Rilla’s journal
March 2025
5 entries this month.
Somebody new
week 24warm energy 54 replies
Quick one. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. The facilitator stopped the room…
She reduced it
week 23brisk energy 5
Quick one. A locum who had clearly read nothing. I was polite, I got what I needed, and I have booked with my own GP for next month. Nine minutes. I took three written…
I nearly did not write
week 22fine energy 31 reply
Quick one. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have…
Where the pen lives
week 21organised energy 12 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. Two lines a day in a paper…
Steady
week 20steady energy 21 reply
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. Steady. That is the whole entry. Chopper…