…
No news
week 43steady energy 11 reply
A quiet 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…
Quiet
week 42fine energy 13 replies
A quiet week. 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…
An unremarkable week
week 40steady energy 33 replies
Short one tonight. 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…
Nothing to report
week 38fine energy 33 replies
Short one tonight. 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.…
From the bottom
week 37relieved energy 53 replies
Late, and writing anyway. The shame about the gap was worse than any side effect I have had. Six people in circle said "yes, me, twice", and it went. Starting from the bottom…
Fewer, heavier
week 35tired but good energy 32 replies
A quiet week. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a…