So yeah, not the best weekend, followed by not the best week. But things are looking up.

Tonight I left work at 7, went grocery shopping, dragged my groceries up 2 flights of stairs, put away the groceries, and still had enough energy to make an actual salad for dinner and clean up the kitchen after eating. I even thought of what I want to cook tomorrow, which is evidence of imagination and planning that requires a level of mental energy I no longer take for granted.

Three days ago it wouldn’t have occurred to me to even try these things. Two days ago, these would have been non-trivial tasks accomplished in the same way that I managed the walk from my car to work: chanting “right foot, left food, right foot, left foot” to myself. Yesterday I’d have done better, but even then the acupuncturist didn’t place all the needles she normally places because I was apparently too weak for them. But today, after a morning spent at home, things are starting to look up. I’m starting to feel like I’m just a tired and slightly wobbly version of me.

I look forward to tomorrow.