Journal
Fen’s journal
Flat land, flat weeks, steady progress.
Two years, read back
week 98grateful energy 22 replies
This week: Two years today. I have read this journal back from the start this evening and the person in March 2024 was so frightened, and nobody told her it would just…
No project
week 75settled energy 21 reply
The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady, short entries, no drama. Two years. My only news is that…
Iron and B12
week 53pleased energy 11 reply
Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Everything fine. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said,…
Anchored to the shifts
week 41organised energy 32 replies
This week: New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a…
I nearly did not write
week 40steady energy 23 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Flat again. Good.
Two flights of stairs
week 39quietly delighted energy 33 replies
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. Flat again. Good.
Laces
week 38grateful energy 34 replies
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 do that since 2021…
Nothing to report
week 36flat energy 33 replies
This week: Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Flat again. Good.
The list on the fridge
week 36steady energy 43 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…
An hour on the floor
week 35pleased energy 11 reply
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. Cycled to Cambridge and back on the busway…
Before nine
week 34steady energy 43 replies
This 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 else after. It is not…
Walking
week 34tired but good energy 12 replies
This week: Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren…
Sunday night, four lines
week 33held energy 24 replies
This 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 five lines each,…
She stopped the room
week 32warm energy 5
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…
Paired
week 31held energy 14 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.…
Quiet
week 30steady energy 23 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Flat again. Good.
She noticed first
week 28held energy 24 replies
This 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 I was doing on a…
I nearly did not write
week 27steady energy 31 reply
This week: Steady. That is the whole entry. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Flat again. Good.
Nothing to report
week 26fine energy 11 reply
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Steady. That is the whole entry. Flat again. Good.
Six labelled boxes
week 25organised energy 3
Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in…