Today I'm attempting to 'leave the gardening to the gardener I'm paying'. My new gardener, Kathryn, is great, but I feel guilty about leaving so much to them, so last time they were here, I pushed myself to do too much gardening myself & really paid for it. Kind of negating the whole point of paying someone because I'm not well enough to do much myself...

Wish me luck!

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Part I:
It was the mid 2000s, & I awoke about 6am one Saturday morning. I was feeling cheery & energetic & got up to do c. 1.5 hours of gardening. After that, I had a shower and breakfast, then traveled from West Oxfordshire to West London for a no 3rd runway protest. After the protest, I visited the no 3rd runway camp & took part various activities, incl how to stop the cops from breaking a line of protesters. Got home late Saturday night. Awoke, the next day, feeling refreshed.

Part II:
Today, after 9 hours of sleep, I woke up exhausted. Going to the bathroom left me feeling weak & I had to rest again, before making my way downstairs to have breakfast. Was exhausted again, particularly after having to climb the stairs, and have spent the rest of the day in bed. After writing this, I'm going back to bed. I struggle to believe that I was once that person in Part I of the story.

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