Journal
Tansy’s journal
Baker. Yes, really.
The space it left
week 30quiet energy 54 replies
Right. I miss looking forward to dinner. I did not expect to have to write that sentence and I do not know what to do with it. A complicated entry about loving bread and not…
Quiet
week 28steady energy 53 replies
I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. Nothing to report. Writing it…
An unremarkable week
week 25fine energy 13 replies
Right. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. Quiet. Injection…
Nothing to report
week 22steady energy 53 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about…
Two flights of stairs
week 19pleased energy 31 reply
Well then. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Swam. First time since school. Two…
Sunday lunch
week 16loved energy 51 reply
Well then. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Sunday lunch at my…
Dreams
week 13tired energy 3
Right. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the…
The pattern of it
week 11sore energy 24 replies
Well then. Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling faintly stupid. Baking at…
Both bags, one go
week 10grateful energy 31 reply
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about…
The list on the fridge
week 7steady energy 23 replies
Right. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and…
Where the pen lives
week 4organised energy 52 replies
Right. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Anchored injection day to my shift…
Beginning, badly
week 1wired energy 23 replies
Well then. Day one. I am writing this partly because somebody else's day-one entry is the reason I felt able to do it at all, and it seems only fair to leave one behind.…