We had been making some tentative plans & found out we need more info. We're planning on that this week. However, I'm not sure what the weather's going to be like. I already have to handle some other things & it could be raining. I'd rather not add this & try to handle it soaked. We'll see. It'll happen, I'm just sure of a timeline yet.
That's about it for now, take care. Hopefull it's bright there. It's not here.
Cya...
Just getting around this morning. We have to go shopping & handle the remainder of the monthly bills. It's the 1st Monday of the month & it feels like it. Just a little sluggish getting around.
I'll get labs drawn this month for a telemedicine appointment in March. I'll also have an appointment with my primary care at the end of the month. So far, just regular stuff.
It's a little warmer today & reasonably bright. Trying to get some online shopping handled & it's being a bit dodgy. I'm just in the looking phase at the moment, but the buying should be handled soon. Some things are still in a funk due the last few years.
That's about it for now, take care.
Cya...
Not much on my mind this morning. It is however, a much nicer morning. It's far brighter & warmer. There will still be cold days. The season isn't over yet, but today is nice.
Sometimes posts, like mine yesterday, aren't a sign of anything but frustration. There are a lot of things in our lives, we have little control over. No one asked for our input in the crappy things affecting us. They say, "This too shall pass." OK, maybe it will, but what's going to be left then? What condition is it going to leave me in after whatever storm passes over? Which time shall it also pass & leave nothing behind? Being nonchalant or stoic about people's suffering is pretty bastardly.
It's alright if you can't do anything to help, but don't feed people fortune cookie proverbs or mottos from a bumper sticker. People deserve better. If you can't help, that's alright. If you can't set with people in the hard times, then maybe you are part of the problem.
There are still cold days ahead, but it's warmer today. The last 2 winter fronts that went through could've been much worse if they'd hit us directly. Fortunately, they didn't.
I saw a couple of interesting sounding articles this morning. I'll never know if they were. They were both behind paywalls. That may have been useful information that I could've put in the blog. I'll never know.
So much of life is setting on the coin's edge. It could've been this or that depending on the tilt. Sometimes, more annoyingly the coin keeps standing & never falls. A decision or action, even if not what you wanted can be handled. That wavering limbo crap is nerve wracking. You know it can't last forever. The shoe is going to drop.
Too much of my live has been lived this way. As much as I'd like it not to be. My life has always been too greatly impacted by the actions of others. Often those not even near me. It's a chaos I have no kindness for, but still it's better than the waiting.
My life, this country, the future, all of it could've been better if not for the decisions of some people. I'm not trying to shirk responsibility, but existentialism is a load of crap. No one, no entity, has that much control over its life, well being or future. The best we can do is roll with it & play our cards to our best advantage. Even if it pisses other people off.
Cya...
To start, the state of Tennessee is as conservative & backwards AF. According to this article the decision to cut federal HIV monies caught those who were HIV+ or those needing testing, but they weren't the direct target. Not that the "fine" people of that state minded that them gays got what they deserved.
This piece states the actual targets were Vanderbilt University's transgender health program & Planned Parenthood. That would've been a loss of just under a quarter million. The easiest way to do that was to reject the entire allotment. That makes the rejected monies come to over 8 million. Those just needing help with HIV matters are going to face a much harder time now.
HIV isn't a gay disease. Yet even if it was, that has nothing directly to do with being trans or needing Planned Parenthood. This is just some hideous group of politicians means to attack people they despise. Face it, Republicans are a hate group. They don't care who they hurt in the long run.
Cya...
At 32°, we're warmer than we got yesterday. The ground is melting a lot of this from underneath. What was on the van is melting due to the air & what little sun is shining. The trash didn't run this week, but they probably got worse in surrounding areas. That may have made it too risky to drive those trucks. They're doing more road work today. The state agency is coming to handle the main road.
We lucked out twice, both rounds of this just skirted by us. We got some, but nothing compared places nearby. It's the little things.
That's all for now. Take care.
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...
