1st Dark...

 

October certainly got the memo about the dark of the year.  It drizzled all day & stayed gloomy.  It was cooler, but also cloudy & moist.  Not a great combo.  It looks like we got about 2.5" of the 4.5" of rain this month calls average.  We missed it last month by 3".  Despite a rainy, late Spring & early Summer, this has been a really dry year.  

That's about all I have this morning.  It's dark & looks to stay that way until Monday.  I didn't handle the sudden dark well yesterday.  It sucked.

Take care.

Cya...

Still Hazy...

 

It's beginning to look like a repeat of the last couple of years.  Most of the month looks to be cloudy or stormy.  I hate this damn dreary crap.  The dark of the year BS is dragging all the way into June & popping back up in late August.  To all those freaks that actually like, hope you're damn happy.   This weather sucks.  

There weren't any decent articles & the gloom is lingering, so this is it for now.   

Cya...

Gloom & Grass...

 

It's still overcast & chilly.  We might not make out of the 50s today.  To make things worse, there's a lot of mowing. The noise alone can be bothersome, but this year's different.   My roomie & I are both reacting to cut grass a lot this year.  Normally, it smells & might set off our allergies.  This year besides it stinking & setting off allergies, it's making us feel fairly ill & nauseous.   Hopefully, whatever's in the grass will die off soon.  This has been a lot for the last few weeks.

I've posted about aging with HIV before.  This is a good piece about aging with HIV.   It deals with the issues of HIV itself, the meds & comorbidities.  It's worth a read.

Take care.

Cya...

Gloomy Tuesday...

 

Not much happening this 1st Tuesday of May.  It's cloudy & will probably be dark all day  Forecasts keep changing on any chances for rain.  We'll deal with the last of the of house bills & run some errands.  That should wrap things up.

That's all I have this morning.  I need to get around so we can go handle the monthlies.   

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...

Gloomy Thursday...

 

It figures on the day there nothing for me to do, it turns dismal.  There could be storms today.  We need rain, but not worse.  There's not much to do today; trash is gone, bills are paid & meds have been picked up.   

That's about it for this morning.  Take care.

Cya...

Hello September, Hello 59...

 

Another September has arrived.  It's brought my birthday & the gateway to hellish dark of the year.  It figures the 1st day of my new year would start off dark with a bad, jolty wake-up.  I'm already down voting this trip. 

A weird thing as you age & more isolated is you get birthday wishes from entities not people; Google, your phone, your bank, your insurance, etc...  It's a marketing tactic, to make these things seem like they care about you, but it's disturbing.   At 1st it was odd when Deviant Art & eBay sent me birthday wishes.  Then the reality set in.  Besides my roomie, no actual person acknowledged me anymore.  Sometimes being this removed is hard, but the faux concern of things can be disconcerting.   There's that little of me left in the world, that only things programmed to say something, acknowledge my existence.

It's a gloomy morning.  I hope that's not a sign of how the year will go.  Birthday's do suck.   There's all these supposed-to-be things we associate with them.  I wonder does anyone not on TV, actually get them as an adult.  Does anyone actually get a happy birthday?  Or are we all just lying about something we think should be?

Take care.

Cya...

It's Returned...

 

After a couple of days of being sort of bright outside, the gloom has returned.  It's been raining & is supposed to stay cloudy all day.  This could be how things are until the middle of June.   It's too dark to be good & warm enough to stay muggy.   

There's some final info needed & things gathered for tomorrow's appointment.  Other than trash, that should be it for today.  That's about it for now.

Take care.

Cya...

Dark & Wet Ending...

 

December has decided to go out dark. gloomy & wet.  This hasn't been easy on me.  The dreary mornings are rough.  The month's ending warmer than normal, but it looks like January has plans on more wintery temps.  

The holidays were draining for a lot of people.  The season is creeping in with cold & dark days.  The results of the stupidest election are approaching.  There's exactly zip I can do about any of that.  The best I can do is try to keep in a warm, bright place & ignore the orange bastard brigade as much as possible.

If I do have a resolution for the upcoming year, it's only to send a resounding F'off to the asshats & bastards that brought this crap monger bad as a president.  IMO if every person who directly or indirectly helped him get back office were to fall over dead, the world would be a better place.

That's all I have today.  Take care.

Cya...

Rainy Eve...

 

It's Christmas Eve & my roomie's birthday.  While I'm glad we handled things yesterday, it did cause an issue.  Turned out the place we'd planned on going, wasn't open.  Mondays are their day off.  Our bad, we should've looked better.  

We had a backup plan.  It went well enough.  It's probably not a place we'll frequent.  We still want to try the other place that was closed.  Other than the restaurant snafu & the gloomy weather, it was a good outing. 

It's dark & raining this morning.  It'll probably be all week.  Great holiday weather.

That's it for now, take care.

Here's hoping the holidays go well for all of us.

Cya...

Gloomy Day For Youth Awareness...

 

It's gloomy this morning & supposed to rain most of the day.  We won't have any issue meeting this month's rainfall average.  Maybe the rest of the week will go better.

I found 2 articles this morning, both dealing with National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.  The 1st piece is more educational about HIV & prevention.  It's well written.

The 2nd article is more like a PSA for social media.  It is more eye catching & has social banners, posts & other graphics.  Hopefully they reach their target audience.

That's all for now, take care.

Cya...

Looks To Be...

 

The forecast calls for a wet, gloomy weekend.  Just what I didn't need.  It will probably cool down a bit as well.  Can't expect temps in the 70s to remain here in February.  There isn't much going on here or regarding articles.  I let this be today's post.

Take care.

Cya...

Dark & No Better...

 

It's dark this morning & looks to be gloomy all week.  Whatever reserves I had for getting through Winter with SAD are mostly depleted.  I'm not having a good time of it.  There are still things that need to be handled & some new things will be added soon.  I just can't get myself in a place where I can handle much.  I really needed the beginning of Spring not to be such a miserably, dreary screw up.  From October to April could just not exist & I'd be fine with it.  Precious little comes from those months to make any of the crap worth it.

So to hell with March, it apparently came from the fount of suckage like most of the last few years.  This may be the best it gets for me for a while.  Apologies in advance.  I hate the dark of the year.

CYa...

Gloomy Return...

 

The gloom has returned.  It made the trip to the dentist yesterday fairly unpleasant.   It's doing me no favors this morning.  We've had rain & a lot of wind since yesterday.  It's supposed to be ending soon.   We didn't get it nearly as bad as some areas.

The dental cleaning went well.  The trip wasn't bad, it was just very overcast with weird light.  That's done for a while.  My next appointment is on Monday with my primary for a  regular check-in.  

That's all  for now, take care.

Cya...

Another Gloomtasm...

 

By late Winter, early Spring,  my tolerance for the dreary, dismal or gloomy has mostly been spent.  After yesterday, this morning's greyness is a bit overwhelming.  Hopefully it'll lighten up.  I don't feel   that well & it'd be nice to see sunlight today.  

The rest of the week will be busy for us.   We have errands, bill handling, shopping, visits &  vaccines until Saturday.  That's a lot for us.   I'd appreciate it being brighter.

That's all for now.  Take care.

Cya...

Drizzle Gloom...

 

Another short post.  I didn't find much in the way of  articles this morning.  It's dreary & slightly piddling rain.  It's probably going to stay that way until  this afternoon.   It makes it hard to wake up.  That's all I've got this last Saturday of January.

Take care.

Cya...

Another Gloomy Morning...

 

Not getting around well.  These dismal mornings do nothing to help me started.  It's supposed to stay this way all day & rain later.  We'll likely meet our rain average for the month.  Even though it's been really humid, we haven't had that much rain.

That's about it, take care.

Cya...

Serious Gloomtasm...

 

It's dark, gloomy & raining.   Not the kind of morning I wanted to wake up to, but here it is.  There were no useful articles this morning.  

I signed up for a notification from the health department concerning the COVID vaccination.   I'm  in Phase 2.  They're still handling the 1st phase.  I have no idea how long it will be before I hear something.  Then, I'm not sure what I'll have to do to get the vaccination.  I've  done what I can for now.  Sometimes that's all you can.

Take care.

Cya...

Gloomy...

 

Woke to the seasons' 1st seriously gloomy morning.   It was overcast & threatening cold rain.   We'll be cloudy all day & have precipitation chances for the remainder of the year.  What a way to go out 2020.  Wouldn't want anyone to have a nice day, would you?  We need a little rain to meet the monthly average.  Still, it'd been nice to in on a sunny day. 

Take care.

Cya...

Memorial Day...

Someone forgot to tell the weather it's supposed to be a holiday.   It turned out to be another overcast morning.  It looks like that could be the way for the rest of the month.  Oh joy...

I need to get around & clean up.  We have to go shopping in a bit.  Other than that, nothing much is up for us today.   

Hope you have a good Memorial day.

Cya...