November Friday...

 

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...

A Few Things...

 

The FDA has a approved a new 1 pill daily regimen from Gilead.   This piece also covers the matter.   The med is for suppressed patients who seek a simplified treatment.  

– Novel Daily Oral Tablet Combines Bictegravir, a Guideline-Recommended INSTI with a High Barrier to Resistance, with Lenacapavir, a First-in-Class Capsid Inhibitor with No Cross-Resistance to Other Existing Antiretrovirals –

– Bixlenvo Now the Smallest STR; First and Only STR for Most People on Complex HIV Treatment Regimens –

It'll run about $4,500 monthly.  It will provide another option for those on more complicated regimens.  They  the price is about average, but wow.

This is the last Friday of August 2026.  There's only 3 full days left in my 59th year.  Here's hoping it ends well & 60 doesn't start of with some level of suckage.

Finally, I saw a 3rd hummer this morning.  It was larger & slightly darker.  Unfortunately, the bushes in our yard look like it's late October, so it flit around & then promptly leave.  It was probably hungry & these shrubs had little to offer.  I haven't seen people posting any of the normal hummer pics like I used to.  I guess everybody is having this issue.  It's just too hot & dry.

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Cloudy Last Friday...

 

It's a cloudy morning & the lasts of June have been here since Wednesday.  No more trash trips for June.  The weather is supposed to get hot.  Maybe it'll kill some of whatever's in the air making it hard to breathe.

I didn't find much for articles this morning.  Other than shopping, we don't have a lot.  That's good, neither of us are feeling that well.  Nighttime skunk walk-bys are making their presence known.  Some nights, the stink really gets to us.

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Could've Gone Better...

 

This crappy 2026 Spring continues with more haze, drear & storms.   It's gotten hot, but any light has been fleeting.  This muggy, dark mess sucks.  It rained more last night.  A little more & it'll double the monthly rainfall average.  

Neither of us felt well yesterday.  I wound up forgetting something we planned on doing.  It'll have to get handled this morning on top of all the normal Friday stuff.   Way to go me, make more of a mess for yourself.

I need to get around.  We have shopping & errands.  Hopefully nothing else pops up.  

Take care.

Cya...

Friday Issues...

 

If something around here is going break or screw up, it'll most likely be on a Friday night.   That leaves us the weekend to deal with whatever messed up.  Last night, my blood pressure monitor crapped out on me.  It kept giving me odd readings.  I tried to adjust the positioning, nothing worked.  By the time, I switched to my old cuff, I'd irritated myself & my reading was higher than it should've been.  The old cuff read a little high anyway.

At 1st, I thought it was bad batteries, but those in it were newer.  I tried some others & still nothing.   I'd planned on getting up this morning & going to get better batteries.  But, I thought to look up the lifespan of a blood pressure cuff.  I'm way past the time given as an average.  This morning I ordered a new cuff from Walmart.  It should be here today.  

We'll see how this goes.  Take care.

Cya...

Gloomy Final Friday...

 

The last weekend of March looks to be dark & colder.  It's gloomy this morning & it might rain.  Benefit renewals are in process.  My roomie is home from her appointment.   

I saw 2 articles (A & B) on suppressing HIV without meds.  Both pieces detailed an approach to handling HIV with antibodies & T-Cells.  This is a direction researchers have been looking at for a while.  At this moment it isn't widely viable.  This could lead to a new primary treatment of HIV & head away from  traditional medications.  

That's it for now, take care. 

Cya...

1st Friday In February...

 

So far this month, we've had to take the car to the shop & replace a computer.  The car was a January leftover, still this month isn't starting off well.  It'll could be next week before the car might be fixed.  I think the computer situation is mostly handled.  I don't understand why every time we set up a PC, it's such a different process.  They're all running the same OS, but each system wants it's own special BS handled.

Tonight may be among the last few nights we need heaters on overnight for a while.  That'd be nice.  It'd help my breathing.  

We've got shopping & some errands.  That should be about it.  I need some time with nothing screwing up.  My nerves need to unfrazzle.

That's it for now, take care.

Cya...

Last November Friday...

 

This is the last Friday of November.  There are only 4 more remaining in 2025.  The holiday came & went.  I hope everyone got what they needed or wanted from the day.   

The countdown is really on.  There are 27 days until Christmas & 33 left in 2025.  In 36 days this blog & my HIV diagnosis will be another year older.

That's all for now.  Take care.

Cya...

1st Week Of November Done...

 

The week is handled & it doesn't look like next week will be as busy.  Shopping & Friday errands should be all there is today.  It'd be nice to have a quiet weekend.  Too bad it's supposed to get cold.  This could be our 1st freeze.  

The benefit matter is still up in the air.  The government shutdown is ongoing & the current administration is utterly useless & debased.  This needs to get fixed soon.

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Last Friday Of September...

 

Since Wednesday, we've been in the lasts of the month.  We've left the time of Virgo & entered Libra.  We're going deeper into the awful 'Ber months & dark of the year.  The light is fading fast.  I really hate this.  

I have an eye appointment on Monday.  Here's hoping nothing screws up before or during.  My eyes may have changed a little but my glasses seem fine.  I'll find out then.

Heading out for shopping, so this is it for now. Take care.

Cya...

At Least It's Sunny...

 

There isn't much going on as this last Friday of May.  It's actually sunny this morning, which is a change.  The next few days are supposed to be light then the storms will roll back into the area.  

There isn't much on our to-do list today.  It'll be end of the week shopping & a few errands.  That's about it.  

Take care.

Cya...

Friday Haze...

 

It's a little brighter this last Friday in April.  Mostly it's hazy.  That's still better than the dismal skies we've been having.  I almost hate to say it, but we don't have much of anything planned this weekend.   Lately, every "nothing" day has turned into a "something damned annoying" day.

Shopping & errands are about it for us this morning.  Take care.

Cya...

Hopefully Just Shopping Stuff...

 

It'll be nice if all we have to deal with is regular Friday errands today.  The last couple of weeks have filled with stuff.  Yesterday could have gone far better, a lot less irritating.  

Today should just be normal errands & shopping.  Next Tuesday the car goes into to see about it's AC issue.  Hopefully, it won't be too big of a job.

I'm glad it's sunny this morning, but today is supposed to be really windy.  I'm hoping things don't go badly.  I really am at the end of what I can handle or do.  The problem is, there really isn't anyone else.

That's it for now, take care.

Cya...

Rough Friday Morning...

 

I need to get around, get cleaned up & go shopping.  None of that will be easy this morning.  There's been too many overcast, dark days in a row.  It doesn't look like they're going away soon.  It's knocking me down a lot.  My SAD is ramping & making me stupidly anxious about everything & nothing.  In case I haven't stated this in a while, I hate the dark of the year.  Winter sucks.  The thing about SAD is, even though you know that's what's going on, it's still going on & you still have to deal with it.

That's all for now.  It'd be nice if the sun shined.

Cya...

3rd Friday of The Year...

 

There's not much going on here.  It's supposed to get frigid this weekend into early next week.  We'll go shopping & check mail in a bit.  Other than that, we have no plans.  

It seems like everyone is holding their breath waiting to see what happens next.  Articles are scarce & real news is focusing primarily on disasters & wars.  Things to post about for this blog have been very limited.

Oh well, it's time for me to get around.  Take care.

Cya...

1st December Friday...

 

This is the 4th to last Friday of 2024.  We have shopping to handle this morning.  It got fairly cold last night, but the next few nights should be a bit warmer.  We don't have much planned.  I hope nothing pops up demanding attention.  

I guess that's about it for now.  I didn't see much in the way of articles.  Maybe everything is winding down for the year.  

More tomorrow.  Take care.

Cya...

Final Friday...

 

The last weekend of September is here.  I'll be glad when it's over.  My birth month & I have never been on good terms.  Maybe I was supposed to be an August child.  This month has always been a rough time for me.  There's precious little from September to March I care about.  Some animals have the right idea, just sleep through it.

We had a friend over last night.  I don't know if we'll ever be used to that again.  It can take a lot to be around people when you haven't if a while.  When the opportunity arises for us to be social, we usually take it.  There aren't a lot of options anymore.

We have to do some shopping & a couple of errands.  Then we're home for the day.   That's all for now, take care.

Cya..

Friday Again...

 

It's the 3rd Friday of February.  So far it's OK.  It's fairly dim & going to get darker.   For now, it's warm enough.  That won't last through the weekend.  I hope whoever wanted another cold weekend is happy, because here it is.  Maybe this will be the last round of the season.  That'd be nice.

There's shopping today & getting something to eat.  After that & an errand or so, we're done.  We might not have to go anywhere in the cold.

Take care.

Cya...

Shaky February Saturday...

 

We handled our Friday stuff well.  My meds went through alright.  That's very good for me.  We went over to Fort Smith & tried a Thai place we hadn't been to before.  It was pretty good.  We'll probably go there again.  

A little past midnight, Oklahoma had a 5.1 earthquake.  It's been a bit since we got a notable shake here.  It felt & sounded like the cats had done their hard run across my room chasing each other.   The only problem was, they weren't in my room.  The quake came from the center of the state & was felt in Kansas & Arkansas.

Our weekend started with some shaking & looks to be dreary throughout.  We're having some wind & there could be some significant rain.  I guess we need the rain.  We don't need the wind or gloom.

That's it for now, take care.

Cya...

Last November Friday...

 

It's the Friday after turkey day also known as black friday.  There was a time not too long ago, that should've been capitalized.  But the day after Thanksgiving doesn't carry the same oomph as it did in days past.   Due to pre sales & the internet, black friday is just another sale day & mostly over by the time I go shopping. 

Our day went alright, not counting the city forgetting to tell us trash wouldn't be running.  The food was good & the company was as it ever is around here.   The highlight of the day was us.  Then again the low point was having to realize it was ever only going to be us.  I don't think we're secondary people for anyone anymore.  I'm not even tertiary.   People seem to occasionally remember my roomie is here & call.   The only calls I get are spam, medical or other bad news.  Besides that, the only person who calls me is my roomie.  That's just to tell me where she parked when we go shopping.

That was our day.  I hope everyone else's went well.  That's all for now.  Take care.

Cya...