It's still Fall, but the temps don't feel like it. We dropped near freezing last night. It's already in the 50s, but this morning was frigid. This is the 1st time the heaters were turned on. Soon the faucets will need to drip overnight. I'm already over Winter.
Articles have been lacking, so that's about it for this morning. Take care.
Cya...
There's only 13 days remaining until Thanksgiving, 43 until Christmas & 49 left in 2026. The year is slipping away. Another year has nearly gone by & my life has little to show for it except for more frayed edges & wear.
We have sort of ideas for scant holiday plans. Halloween came & went. It was a blink & miss it moment. The Winter holidays have never been that big for us. We used to try, but it was just tiring, expensive & anticlimatic.
It's sad to see the holidays fade. They were something to look forward to throughout the year. What's left for people to anticipate? No Christmas catalogs, few holiday specials & little festivities at all; we've succeded in killing the joy & spirit of the season.
Take care.
Cya...
The mail doesn't run on Veteran's Day, but we'll still hit the mail place. We didn't go yesterday. We need to pay a bill & take the van out. Hoping for no surprises this time.
The articles were scarce & mainly pointing out research milestones for long acting injections. Those were sort of a given. Of course they're performing better as far as maintanence is considered over daily pills. 180 pills vs 1 injection, the odds were always against the oral medication.
I don't have a lot to post on this morning. Take care.
Cya...
The 2nd Tuesday of November brings us clouds, a sort of car resolution & monitor issues. It's overcast & difficult to function. I woke late & it's hard to do anything.
The car issue is rigged, seriously, it's rigged. Hyundai made their battery's positive cable assembly weird. If you're using a factory battery everything is fine. Use a standard, off the shelf battery & it's so loose it'll barely function. They sell shims to make the connection tighter. In our case, it got a cotter pin to make things snug. If the battery is replaced, the pin will have to be replaced. To have the dealership fix this would cost $700+ & it still might not work with any batteries not from the dealership.
My new monitor is having communication issues with my new PC. They're both Dell & need to get over it. I may have figured it out. We'll see.
That's all this morning. I'm running late. Take care.
Cya...
This has to be quick this morning. I don't have much time. We have to get the car to the mechanic. Here's hoping that goes well. It's cold this morning. The new PC is mostly together. I did find a piece over HIV & food insecurity. Give it a read. It might alter how you feel about SNAP.
That's it for now, take care.
Cya...
For anyone with a regimen, doesn't matter the kind, life seems to try hard to screw it up. It's not that it's hard to remember to do this or take that. It's just that it's so easy to get distracted, delayed or just forget. That's what reminders, alarms & calendars are for.
Some people think they can remember to do everything. Ha! If most people could, day planners wouldn't be so popular. Using a reminder doesn't make you lazy or undisciplined. It doesn't automatically mean you have a cognitize disorder. It just means you decided to be a bit organized & set up a reminder to ensure things get done.
For a long time, I've used reminders to keep track of my meds. It's a little app that pops up on my PC when it's time to do whatever; take a med, take my blood pressure, order a refill, upcoming appointments, etc... I keep a running doc for my pharmacy so I know when to reorder. I have another doc noting when I opened my latest bottle of HIV meds. That way I know how many I'm supposed to have.
There are many articles on using reminders. Try some & see what's right for you. For me, it's a combo; an app, some docs & a wall calendar. They help keep me organized when everything else is demanding my attention.
Take care.
Cya...
The newer car screwed up yesterday & we can't get it in until Monday. Just great. It's a lot colder than I like & the clouds are making it dismal. I'm starting on the new PC & nothing is as fast as I'd like. But, it's going.
That's all for now. I woke late & need to get around. Take care.
Cya...
I should've had the new PC finished, but I don't. I wish I'd handled this during the Summer. I would've felt more like it. This was right when the time changed, the dark, the wet & the 1st of the month. The monitor arrived late, I still have to pick it up. It didn't get in until late yesterday. I have to handle shopping, errands & laundry today. I'm not sure how I'll feel after that. So, most likely tomorrow will be the day. I've already said that. Maybe I can make it take this time.
I'm so tired already. The season is already kicking me. I'm trying not to let it get to me, but it is. I wish I was in a situation, where someone could help more. They could be the person who could get things done, but I'm not. I'm tired of being. Everything just seems like an insult, a jab or a kick in the face. This is just trying.
Maybe something decent will come out of 2026 with this election.
That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
I don't handle seasonal or time changes well, especially not when it's dark so early. This time of the year leaves me frazzled & exhausted. It wears on me quick. Then there's the colder temps. I'm pretty sure this how you get to a frozen, tundra in hell that never sees the Sun.
The new PC is coming along slowly. Every setting is just every so slightly changed, making things just a little more challenging. The new monitor should be in today.
Maybe by next week, I'll have adjusted to this standard time BS. Take care.
Cya...
Oklahoma has the laziest voters, only 45% or so turned out to vote for the midterms. My state looks red, but it's actually grey, due to lack of voters. It may have still been red if they'd voted, but who knows.
Congress went blue. I bet the orange ass is fuming. Maybe, he'll rage quit or just die. I hope they repeal his crap, fix repro rights, stop ICE & start impeaching people.
The computer tech showed & things seem to be working. We have bills to handle today. Some of it should've been done yesterday, but we didn't know when the tech would arrive. OK, November let's try to be a good month.
Take care.
Cya...
OK, I give. I've always been able to set up a network before. It drove me nuts & pissed me off during the process, but I got it done. Not this time. I'm not sure what's going on. I've tried everything I know & watched a lot of videos. This PC still isn't sharing. I called for a tech & he should be here this afternoon.
I need this to be done. I'm tired of fighting with it. That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
There have been a lot of articles like this piece that detail how Gilead's lenacapavir will be sold for as little as $40 a year in up to 120 low income countries around the world. Awesome for them. But it sucks for the destitute people barely scraping by in other parts of the world, including the US.
When this med was 1st mentioned, it's going price was $40 - 50K. Brand name Sunlenca came along & dropped it to $39K. Now we have Yeztugo going for just under S30K. Some countries like South Africa negotiated with for a $60 per year price tag. Now this generic version is going for $40K, but can't be sold in the US.
They won't allow the generic in the US & the version available costs over 700 times what will be available elsewhere. Yes, the US has money, but a lot of its people don't. This is why people get upset about helping others before they help their own.
While a lot of the world get's charitable grace, we're left holding the bag & paying the bill. That's my rant for this morning. Take care.
Cya...
November showed up with baggage. It's started with a time change on a dreary Sunday morning. I need to setup the new PC, but it's such a pill. Getting all the systems to talk to each other again is never fun. It'd help if it were brighter & less muggy.
I have no real plans for the holiday season or am I that revved up about them. Halloween was barely a blip on the radar this year. I can count the number of house's I saw decorated on 1 hand. I drove through a part of Fort Smith, that used to go full out for holiday decor; not a thing, not even a pumpkin.
There probably won't be any cheap chocolate this year. There wasn't last time around. The stores are ordering less & most of it is just normal candy in different wrappers. Maybe holidays are becoming a thing of the past. I'll miss the decorations & lights. They were some of the few things that made this hellish time of the year bearable.
I'm 2 months into being 60 & it sucks. Nothing has gone as well as it should. More stuff keeps getting worse. It'd be nice if this election did something positive, but it probably won't. Just a 133 days until daylight saving time. Just 4+ months of hating this.
Do better November.
Cya...
Halloween is here & it's dismal & dreary. It's been so cloudy I haven't be able to see the night sky. This overcast crap could last a couple of weeks. I didn't need that. This could've been the last decent day before the time change, but the weather fouled it up. To all the standard time lovers, choke on it.
I finally went to get a new PC. The prices have shot up since February. Between AI & the orange asshat it's getting hard to afford anything. I got the system home & figured out my monitor won't work with it. I had to run to Walmart. There's 2 problems. My monitor is now considered to be on the small end of things. Small monitors are being made less. Walmart's barely carrying anything in store, besides their on Onn brand. It's the right size & it was priced well, hopefully it works.
I need to get started on it, but I'm not sure when that'll happen. Yesterday wore me out & this overcast BS is making it hard for me to concentrate. I'll get to it as I can.
Goodbye October. You Weren't a horrid month, but things could've gone better.
That's all for now. Take care.
Cya...
In addition to the normal issues with finding articles, there's always the pieces that shoot too early & those playing the blame game. I saw an article today about a new approach to fighting HIV using engineered t-cells. This approach was originally designed for use with cancer patients. It's not that this might not work someday. But, that that possible someday is years out from even being a feasible option. This research isn't a daydream, but it's far from being actualized. Something this theoretical should be kept for professional use only.
There was a blame article again. It doesn't matter the illness, the location or the time, there will always be discrepancies in treatment. Those can be based on local, class, sex, ethnicity, orientation, etc... There will never be equality in these matters. People can only do what they can with what they have. Stop blaming medical staff for social issues they have enough on their plates.
There will always be pipe dreams & those placing culpability. That doesn't make either appropriate for informative articles on health matters. That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
It's the last October Wednesday of 2026. The final trash to the curb run of the month. The meteorologist say we're leaving the 2nd month of Autumn. Those who base their time on the moon & seasons, say we just entered the 2nd Fall month last week.
We have some errands today. After trash, we need to stop buy mail, pick up my meds & do early voting. The midterm is already here. It'd be nice if this went well. It most likely won't for Oklahoma.
That's it for now, October's ending & it's time to vote. Take care.
Cya...
This will be brief. It's very cloudy this morning. The weather site says there's rain in the area, just not here. It just made everything dark. I need to get around & start the day.
There's just a few days until Halloween, then the time change. I hope the standard time lovers choke on it. I hate the time change. Combine that with the seasonal changes going on & I'm not going to fare well.
That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
Its the last Monday of the month. There'll be shopping & maybe some errands. I called in my meds this morning. Dovato has to be ordered, so it'll be midweek before I can pick them up. I'm still chipping away at the yard work & Winter prep. I'm taking this slower. Maybe I won't do myself in this time.
Fall's bringing changes in light levels, temps, pressure, etc... It's making it hard to sleep. Allergies are still thriving & making breathing scratchy. I don't handle any seasonal change well. Add to that, the time change happens this weekend. I hate that.
October's wrapping up. I doubt I'd need both hands to count the places I've seen with Halloween decorations. Store's holiday sections are smaller than last year. There probably won't be much, if any, of a cheap chocolate day. We at least watched the Great Pumpkin last night. That may be it for our halloween.
Take care.
Cya...
