January has run its course. It's not been an easy month. There were appointments, bad weather & now more car issues. We didn't even get a full month into 2026 before it started to sour.
It's frigid here again. The faucets will be dripping all day. Things won't get over freezing until tomorrow. I'm over Winter. I'm done with the stressful drama.
I'm cold & too tired to care about much, so that's it for now. Take care.
Cya...
We have a few things to handle today. It's last trash day of the month. Mail can finally get checked. I almost did yesterday, but the carrier had just arrived & takes a bit for them to sort things out. It'll be another chance to see how the roads are doing. My roomie has an appointment tomorrow morning. We'll probably have to take the long way. Our normal route may still be too icy.
That's about it for this morning. January is winding down. Take care.
Cya...
This will be a short post. It's so cold, my fingers are hating the keyboard. It's still freezing & will be for a bit. The last half of January remembered it was a Winter month.
There isn't much going on here today, but the week will be busy. Most of that will fall on my roomie. There are appointments to be kept & regular stuff to handle. Add to that, it's a mail holiday tomorrow.
That's it for now, it's cold & I hate it.
Cya...
This is the end of January 2025. It wasn't the worst month. It'd been nice with less cold & not getting the orange stain. We did finally get our furniture in, so that's a plus.
There are 37 days left until the time change & 48 until Spring. There remain 1,449 days of dealing with the orange stain. Maybe it will die soon, it's way past it's expiration date.
I've posted on the topic of Kick & Kill for fighting HIV before. This piece is a newer article on that. It's not far along, but it could develop into something.
That's all for now, goodbye January.
Cya...
This is the last weekend of January. It's fairly dreary out & there's a small chance for some rain. The warm reprieve is going away for a bit. We didn't even have heaters last night. That won't be the case for the next couple of days. It's dipping back under freezing for overnight temps. It is still January.
The articles have caught up to the PEPFAR situation I posted about yesterday. There were some other pieces, but most focused on the pause in funding due to the orange stain. The problem is the people who supported that man are fine with others dying.
That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
We're midway through January 2025 & I have to say it could've been better. Between the cold, snow, dark & being sick. this hasn't been the best start. It looks as if the cold's going to rev back up this weekend. No one needed that.
Other than trash & a mail, we don't have much planned. We still have 50+ days before the time change. It's about the only thing I'm looking forward to at the moment.
That's it for now. Do better January. Let there be a giant, orange splat.
Take care.
Cya...
January & 2025 have started. Tomorrow is the 1st bills of the year day. I don't have much to say this morning. The holidays are over & things should return to our normal. We'll take the decorations down in a few days. Now on to the awfulness of Winter.
I hope the holidays treated everyone well. They can be hard for a lot of us. May 2025 be so much better than we hoped.
Take care.
Cya...
This is last Monday of January 2024. It'll also be the last shopping trip of the month. The month seems to be ending a bit warmer & brighter. That I can appreciate.
There isn't much else happening. Articles were lacking again. This will be it for today.
Take care.
Cya...
The 1st month of 2024 is winding down. This is the last Thursday of January 2024. We'll end on a trash day & head into a Leap Year February. I'll have to get labs drawn for my specialist sometime next month.
This month looks to end in grey, wetness. February looks to start the same. It'd be nice if it was a little warmer than January. Utility usage is going to be higher this month. That couldn't be helped. We had to stay warm & keep the pipes from freezing.
That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
All the holidays have passed & the yuck of Winter is setting in whether I like or not. I don't. Today's already grey, cold & blustering. That seems to on order for the time being. Next week is going to be very wintery. The long weekend ahead could get stupidly cold for us. After that, it's supposed to warm up to at least our seasonal norms. No one needs all that frigid, dreary BS. No one in this house wants any of it. Send it North where people know how to handle it better.
Other than yuck weather, 2024 is doing alright. I can't even get too upset about the cold, it's Winter. I just don't have to like it.
That's about it for now. Take care.
Cya...
I started this blog 13 years ago. I'm surprised it & I are still going. I guess I could've started earlier, but I wasn't in the headspace for it. For a while I was still living with my last roommate. His inconsideration wound up causing a lot of stress & issues. When I did start living with my roomie, it took us a while to get things down. Not that we didn't get along, but it was all new. Patterns had to be developed so everything went as smoothly as possible. When I look back at the beginning of this blog in some ways I was worse off medically & emotionally, but still a bit more hopeful about the future.
On January 3, 2000 I was diagnosed with AIDS. I've said before I probably had been + for some time, but the tests didn't catch it. They said I might have 5 years. I tested at such a level & was in such bad shape, I left HIV+ in the dust & went straight to AIDS. Here it is 24 years later. I won't say it's been easy, because it hasn't. There are times when I wish the 5 years had been accurate. Life with HIV on disability is stressful & can be pretty damned scary. I guess I should feel gratitude, but I really don't. This has not been a fun ride & nearly every step has had it's hard points.
I'm here & the blog's still going. They're 13 & 24. My blog is officially a teenager & my HIV can almost get decent insurance. I don't know what this year will hold for myself, this blog or anything else. I guess we'll see. For now, thanks for reading my thoughts, reactions, highs & lows. It's the closest thing to a record of me. Even if only a couple of people ever look at it, at least someone will know it & I are/were here.
Happy Blog & HIV day to me. Remember to acknowledge your milestones. Take care.
Cya..
It's 2024 & we're nearly a quarter way through the 1st century of this millenia. I wish I could say it's been a blast, but it hasn't. It has been is 24 years of being HIV+. I'm trying to walk into this without too many hopes or fears. We'll see how that goes. I'd love to leave the 2023 issues behind. I will try, but no promises. I don't do resolutions. I don't like making promises to myself I know I probably won't keep.
I hope everyone had a good New Years. I wish you all a joyous & bountiful new year. May we & the year be kind to us all, especially the strays.
Cya...
January left us with a layer of crunchy ice. Other than some other foul weather, it wasn't a bad month. Winter weather does come with the season. Goodbye January 2023.
Hello February. You just had to open with with ice didn't you? This has been a rough month for us for the last few years. I'd like to break the cycle. No major weather would be nice.
That's about it for now. Take care.
Cya...
So far 2023 hasn't been too difficult. It's the last Friday of the month & things seem alright. Other than some cold & snow, the weather hasn't been too much. It's been cold & February is supposed to open rough.
For now, it's bright & warmer. We'll go shopping & next week will wrap up the month. It'd been nice to have a month not seriously screw up. The last time was August.
That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
Lucy Van Pelt would've been happy, we had January snow. She won't consider eating it before. We had somewhere around 6". Places just north of us were said to have had a foot. Luckily, it's already melting away. Snow, you're pretty, but you can go now.
The articles are still about the vaccine failure & Tennessee's stupid decision to refuse federal funds for fighting HIV. Rumor has it, that they did so because some of the monies may have gone to Planned Parenthood.
On a weird note, several times last night, the skies turned a bluish green. There were reports of a blue-green comet & a meteor shower. I'm guessing that's what we saw. I still haven't found anything confirming it though.
That's it for now; snow, no articles, blue space lights & cold. Take care.
Cya...
It got cold again. I guess it remembered we're still in January. It's not bad, but we still had to leave the faucets dripping & will probably have to for the remainder of the month.
It's the 3rd Friday of 2023. We're ⅔ the way through January. I'm not sure how much better this year will be than last. It'd be nice if the answer to the query was, "A lot".
We'll go shopping here in a bit. It's time get stuff for the weekend. It'd be nice to find something new & interesting.
Take care.
Cya...
The 1st Friday of January started off gray & cold. It's beginning to brighten some & it's supposed to get to the 60s. It's hard to be upset about it being cold in January, but I still don't like it.
We have some errands & shopping to handle. There isn't much else we need to do today. So far January has been kinder than December was. Early December was rough on us. Then again, there's a lot left in the month. Hopefully, the drama will be minimal. At least for now it's get brighter.
Take care.
Cya...
The 1st month of 2022 is almost over. I suppose it wasn't bad as far as Januaries go. Still the weather had been a bit of a pill. People this month on the other hand, have been mostly a bunch of dangerous idiots, at least in our State. COVID is still there & they're acting like it's a myth or a cold. We jumped over 100K active cases in less than 3 weeks. It seems to be going back down some now.
This piece isn't great, but it'll have to do. I saw others like it, but they were all behind paywalls. It details how a South African woman who was inadequately treated for HIV developed COVID. She had COVID for over 9 months & developed 21 mutations. Once properly treated for HIV, she recovered in 9 weeks.
People with compromised immune systems can allow COVID to mutate rapidly. This is likely how we got the beta & omicron variants. Africa has an immense number of people living with HIV who are not or undertreated. Vaccinations for COVID & treatment for people with HIV & immunity issues is necessary for CVOID to be controlled.
That's all for now. Goodbye January. Take care,
Cya...
2022 began with a lot of noisy rain. There were also fireworks. January has started off grey & wet. I choose to look at as if we've nearly met our monthly rain averages early. Look at me trying to be positive. How rare. We've had almost 1.5" already this year. The monthly average is only a little over 2" for January. The rain's supposed to last until this afternoon. I'd like some sunlight, but I doubt that'll be a thing today. We're heading into some frigid temps for a while.
December closed out 2022. It had some markers in for me. Christmas Eve 2021 was the last time I spoke to my father. He died 9 days later. Alice cat passed on the 27th years ago. Another anniversary was that somewhere in early December 1999, I smoked my last cigarette. That's 22 years of not smoking. That's longer than I was a smoker.
That's all for now. Happy New Year.
Cya...
