Uncle Davids Xxxmas

This was going to be a short stroke story, but it grew as I wrote it, and I decided it really needed to be a little longer. This was from a time in my life when I was really depressed, I found out I was HIV+, my lover of almost 9 years had decided to kick me out, as well as well as telling me he had been cheating on me for the last year. I had just turned 40 so my mid-life crisis was in full swing by now. It was Christmas and I was looking forward to spending my first big holiday alone. I did not look sick and I did not feel sick but I was depressed, on the bright side, my support group was a bunch of teenagers. Since they all had families I assumed I would be alone, so I had stopped and gotten a few bottles of my favorite beverages, Jack, Jim and Jose, I really didn't plan on remembering much of the long weekend. My holiday decorations consisted of a cheap $10 pre-decorated Christmas tree from Wal-Mart and my big meal was a TV dinner. As I sat in my apartment contemplating my long weekend, Darrin's (see my Sneaky Nephew story) little brother Jake called. He had saved some money for holiday shopping and wanted to know if I would take him to a few places the next day. I had no plans so I agreed to play taxi; I figured it was something to do anyway.