Piss Poor !!!!

Friday Afternoon:



Well last night, I got an email that my lab results were in from the dr office.

So, naturally, I was curious, since Janurary 2nd, I havent drank a drop of liquor, beer, wine, nothing with alcohol....

My skin is improving, folks at work noted how well I looked... etc etc.......

I opened the Quest Labs app on the iphone.................

Fuck Fuck Fuck........  my viral load went from 42 to 95... they test 7 panels....

I didnt improve in any of the five that I was suppose to improve in.... the viral load was just an example..... those are indicated in Red....

The two panels that I was performing ok in, are shown in green... even those indicatd a slight rise toward the RED.....but still in the Green....

What the Fuck happened.... was it the Sinus infection I had in the last two weeks.. Who the Fuck knows...

Its all Piss Poor.... ... so Monday I am seeing the good doctor McLe.... and he is going to have to explain what the Fuck is Going on....

I thought I was doing good by not drinking, working out... and living a Healther Life.... Fuck...

Where is the McCallan 18 year old Scotch... !!!!... I'll take 12 year old McCallan right now...!!!!

I got so upset last night ... after I read the graphs and results.... i had to take a Xanax .25 small dose. and a sip of Balvenie DoubleWood...

Friday Evening:

Here I am in Bed.... thinking of the conversations I had over the last 14 hours with my dear friends, Two Lesbians and one Straight Guy...

None seem to comprehend my dilemma .. all said ... well you blew it out during Christmas.. well I have been doing healthy... not drinking or anything for almost 30 days..

So, here is a photo of my office... one wall of it.. where I sat all afternoon long and thought back and forth of my drinking during the Christmas season and my body repair work I had since Dec 30th..

It stands to reason that for the last almost 3 and a half weeks... i have been a good boy.. ( in true Southern Fashion ..gay men remain boys in their Mother's Heart and the Females that surrond you)..

It doesnt stand to reason that my body didnt cleanze itself over those many days.. sure i did tie one on twice.. during Christmas etc.. but I stopped...

So here is the wall and window I sat there patiently thinking all afternoon... what the Fuck has Gone Wrong with my lil body... aint little.. but you get the jest of it all......

Hoping....

All is well at the moment here in the Lil City by the Red....

Great advise from two of my other bloggers buds on a previously posted matter  .......................

There is a Cub in town that is expressing a lil interest, he is however younger.. he is not wanting to move in, not asking for money, .... his approach has been ... let's have fun... but I am cautious about everything these days... any where it comes from... whether it be a Cub or any One else..here in the Lil City by the Red...

All is ok with  the skin doctor... just a lil bit of a return visit later next month...

On Monday... i get the results of my hiv labs... hopefully i will see a marked improvement... fingers crossed...

Question remains... Should or Shouldn't

Always decisions...... decisions


Today, I made it down toward the new part of town to have the 7 vials of the precious red, pulled from my Self... next week ... i'll see the good doctor McLe... but i'll  see the results by Saturday on my app on my phone... it will be self explanatory... for sure...

Tomorrow.. I am heading Up River to the Port.... to see my dermatologist... nice doctor B.... she is a nice young doctor... that I have been going to for the last four years.. there are only  two dermatologists here in the Lil City by the Red... but Up River at the Port.... its a whole slew of them.. in a big building all by themselves.  .. also.. Up River at the Port is a Whole Foods.. .. taking the ice chest and stopping to get a lil good cheese.. some organic fire roasted dice tomatoes.. etc... make this a useful trip.. its a 125 mile drive one way..North to Up River to the Port...

The big question is do I tell her about the positive side of Life... I havent had the gumption to tell her just yet.... good doctor McLe always is weary of the social implications of the news getting out.. .. he cautions even tho its HIPPA... still remember We are in The Deep Deep South... every body knows everyone... Really... and good doctor B is not going to cut on me etc.. she is going to prescribe a lil cream here and there....  but i have been thinking of it ... all my doctors know down here, except one, i havent seen him yet to tell him.... i dont go to him very often.,..  The Deep South is ..... Just this.....when U meet someone...they always ask.... Who's Your Momma.. What's Your Daddy's Name...

Life is going on.... I did have visitors here the other day... two friends from down South stopped by.. i thought that they might had wanted to jump around ... after they left the younger of the two.. texted me and wanted to know why i didnt invite them to stay and .. romp a lil bit... LOL..... well I told him to speak up next time....

I did make an order from Mr. S Leather and Fort Troff ... today... just in case the opportunity arose again if they did stop by....... they are from the heart of the Cajun Triangle... down in the Lower Country.. both are on the positive side of Life... which is good if the romp and jump around  does occur .. is always nice.. No Holes Barred... well Maybe..

Leaves are Fallin'

well it's Saturday in the Lil City by the Red........

Have to say that the Winter Chill from last week, has turned into 65 degrees... feels like a Spring Day...

I got out and made the Saturday rounds... dry cleaners, local hardware store, dropped some pants off at the local Men's Store.. (owned by Father and Son) my brace buttons had come off on several pants, so had to get new buttons.... Lisa stopped by, we talked about starting to kayak again...

I'm in the mood to replace my desktop Mac.... I use a MacBook Pro for work.. but my desktop is now 11 years old.  it has all my photos on it... I'll have to find someway to have all of them downloaded to disk drive or disk storage.. Macs last such a long time...

But wait... its is only late January .... February is here to come... hopefully we won't have any more temps hovering pass freeezing ... most folks are out raking the leaves... it will be another two weeks before I do that ... wait till the Quercus Nigra (Water Oaks) finish loosing all their leaves.. and the new spring buds come out... then rake.  I have a Water Oak in the back yard next to my Magnolia Grandiflora (Southern Magnolia)

You can see the edge of the Magnolia and the height of the Water Oak before.... Water Oaks grow for about 65 to 75 years.. then die for about 35 years... This one will passs me for sure... I have had it trimmed several times to help the crown of the tree out..  I've been in this house now for 21 years..

Finding !!!

Today, I corresponded with a new blogger I found.  I placed him on my "read list".  I found him from a comment he made on another blogger I read. I recieved permission from him to list his blog on my "blog list"  on my blog.

Finding kindred hearts in the blog world is sometimes difficult, however I have been very fortunate to at lest make email contact with a few and met one.. which I count as something Great.

The blogger's Jan 11, 2018 entry struck very close to home with me. He speaks of deleting various apps, oh haven't I performed that correction several times... maybe many times....

As I read  his blog it strikes  home... as with other blogs I read.. they all "hit" something inside of me at certain times.. its gives me something to think about..........

Finding .... is what it is about today... Finding someone who speaks about life's happenings and their path or paths ..... is really .... an enlightenment in it's Self.


I am glad .........I Found... I hope He continues..

Temps and the Weather Folks were Correct!!!

The Lil City by the Red hasn't seen temperatures like this in a good while. Also, for not the time period the weather folks say.

The City is vertically closed down... the weather gauge on the back porch measured 14 degrees F this morning with 78% humidity.

We are suppose to be in the sub tropics... but (and there is always a but)... it looks like we have one more day of this also..... Brrrrrrrrr

Cold !!!!

Its the Artic Blizzard hitting the Lil City by the Red today....

Temps are falling to a supposely 14 (according to weather reports) degrees F tonight... and will continue to stay there tomorrow.... Let hope it doesn't get down to 14 here in the old part of the Lil City by the Red.

The Lil City by the Red and all parishes above us don't usually cope well in this weather... the Great State of La has closed most offices at Noon today and will have them closed till Thursday Morning at the stroke of 8 O'clock in the Morning..

Here is a few photos of snow on the truck, with the wind is blowing the Fleur-de-lis, lil House on the Red Bricks, and cozy by the fire, after the Courthouse closed today.

Big Chill is on It's Way

I have sat by the fireplace most of the weekend.

Old friends, from my college days stopped by yesterday, they live down in South La... they have a son that is in a college north of the Lil City by the Red.  Had a good visit, our families have known each since the 1930s, when my Father and his Grandfather dealt in the cow business.  I have correspondence in the family archives with letters back and forth between the two men, dealing in "fat cows".

The Big Chill will be here tomorrow says the all the weathermen.... its suppose to snow...

If it does, I'm sure the courthouse will be shuttered and no work will be accomplished.

I dont mind cold into the mid 20s at night, its just when it gets below 24 degrees and stays that way...the pipes seem to burst then.. which is such a pain.. . very few plumbers in town like to work under old houses ....

Hopefully I will make it pass the Thursday night mark of freezing temps....

Mardi Gras is less than 30 days away...!!!!

Down Here..... Down Here... on the Positive Side of Life

Down Here..... as some would say.... Down Heeeere.


Sometimes has its good points and sometimes not so good... as any place you hang your hat to live...

or where u hang your underwear on the bed post. (Its a Louisiana thang, one day I might explain)

So, I had a long conversation with the good Dr. McLe the other day, he's my infectious diesase doctor..that manages the positive side of my health...

It was concerning my panels of blood work. Since  the early days of the Great Plague, when I took interest in helping the ones I was in charge of have the most up to date quality medical care....that the Good State of La could offer.... so I learned a lot in those early days and ongoing years in Corrections concerning the treatment and health of the positive side of a person.

Dr. McLe... thinks that is "sought of neat".. his words not mine, that we can talk about blood levels, lymphocyte helper, suppressor, absolutes etc etc...

He recommended early on,  that my  at the stroke of 5 in the afternoon cocktails be curtailed and I become alcohol free... he said that was his best advise... but understood the Garden District Social Calls at 5pm.

So, here comes the olde holidays and good olde me, now 64 yrs old and not the spring strutting rooster I once thought of my self to be .. has come to some firm reality that there could be some wisdom in young Dr McLe's advise.

So, as of January 3rd and forward since that date, I have not consumed for any pleasure or just the need for a good scotch..any alcohol what so ever..... I will wait till have my blood panels drawn in 26 days to see if there is any marked improvement or even a slight improvment, modification so on and so on....etc etc etc...

So, if so... and if the good Dr McLe... is correct..... what should happen... and all that wine... in that custom Transtherm wine cellar made in France... at lest I will have something to write about later on....

Down Here on the Positive Side of Life

The Year has Begun.

End of the first week of the New Year......

Each year all public employees must take an online Ethics Course given by the Louisiana Commission on Ethics...

I have to say that this year was easier than any other ..the new revamped presentation was not as arduous as previous years... I have been taking the course since about the year 2000.

Most folks wait till the last minute, then the web site crashes, you must complete the course, before midnight of the year you are in.  ...

There is not a pass or fail... however for employment sake, you must take it .... or your agency head or elected offical that you work for can be brought before the Commission.... Embarrassment !!

So the Year has Begun.... first week down.... here in the Lil City by the Red.