Journal
Dot’s journal
Morse code hobbyist, terrible sleeper.
Quiet
week 80flat energy 41 reply
Well then. 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…
No project
week 78settled energy 11 reply
Well then. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was…
Walking
week 78tired but good energy 32 replies
Right. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that…
She stopped the room
week 76warm energy 4
Well then. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were…
I nearly did not write
week 74flat energy 11 reply
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 week because…
The limits of yoghurt
week 72steady energy 13 replies
Right. 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…
Stayed for the company
week 71warm energy 34 replies
Right. 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…
Back without making it up
week 69tired but good energy 12 replies
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes…
A new bin and a plan
week 67organised energy 32 replies
Well then. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Anchored injection day to my shift…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
week 64held energy 3
Right. 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.…
Nothing to report
week 63fine energy 33 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…
Fewer, heavier
week 61tired but good energy 22 replies
Well then. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for…
What is your secret
week 59loved energy 51 reply
Right. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Sunday lunch at my…
She stopped the room
week 57warm energy 54 replies
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 and stayed…
A plain question
week 55steady energy 33 replies
Well then. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the…
Flat, whole night
week 53grateful energy 13 replies
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. 73.
Two flights of stairs
week 52pleased energy 41 reply
Well then. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Walked the coast path to Maenporth. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without…
Quiet
week 51steady energy 43 replies
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 the…
Grip
week 50tired but good energy 4
Right. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that…
She noticed first
week 48held energy 34 replies
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 I was doing on a Wednesday…