November is wrapping up. At least it's ending on a bright note, even if it is frigid. This hasn't been an easy month, but what has in 2025? We'll have some carry over business into next month. Hopefully that will get resolved quickly.
I don't have a lot to say about this month that haven't already discussed. We're moving on the end of the year. I hope the month ends well for everyone. Take care.
Cya...
It's gusty this 3rd November Tuesday. The flying debris isn't helping my head. We don't have much planned for today. There are some errands & outings tomorrow. Thursday I have a check up in town.
There weren't many articles to work with today. Most the news was about Lenacapavir rolling out in Africa. The rest is about the orange stain.
That's it for now, take care.
This 1st week of November is filled with stuff to handle. We handled most of the bills yesterday. We should handle the rest today. My roomie has a lot of appointments throughout this month & I have 2. I have a regular meeting with my medical provider & a cleaning scheduled with my dentist.
It's the beginning of holiday season. Halloween's done. There 23 days until Thanksgiving & 51 before Christmas. Next Tuesday is Veteran's Day. The mail's going to be so off. Not that we get much anymore since most of ours went online.
The shutdown is ongoing & the benefit situation is still not settled. There are some elections happening across the states today. We'll see how that plays out.
That's all for now. Take care.
Cya...
November is here. It'd be nice if it weren't a disaster like the rest of 2025, but I think that's a pipe dream. It'd be great if life was a magic slate. The kid's draw toy where you can lift the sheet & erase everything. I''d lift everything back to before 2000.
The 80s were fun, the 90s were OK, but everything past that got progressively worse. The politics, the economy, the social scene, etc... it all went to hell. I got my roomie, some cats & saw some movies. Other than those things, delete it all.
This is going to be a busy month for us. It'd be nice if everything just got in line & played along. I doubt that will happen, but it would be awesome if it did.
That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
The end of the month is here. It wasn't a good month, but then again it wasn't a good year. December is all that remains of 2024. I wish I could say something more positive about the month, but I don't have anything to offer. This might have been a good year, but too many things happened. Far too many people showed their true colors, orange.
Goodbye November, wish things could've gone better.
Cya...
I didn't expect good things out of this month, but it's decided to be a real ass. The house & car have needed work. The time change happened. It dumped a massive amount of rain on us. It's staying dark & getting colder. We've been ill. Everything is just picking at things. Then the nation decided to give a refresher on how much it hates people like me; Gay, HIV+, single, on disability, poor, etc...
Not every night, but often, for as long as I can remember, I wanted the same thing when I went to sleep; to not wake up. If I had to wake up, to at least not be me in my life. 50+ years later, I'm still here & cursing waking up. There are no gods. If there are, they're all sick & hateful things that get off on suffering. Let me make something clear, life isn't precious or sacred. It's just something you have to endure as long it lasts.
To all the people who voted to remind us how much you hate everything, just a reminder that everything probably feels the same way about you.
Cya...
November is here & I'm not holding out any hopes for a good month. Those don't seem to happen any more. We're also into the holiday season. Add to that, the election is this Tuesday. I wish I could trust people not to be stupid asshats. But, I can't.
This article is over a new approach to PrEP. I'm not going discuss it much, because I think it's rather ridiculous. It's about using a medicated, anal douche before sex to prevent HIV transmission. If people can't/won't use condoms, regular PrEP meds, or choose different sexual outlets; what makes anyone think this stands a chance of working in the real world?
There's the article, give it a go if you want. Other than that, take care.
Hello November.
Cya...
I was looking back on my blog to see what I was doing on this day for the last few years. It looks I was the same as today, not much. There was an appointment with my former doctor. Before that it was winding down November.
It's sunny this morning & that helps drastically. There are a lot of things I wish I could say about my life. The best I can say is I'm still here & that's about the extent of it. For whatever reason I'm still on this ride.
That's it for now. Time to make sure all the November stuff is handled. There's less a month until Midwinter. The time to shut this year is nearing.
Take care.
Cya...
I didn't expect November to be any better than the rest of 2023. I also didn't expect it to be pecking at me the entire time. It's been mostly little stuff, but it's been constant.
I've not been doing that well & every time I try to take a step things happen. Last night was OK, then the older cat made a break for it again. The whole time I'm trying to find her, the kitten was following me. She won't come if he's near me. Still he was right on me & I got very frustrated with everything. I'm tired of trying & getting nowhere.
Finally, after my nerves are shot, she shows back up. Then this morning, the heater in my room starts acting up. There's another to replace.
Each year past 2016 has gotten worse. I'm expecting 2024 to be an utter shit storm. Why wouldn't it be? It's like nice things happen anymore. At least ways not around me.
Cya...
It's another Sunday & not much is happening. I hope it stays that way. Our drama so far this month has been the cat or my computer. For the moment, both are handled.
I don't have much to write on this morning. Articles seem to be on pause, possibly due politics, holidays or both. As usual, I feel fairly detached from it all.
The neighbors leaving added to that. On our side of things, we're the longest residing people near. Most of these people have been coming & going every few years. Some of the houses are empty & at least 1 is unlivable. It's just weird & none it feels right.
That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
Here's another November Saturday & I'm hoping for no drama. A computer update gave me crap for hours yesterday. It's resolved. I'm only somewhat sure of what resolved it. There's no certainty on that matter.
Past that, yesterday, was alright. We got a bit of a surprise. The neighbors have a for sale sign on their home. They've only been there 5 years. But since then they had another kid & went through COVID. There's a lot of reasons they could be selling. Including they don't like the house or neighborhood. I can't even take that personally. There isn't a lot here & some of the people can get loud at times.
Still it's another change. I wish the best for them & us. Hopefully whoever buys it won't be difficult. The price escalation on that house is nuts. Since 2010, it has been bought 3 times. The house belonged to an older gentlemen who had passed.
The 1st sale went for 16K after the house set empty for years. The buyer was a slumlord & did halfass reinvations. The roof & HVAC system he installed were subpar & have had a lot of issues. After some renters, he sold it an near retirement woman for 96K in 2014. It made her house poor, so she sold it in 2018 for 103K. 5 years later with the same realtor & no improvements the new owners are asking 160K. The house & neighborhood are actually in worse shape then when they bought the place. I think this might be a rough sell. That's a 10X increase in 13 years.
That's it for now. It's a Saturday & for now the PC is doing fine. We might have new neighbors soon. Not really happy about that. Glad I wasn't invested in these folks.
Take care.
Cya...
November's ending & none too soon. The holiday season is progressing, but it still doesn't feel like that time of year. I've already heard more holiday music in stores than I had all of last year. I don't expect any big decor on houses this year. There wasn't much for Halloween. I"ve only seen the bell ringers at Walmart last Friday. Usually those people are there clanging from start to finish.
We handled appointments yesterday & the van is allegedly fixed. We'll see. There are some errands to handle today. There's a lot of trash to take out, since it didn't run last week. That's us winding down November.
Goodbye November.
Cya...
It seems November has every intent of going out as dreary as possible. There might be another sunny day in the month, but I doubt it. I really don't care for this weather but there isn't much I can do about it.
We'll put up our scant holiday decor. It won't lighten the drear, but maybe it'll brighten us up some. I'm glad the month is ending, but I don't have much hope for the remainder of the year. The entirety of this decade so far seems bent on being obstinatetly contrary.
That's it for me this morning. Take care.
Cya...
Not in the best of moods this morning. We mostly had our stuff together for the moment. It was at least a sunny day. Then something else stressful had to land in our laps. It was just out of nowhere & so damn arbitrary. It was handled badly by the initiators. We think we have a plan, but it still sucked.
So much for ending November in relative peace. 2022 has sucked. I'm tired of everything taking potshots this year.
Mini-rants over, take care.
Cya...
We had storms throughout last evening. They poured 2"+ on us. November's rain totals are already over halfway met. I felt like crap during the storms, but I think they cleared the air some. My breathing seems a bit better this morning.
Tonight we set the clocks back. Great more darkness. We finished house bills yesterday. Tuesday is the election. Later in the month I have an appointment with my primary care. Of course there's the holiday. That's the month so far.
Take care.
Cya...
I didn't have high hopes for anything, but I thought maybe I could get a single good day to start the month. I'm not sure why I had such expectations, I don't get those things anymore. November started off with carry over BS, things breaking, needs for my attention to do things & people in poor, snappy moods.
I just needed a day without crap, especially new crap, even if it was potentially a good thing. I just needed a day. I'm back to dreading mornings. I have no idea what's lurking out there. What's going to break, need something or snap. This has been going on for a long time now. I'm just about to retreat to my room, close the door & not come out. Let everything & everyone else fix their own shit. I can barely handle mine, some times, not even that.
My rant is over for a bit, but the crap will keep coming. Oh well, a good month would've been nice. I guess that's why I didn't get it.
Cya...
Hello November, you've finally got here, the penultimate month. All I need is a month not full of stress, issues, expenses & drama. There's already an election going on, so that's issue #1 & the holiday is the next on the list. Still, maybe this can be a decent month. I don't need fireworks, just some simple pleasantries. No month gets to stay. But try not to be yet another month we slam the door behind.
Cya...
That's it for November 2021. I don't have a lot to say good or bad for the month. It just sort of was & not much more. I think I've removed myself so much from things, I don't really feel much about them at all. There's been so much beyond my ability to influence for the last couple of years, that I've just let go of it as much as I can.
With tRump, COVID, anti-vaxxers & all the other negatives I've just said F**k it. Now there's a new strain of COVID, joy. Maybe this time it'll off the anti-vaxxers. I'm starting to think that's only way this will all end.
Goodbye November, you were alright. Until next year.
Cya...
