| Story done
30 June 10
Yesterday was an extraordinary day. Usually I find writing really difficult. I watch the clock, sweat over it, have to keep pulling myself back from distractions.
Yesterday I worked on my short story for the Pen Studzinski competition. My favourite baby came to visit in the late morning, but by... |
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| 16 days of activism - day 6
26 June 10
Will I make it? After my epic sulk last week my time is running out. 10 more visits to complete before my membership expires.
I went back to the gym today, and I decided I couldn't face going upstairs to where the sweaty people hang out. So I went... |
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| Being worn down
23 June 10
So my shrink, who is like a nasty little dog who knows there's a rat under the floor boards, so digs and scratches and yaps and finally (eight years later, he's a very persistent little dog) manages to make a hole big enough to wriggle through and catch the rat... |
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| Father's day
21 June 10
It was Father's day yesterday, and I missed Luke, and I didn't want to go to the gym, so I stayed at home and ate jam donuts.
I hate the gym. I don't want to go back. I want to eat jam donuts until I explode. |
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| Glenn Gould
18 June 10
I've been watching a documentary on pianist Glenn Gould, and listening to his 1981 recording of the Goldberg Variations - which was, not surprisingly, one of Luke's favourite pieces of music.
Gould reminds me so much of Luke - the intense inner life which was the only place he felt... |
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| 16 days of activism - day 5 the Shagatorium
15 June 10
So I had a frustrating day, trying to arrange a solar geyser to replace the one that is dripping water through the ceiling. It's freezing cold, and I didn't want to go to gym, but I did want to work off some irritation, so off I went to a... |
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| 16 days of activism - day 4
12 June 10
I've reached the end of the easy classes, I fear. Today's class wasn't strenuous, but it has left me feeling stiff.
I went to a stretch class - lots of us packed into the mind body studio, while the funniest teacher cajoled us into stretching those parts that don't usually get... |
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| 16 days of activism - day 3
08 June 10
Today I decided to give powerplate a try. There were four of us in the class, me,aka as one fat arm woman and skinny sweetie, and little grey man, and student girl in the baggy clothes. And the muscle bound, bulgy veined dead pan instructor man, whose muscly torso is... |
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| 16 days of activism - day 2
04 June 10
My plan to gym today kept getting interrupted by the arrival of visitors, who were so much more fun and entertaining than sweating it out in a class. My favourite baby came to demonstrate her new found ability to say baba's bumhole, and how could I turn her away in... |
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| Gym
03 June 10
So, I hate going to the gym, but I really feel I need to. When I don't go I feel guilty. I need to look after myself, to exercise, to lose weight, and the gym is the obvious place to do it. But I avoid and avoid going making excuses,... |
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| Disentangling
02 June 10
I've been thinking and thinking, and trying to work something out about being the designated feeler.
The only way I can approach it is through how I feel. My relationships with some people are straight forward and simple. I know where I stand. It's like being in a pool of... |
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