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It's always a joy to get to Thankful Day, and this week was one of working out some things.
Frequently, a "new to you" used car has some quirks. Lawrence seems to have quirks. The pastor told me the check engine light comes on sometimes if you don't secure the gas cap quite right.
Last Saturday, just as my Sweetie and i were heading to NOLA to clean Grandma and Grandpa's house, i noticed the tires looked just a little low. We stopped at the nearest gas station to use the air hose which i was not familiar with. I had no idea you had to choose between vacuum and air before paying, and someone had it set to vacuum. I was thankful Lawrence got the vacuuming he needed but i haven't had time to do!
Then i was thankful none of the tires were dangerously low, but a couple of them needed a bit of air and got it.
Now came the quirk, indeed, i had put gas in the car the evening before, and sure enough, the check engine light came on.
#2 Son has a code reader and i wanted him to use it to make sure it was just the cap and nothing serious which would strand us on the road, but he was still asleep (we leave very early if we can), so instead we went to the auto parts place where they can read the codes for you.
I'm thankful the nice gentleman did, and it was the same code as before when it was the gas cap. I'm thankful for a new gas cap!
We were thankful for a safe trip there and back and the house got cleaned. Also, i was thankful to be able to say yes when Uncle J asked me to spend the night next Saturday so he can go out with his friends and not have to worry.
Something felt off when i arrived at Becca's place Sunday morning. Mr. J was nowhere to be found, but his hat and keys were on the table and his truck parked outside, so i knew he hadn't left yet. There was no breakfast made, and none of Becca's meds were out. Also, Mr. Cal was nowhere to be found.
I woke Becca and the door to the guest room was locked, so we couldn't access the bathroom she normally uses, nor her toothbrush and other personal items. We went to the downstairs bathroom and made do with getting dressed, texting both Mr. J and Ms. A to see if we could figure out what was up, and then started a walk, just the two of us, for which we were thankful as we still need our exercise.
Partway through the walk, i started getting texts, Mr. J now had the illness Ms. A had last week and is locked up in the guest bedroom, the toothbrush and other accoutrements were in Ms. A's bathroom, the meds in the cabinet (i do know where they are in a pinch), and by the time we got back, Mr. Cal was out as he'd been sleeping with Mr. J.
Ms. A was also up so we were thankful to get to Becca's stuff to brush teeth and then, with Mr. Cal making such sweet eyes at us and seeming so excited, we took a second walk with him, for which he was very thankful.
Mr. J wasn't going to church even though he was no longer contagious, and while we were gone he snuck in the kitchen to make Becca's breakfast, for which Becca was thankful, and me, too, as i can poke around in their fridge and find things but it's easier for him.
Ms. A and i were also thankful to put plans in place for next Sunday, as while there's no reason i can't get to church by 8am from Grandma's house, i'm rather certain there's no way i can get into town early enough to be at Becca's at 6:30.
Sunday i also woke up to find out Blogger, or more likely one of their AI programs, had censored my blog post, putting it behind one of those advisories saying it is only for adults. I can't be certain, but in the post i talked about how in hospitals they change beds with the patient still in the bed, and something in the discussion probably got the AI's circuits all in a dither. I was thankful my appeal for review went through and it was uncensored.
My Sweetie's phone had started acting up on Saturday, and continued on Sunday, and we made plans to possibly take it to a repair place or buy him another when i got off work Monday. Monday morning i was thankful to get a call from him, he'd gone to the repair place he likes best and they'd managed to sort him out. I'm thankful both i don't have to buy a new phone and i don't have to teach him a new phone!
One of the ladies' in the #2 ladies' circle broke her hip May 28, so when we had our circle meeting this past Tuesday, we met at the usual apartment in the complex and then we walked over to her room in the rehab center to have our lesson there. We were all thankful and her contributions to our discussion are always insightful.
I'm also thankful we surprised Ms. V, who missed the May meeting because she and her other son and daughter-in-law were moving Carl to his new place (a campus for special needs adults). Because she wasn't there, we all agreed to give our social services donation this month to the special needs center where Carl moved. She was speechless and we're all thankful we could make a contribution.
Once home, i was most thankful to spend time with our little Annie. She even took a good nap for me.
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| She looks so grown up when she lets her mama put her hair up. |
Wednesday i was thankful to see Ms. Fiona again, and thankful Ms. G isn't normally so scatterbrained as she is right now with this sinus infection, it's going away but leaving her tired and foggy headed. We'll both be thankful when it clears.
That same evening, i was thankful #2 Son and i discussed all the car things which need to be done around here and devise a plan.
Ms. V had a great idea Thursday morning. Since she doesn't have exercise class during the summer, when i'm there to clean she will sleep in Carl's room so i can get to the main bedroom early. There are always two loads of laundry from that room, and if i don't get started early enough, i end up staying overtime, and neither of us want that.
Once done with work Thursday, i was thankful to hear our generator do its test run. I was also thankful to get to bed just after 8pm that evening. I never get to bed that early, and i'm always running on a sleep deficit. Friday morning, i was thankful to wake after almost 8 full hours of sleep for the first time in months.
While i watched Annie again Friday after prayer group and shopping, i was thankful #2 Son fixed GusGus! No more check engine light in her, she doesn't threaten to die when idling, and we can get the emissions inspected and she will pass, hooray! Now to get her A/C working.
Friday evening at the shelter was another "the joint is jumping" evening. We were thankful for volunteers, adoptions, people looking, foster families picking up kittens which needed extra attention, and an all around good time.
Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.
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Today is:
Bonza Bottler Day™
Children's Day -- North Korea
D-Day -- 77th Anniversary
Drawing Day/Pencil Day -- used to be sponsored on the first Saturday with the motto "Drop Everything and Draw", but even though no longer promoted by any specific group, you can still enjoy some time drawing today
Drive-In Movie Day*
Helicopter Day -- the first one was tested in Berlin on this day in 1936
Hyun Choong Il -- South Korea (Memorial Day)
International Tabletop Day -- encouraging people to play games on a table, not online, face to face; formerly sponsored by Geek and Sundry
National Applesauce Cake Day
Nationaldagen -- Sweden (National Day)
National Family Recreation Day -- US (seems to have been started by the community of Arvada, CO, US, wanting families to enjoy the great outdoors together)
National Gardening Exercise Day -- because gardening is good for the body and soul
National Health and Fitness Day -- Canada
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day -- US
National Trails Day -- US (be safe out there, if you want help becoming a hiker there's info from the American Hiking Society)
National Yo-Yo Day -- Donald F. Duncan, Sr.'s, birth anniversary; go get out your old Duncan and see if you still remember how to go around the world (but not near Great Aunt Mabel's antique lamp she left you, please)
Russian Language Day -- UN
St. Norbert of Xanten's Day (Patron of peace; Bohemia; Madgeburg, Germany; against birth complications)
Teachers' Day -- Bolivia
Birthdays Today:
Staci Keanan, 1975
Max Casella, 1967
Paul Giamatti, 1967
Ena, 1966
Amanda Pays, 1959
Bjorn Borg, 1956
Kenny G, 1956
Sandra Bernhard, 1955
Harvey Fierstein, 1954
Harvey Fierstein, 1952
Robert Englund, 1947
Gary U.S. Bonds, 1939
Marian Wright Edelman, 1939
Billy Whitelaw, 1932
Thomas Mann, 1875
Robert Falcon Scott, 1868
Alexander Pushkin, 1799
Nathan Hale, 1755
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"20/20"(TV), 1978
"Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust"(Album release), 1972
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"(Song release), 1965
Today in History:
Twenty-four wagonloads of Talmudic books are burned in Paris, 1242
The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty; the Manchus would rule China until 1912 when the Republic of China is established, 1644
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum, 1683
A devastating fire destroys one-third of Moscow, including 18,000 homes, 1752
Napoleon's brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain, 1808
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London, 1844
More than 100,000 inhabitants of Bombay are killed as a cyclone in the Arabian Sea pushes huge waves into the harbour, 1882
The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins, the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, 1912
The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler, 1925
*The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey, United States, 1933
A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy, 1974
Mongolia holds its first direct presidential elections, 1993
A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 meters diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya with an estimated force slightly greater than the Nagasaki nuclear bomb, 2002
Tamil is established as a Classical Language in India, 2004
In east London, archeologists find remains of the Curtain Theatre, which opened in 1577 and was where some of Shakespeare's plays were performed, 2012
A solar plane, called The Solar Impulse, lands in Morocco after completing the world's first intercontinental flight powered by the Sun, 2012
LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan's record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in Cleveland's Game 3 Finals loss to Golden State, 2018
A Frenchman is announced to have won France's €1 million My Lottery for the second time in 2 years, with odds of 1 in 16 trillion, 2018
New York City’s police commissioner James O’Neill apologizes for his department's actions during the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn, on this 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, 2019
The UK's Prince Harry accuses Mirror Group Newspapers of hacking his emails, become the first senior royal to testify in court in 130 years, 2023
In what may possibly be the last major gathering of WWII veterans, Allied leaders celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landing in Normandy, France, 2024
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