Journal
Gigi’s journal
Nonna cooks. I eat what I can. We manage.
Where the pen lives
week 25organised energy 42 replies
Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months. Tested three cool bags against…
Back without making it up
week 24tired but good energy 42 replies
Evening. 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…
Dreams
week 23tired energy 54 replies
Evening. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the apnoea is much reduced.…
Anchored to the shifts
week 21organised 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. Anchored injection day to my shift…
Nothing to report
week 21fine 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…
I nearly did not write
week 20steady energy 23 replies
Evening. 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. Then I…
Starters as a main
week 19awkward energy 21 reply
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
A wedding
week 18awkward energy 44 replies
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Sunday lunch, negotiated with love and without lying. Somebody asked what my…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 17tired but good energy 32 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 locum
week 15brisk energy 12 replies
Evening. 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…
What is your secret
week 15awkward energy 21 reply
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
She read the diary
week 13frustrated energy 12 replies
Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. She reduced one of my other medications. I…
Quiet
week 12flat energy 13 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. Nothing to report. Writing it…
Sunday lunch
week 11loved energy 31 reply
Evening. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working…
Nothing to report
week 10steady energy 23 replies
Evening. 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.…
Circle tonight
week 10warm energy 54 replies
Evening. 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 talking at…
A new bin and a plan
week 8organised energy 42 replies
Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months. Tested three cool bags against…
I nearly did not write
week 8flat energy 33 replies
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. Then I thought about…
Quiet
week 7fine energy 53 replies
Evening. 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.…
Stayed for the company
week 6warm energy 44 replies
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 hour. Went for the practical…