Journal
Winnie’s journal
Hairdresser. Extremely aware of hair shedding.
Laces
week 91quietly delighted energy 41 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I…
An hour on the floor
week 88pleased energy 51 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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. Got…
No project
week 87content energy 22 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady.…
Nothing to report
week 85fine energy 41 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Steady. That is the whole entry. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of…
Slept through
week 82tired energy 3
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Vivid…
No mask
week 79tired energy 54 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Vivid dreams, every…
Two lengths, badly
week 76pleased energy 51 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got…
Awake at four
week 73rested energy 14 replies
Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have…
Both bags, one go
week 70pleased energy 31 reply
A gentle week, mostly. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 67tired but good energy 52 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it…
Circle tonight
week 64warm energy 14 replies
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at…
Into town and back
week 63pleased energy 22 replies
Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Full week of clients without her shoulders aching. Carried both bags up in one go.…
Back without making it up
week 61tired but good energy 12 replies
Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme.…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 58organised energy 12 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Anchored injection day…
A locum
week 55heard energy 12 replies
She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about…
I nearly did not write
week 52fine energy 31 reply
Sitting down to this properly tonight. 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…
Protein first
week 49steady energy 33 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Spread it…
Quiet
week 46steady energy 53 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Quiet. Injection…
Where the pen lives
week 43organised 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. Batch cooked on a good day for…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 39tired but good energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I…