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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
All through the saga of our cold weather, Ms. V has been in a bit of a lather about keeping Carl warm enough for his outdoor job.
Last Thursday she put me in charge of making sure he had a jacket before he left as she was going to exercise class. I was careful to make sure he had plenty on.
Yesterday, i arrived to a note telling me these clothes were clean.
The rest were not.
It's been a bit of a mess for him, I guess, and he's trying again to choose clothes ahead of time and hang them on the bar. Problem is, he doesn't remember they're there and goes and grabs others.
The good news is the main kitchen and Carl's kitchen both have new faucets.
The bad news is Carl is still going to take his mom's scissors and spill enough mouthwash on them to make them stick to his counter.
Speaking of mouthwash, each time Carl comes in the room before time to get up, i ask why he's there so i can perhaps assist or redirect him if he wants access to something i'm currently cleaning.
This time, he walked in and anticipated my question, simply saying, "Mouthwash!" as he walked past me.
He went back to snooze more for a while and when he finally came in, simply said, "I'm going to eat!
I asked if he wanted a shower first and he said, "I'm too hungry! Eat first." Then he grabbed a bathrobe to put over his pajamas.
Why are you putting on a bathrobe? i asked him. Your pajamas cover you well.
"Modesty!" he answered and i nodded. "Have to be modest," he stated to make sure i understood.
I do understand. While he lives at home, it's not such a big deal, but as he will be moving to a group home someday, his parents are trying to instill more modesty into him, as he's perfectly happy to run around the house in almost nothing. It seems he's getting it and I'm not going to interfere.
As he ate breakfast and i packed his cooler for work, he talked about his weekend.
"Went to see Trent," he said, "but he wanted to go see Aaron so that's where we ended up."
Did you have fun? i asked.
"Snacks!" he said with a grin. "And we played games."
If Carl ate, Carl had fun, that's about the size of it.
"Make sure I have enough to eat," he noted as i was getting all his food together. "And a drink!"
You don't have any drinks, i told him.
"Oh, shoot!" he muttered, then mumbled something that sounded like, "I have to work on the cards, too."
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| Yes, he'd been wearing both at the same time. |
He came in to take his shower and that's when i realized he'd put on two aprons. Not just modest, clean and modest.
He was actually ready for work early this time, so he went to play on his iPad. Timing his leaving for work can be tricky. His phone has a work app and the moment he drives close enough to the building, he's already signed in, even if he stays in the car and doesn't come in right away. Sign in too early, and you have to get the manager to change the sign-in time which the manager doesn't want to have to do. Sign in too late and you are still in trouble.
Then, too, he drives rather fast, and so we have to watch his leaving time closely.
And yes, he will stay warm. Just before he pulled out of the driveway, i ran his coat out to him.
It's time for a few funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Day of Remembrance for Oleg the Prophet -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan
Four Chaplains Day -- US (by act of Congress, honoring the four chaplains of the Dorchester who gave their life jackets to others and went down with the ship on Feb. 3, 1943)
Fukuju no mai (Jimai) -- Sensouji Temple, Japan (dance of the seven gods of fortune)
Halfway Point of Winter/Summer -- which it is depends, of course, on your hemisphere; enjoy that cold weather will warm soon, or that cooler temps will relieve your hot spells
Heroes' Day -- Mozambique
Lailat al-Bara'ah (Shab Barat) -- Islam (Night of Forgiveness, or sometimes Night of Records, a preparation for Ramadan; began at sunset yesterday, local custom dates may vary)
Magha Puja Day -- Buddhist (celebrations of the teachings of Buddha to an assembly of holy men)
Martyr's Day -- Sao Tome and Principe
National Carrot Cake Day
Nuestra Señora de Suyapa -- Honduras (Festival of the Virgin of Suyapa, Patroness of Honduras)
Setsubun-sai (Bean-Throwing Festival) -- Japan/Shinto (many fests throughout Japan)
St. Anskar's Day (patron of Denmark, Scandinavia, Sweden; Bremen, Germany; Hamburg, Germany)
St. Blaise's Day/Blessing of Throats Day (Patron of animals, builders, carvers, healthy throats, stonecutters, veterinarians, wool-combers, wool weavers; Dalmatia; Anguillara Sabazia, Italy; Bovolone, Italy; Camastra, Sicily, Italy; Cassano allo Ionio, Italy; Castellania, Italy; Doues, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Militello, Sicily, Italy; Montecatini Val di Cecina, Italy; Palombara Sabina, Italy; Pietrasanta, Italy; Revello, Italy; Sacrofano, Italy; against coughs, goiters, throat diseases, whooping cough, wild beasts)
Takisanji Oni Matsuri -- Takisan-ji Temple, Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
The Day the Music Died -- anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson)
Veterans' Day -- Thailand
Anniversaries Today:
Jean-Claude van Damme weds Darcy Lapier, 1994
Wake Forest University is established, 1834
Birthdays Today:
Isla Fisher, 1976
Maura Tierney, 1965
Keith Gordon, 1961
Thomas Calabro, 1959
Nathan Lane, 1956
Morgan Fairchild, 1950
Dave Davies, 1947
Blythe Danner, 1943
Fran Tarkenton, 1940
Shelley Berman, 1926
Joey Bishop, 1918
Simone Weil, 1909
James Michener, 1907
Norman Rockwell, 1894
Gertrude Stein, 1874
Elizabeth Blackwell, 1821
Horace Greeley, 1811
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Victor Borge Show"(TV), 1951
"The Three Caballeros"(Cartoon Film; US debut), 1945
"Face the Music"(Musical), 1932
"Le carnaval romain"(Berlioz, Op. 9), 1844
"Semiramide"(Opera, Rossini), 1823
Today in History
Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south, 1488
The first paper money in America is issued by the colony of Massachusetts, 1690
Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants, 1743
The Dutch States-General forbid the export of windmills, 1752
Spain recognizes US independence, 1783
The world's first commercial cheese factory is established in Switzerland, 1815
The sovereignty of Greece is confirmed in a London Protocol, 1830
The Wisconsin Supreme Court declares the US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional,1855
Emperor Meiji becomes the 122nd emperor of Japan, 1867
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution, guaranteeing Black suffrage, is passed, 1870
Albert Spalding, with only $800, starts a sporting goods company, which eventually manufactured the first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football (American style football), 1876
Circus owner P.T. Barnum buys Jumbo the elephant, 1882
The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, the income tax, is ratified, 1913
Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottowa, burns down, 1916
Percival Prattis becomes the first African-American news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press galleries, 1947
A plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson and the incident becomes known as The Day the Music Died, 1959
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of the "a wind of change" of increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signaling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation, 1960
The unmanned Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon, 1966
In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress, 1969
New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption, 1971
John Buster and the research team at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer, from one woman to another resulting in a live birth, 1984
Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 1995
The New York Giants defeated the heavily favored and previously undefeated 18-0 New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, 17-14, in what is known to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history, 2008
Eric Holder becomes 82nd and 1st African American US Attoney General, 2009
Moscow has its heaviest snowfall in a day on record, killing one and bringing down 2,000 trees, 2018
Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the first ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, 2019
The US and Russia extend their last remaining nuclear arms treaty, New START, for five years, 2021
Engineers at MIT announce they have engineered spinach to send emails when detecting explosive materials in groundwater as part of plant nanobionic research, 2021
The coldest wind chill ever is recorded in the the US, -108°F, taken at Mount Washington Observatory, New Hampshire, 2023
