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Ottoline’s journal

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46 entries from 18 Jun 2024 to 18 Jun 2026 · Edinburgh, UK

  • Flat, whole night

    Monday 5 Aug 2024week 7pleased energy 51 reply

    Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Friday 26 Jul 2024week 6quietly delighted energy 11 reply

    A brief account of the week. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Tied my own…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Tuesday 16 Jul 2024week 5organised energy 52 replies

    New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results…

  • The first one

    Sunday 7 Jul 2024week 3wired energy 34 replies

    A brief account of the week. 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…

  • She noticed first

    Wednesday 26 Jun 2024week 2held energy 14 replies

    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. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines…

  • First dose, done

    Tuesday 18 Jun 2024week 1nervous energy 31 reply

    A brief account of the week. 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…