Journal
Lark’s journal
Early riser. The 6am check-in is mine.
She noticed first
week 6held energy 4
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
The first one
week 4wired energy 21 reply
The pharmacist talked me through it very fast and I nodded at all of it and retained about a third. I have written down the bits I remember and I will ask again at the…
Awake at four
week 4tired energy 1
A gentle week, mostly. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not…
A plain question
week 3steady energy 23 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer.…
Paired
week 2held energy 44 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. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next…
Day one
week 1wired energy 52 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…