Put the heating on rather than being stoic about it.
Member since October 2024
Ash
A&E nights. Ask me nothing before 2pm.
Their journal
46 entries, and Ash is still writing.
Two years, no news
week 78content energy 4
Well then. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Nothing…
A new bin and a plan
week 54organised energy 52 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. Tested three cool bags against…
Protein first
week 53steady energy 23 replies
Well then. 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. Protein first,…
An hour on the floor
week 52pleased energy 3
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked a full night shift without her feet ruining her. Carried both bags up in…
A different shape
week 51rested energy 34 replies
Well then. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying…
Conversations they started
Caffeine stopped working for me
Sleep and fatigue
Recent check-in answers
The plateau. Eleven weeks and I have stopped believing anything will change.
I noticed my own breathing while making the bed, and then noticed that I usually do not notice it, which is new.
I stopped apologising in an email and it took me four attempts.
Buddy
ongoingShift work
Two night shifts, one time zone apart
Noah and Ash both work nights and both had given up on a Sunday-evening format that assumed a Monday-to-Friday life.