No More November 2017...

There's  a little over 12 hours left in November.   Thanksgiving is done & Solstice is on its way.   I'm ready for 2017 to be a done deal.  2016 was sucky, but most of it was external to me.  Except for the whole gas pipes & refrigerator fiasco.  

But 2017 sucked from the onset.   I don't think most people noticed how quickly it got awful.  My roomie has been in a funk most of the year.  She usually points out the passing of Rhiannon in February, but it was there before.  Everything this year has pretty much been awful.  We haven't done much of anything we normally do.  If we did, for some reason it never really went well. 

I'm tired, actually I'm beyond that.   I've trying to deal with a level of exhaustion all year.  It just keeps getting worse.  If 2018 can't be any better, then I'd rather just not take part.  I don't have it left in me to stay this stressed, detached & burned out.  Up til now I had my roomie to talk to more, but she's been really out of it all year.  The only cat left is Tinkerbell & she's not really all that involved with people.   Half the people I used to chat with have gone offline to avoid all the hate & anger.  

I need some change & I'm out of ideas.  We watched Rudolph the other night.  Right now I'm far more Dolly For Sue than Clarice the Reindeer.

Good bye November,  I wish I had better thing to say, but I just don't.

Cya...

Do You Know...

With World Aids Day on Friday, the question is, "Do you know your HIV status?"  According to this article, the CDC estimates 15% of those infected with the virus don't know it.  It also figures said 15% is responsible for up to 40% of all new cases of HIV in the U.S.  

Read the articles.

Know your status.

Cya...

Another POV...

I'm not going to post much today.  Instead I'll put a link to this article.  This piece is over a women's story of her life living with HIV for 19 years.  It was a good read.  

Cya...

Busy Morning...

We had some errands among the grocery shopping this morning.  We wound up stopping to shop for groceries twice.   Walmart has stopped carrying more items we use.  Thanks for that Wally World.  Nothing big happened, but all of it ate up a lot of time.  At least it's handled for now.  

I'm running a little behind & the weird weather has been a bit hard on me.  I sneezed a lot yesterday & woke up to a nosebleed this morning.  I keep veering back & forth from too warm to chilly,  It'll stay cold soon enough though.

I'll post more tomorrow.  

Cya...

Fall Color...

It's hard for me to keep my spirits up this time of year makes.  I try to find things.  I notice the Fall colors.  We didn't get a dazzling assortment of Autumn displays, but some of the trees did turn great colors before losing their foliage.   The morning glories are done for the year.  The elephant ears are dying off.  Mostly I have browns & grays, fairly yucky colors.  Still there are pops of red from the winterberry bushes & deep violets from the tough little petunias.  

Fall isn't my season.  There are few bright colors.  No hummers, dragons or butterflies. Even though we did have a fairly large rush of lady bugs a while back.  But soon, there will redbirds chirping on the skeletal limbs of the bushes as they fuss with jays.

I try to look for the bright things, but sometimes all the dismal gets in the way.

Cya...

'Tis the Season...

We're still in November & it was just a day after Thanksgiving, but the Christmas season is on.   Many people have already set up their trees & decorated their homes.   Personally I think it's a little early, but it's not my house.  Last night we watched, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.   2 versions of Frosty The Snowman was on another channel.   It was all about thumpety thump thumps, sitting on knees, no-good magicians & Winter Warlocks.

Like it or not, the holidays are upon us.  May the season be kind to us.   May the hearts of all Grinches grow.   May the Scrooges have dreams of revelation & reformation.   May all those discontent find some peace as the year winds down.

Cya...

Last November Friday...

It's Black Friday & the last Friday of November.   The month is closing down.  So, is the year.   We're 89.86% of the way through 2017.  

We went shopping earlier.  It wasn't a hassle.  The major sales shoppers were long gone by that point. We have a few more rounds of leftovers from yesterday, but nothing overwhelming.

I hope everyone's holiday went well.  Take care.

Cya...