Journal
Dilly’s journal
Hairdresser number two. We compare shedding notes.
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 49held energy 54 replies
Evening. 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. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or…
An unremarkable week
week 46flat energy 31 reply
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…
Where the pen lives
week 44organised energy 22 replies
Evening. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date,…
Off the floor
week 41pleased energy 41 reply
Evening. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Busy Saturday.
Two sessions
week 39tired but good energy 12 replies
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. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the…
Paired
week 37held energy 14 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…
Cut it short
week 35hopeful energy 33 replies
The shower drain. I am not going to dress this up: I stood there this morning and cried about it and then went to work. Regrowth, compared with Winnie's timeline. Regrowth at…
No news
week 34steady energy 43 replies
Evening. 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 did not write this…
My mother cooks
week 31loved energy 11 reply
Evening. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long…
She reduced it
week 29brisk energy 22 replies
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about…
Steady
week 26fine energy 53 replies
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. Steady. That is the whole…
A different shape
week 24tired energy 54 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. Slept…
An unremarkable week
week 21flat energy 21 reply
Evening. Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 19held energy 14 replies
Evening. 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 Wednesday before.…
Not only hair
week 16upset energy 24 replies
The shower drain. I am not going to dress this up: I stood there this morning and cried about it and then went to work. Shedding at month four. Regrowth at the front. Short…
Two lines a day
week 16organised energy 42 replies
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. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days.…
Paired
week 13held energy 24 replies
Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I…
Stayed for the company
week 11warm energy 44 replies
Evening. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring.…
No news
week 8flat energy 53 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. An unremarkable week.…
Circle tonight
week 6warm energy 44 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which…