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Norah’s journal

August 2024

5 entries this month.

  • Standing in the kitchen

    Monday 26 Aug 2024week 4hopeful energy 14 replies

    Right. Nothing has happened yet, which nobody had warned me about. I think I expected to feel something immediately, and instead I made a cup of tea and put a wash on. Day…

  • First dose, done

    Saturday 24 Aug 2024week 4nervous energy 4

    Well then. I want to write this down before I forget how frightened I was, because I suspect in three months I will not believe it. Twenty minutes of standing there. Then…

  • An hour on the floor

    Wednesday 21 Aug 2024week 3quietly delighted energy 41 reply

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Sleep, in theory.

  • Quiet

    Wednesday 14 Aug 2024week 2flat energy 41 reply

    Right. 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…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Tuesday 6 Aug 2024week 1organised energy 2

    Right. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…

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