Journal
Jonty’s journal
Overthinking it professionally.
Nothing to report
week 35steady energy 33 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. 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. An…
An unremarkable week
week 33fine energy 23 replies
A brief account of the week. 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. An…
Off the floor
week 30pleased energy 51 reply
A brief account of the week. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got…
Six labelled boxes
week 28organised energy 52 replies
A brief account of the week. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Batch cooked on a…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
week 26flat energy 41 reply
The nausea has a shape to it now. Thursday teatime it starts, Friday it peaks, Saturday afternoon it lifts. Once I could see the pattern it stopped feeling like something…
Somebody new
week 23warm energy 14 replies
A brief account of the week. 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.…
Propped up on pillows
week 22rough energy 21 reply
A brief account of the week. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody reading it…
Quiet
week 20steady energy 31 reply
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has…
A printout I cannot read
week 17heard energy 2
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the…
No news
week 15fine energy 31 reply
A brief account of the week. Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the…
Two lengths, badly
week 12quietly delighted energy 51 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. 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…
Three days late
week 10anxious energy 52 replies
A brief account of the week. Delayed by three days because I could not face it, and then felt so bad about the delay that I nearly delayed again out of shame. Said this in…
The two hours before
week 9relieved energy 11 reply
A brief account of the week. Delayed by three days because I could not face it, and then felt so bad about the delay that I nearly delayed again out of shame. Said this in…
Circle tonight
week 8warm energy 14 replies
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 talking at…
Two lines a day
week 5organised energy 12 replies
Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is…
Off the floor
week 3pleased energy 31 reply
A brief account of the week. 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. Tied my own…
Standing in the kitchen
week 2hopeful energy 1
So. First one done. I had been carrying the box around the house for four days like it was something I had borrowed and needed to give back, and in the end I did it standing…