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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.
Carl's work eight hours Monday and Tuesday schedule seems to be holding, with him occasionally picking up an extra shift someone else drops. He's only part time, after all, and if he works too many more hours, it's very hard on him.
Thus he was in the sleep chair when i arrived.
As was this in the chair in his room, and no, there's no way to be sure if they are clean or dirty without waking him. The fact he'd put the lotion covered lotion bottle in the same chair, and at least one item there didn't smell quite right, made it a "wash everything" decision.
While gathering laundry and tidying, i noted his keys were not on the counter with his wallet and all the other items which tend to collect there, so i made a mental note to ask him about it when he woke.
His mom, Ms. V, had obviously been after him to pick things up again as he'd tried to hang up more items, including this.
Yes, stained and needing a rewash. He aims to please, but his aim isn't always straight.
There are still 5 dryer balls, they keep disappearing and then showing back up, sometimes under the bed, sometimes stuffed inside a piece of clothing where it got trapped. Maybe that's the magic number in this house.
What in the world could be in the Sun Chips box?
Masks and grocery bags.
Crayons, index cards, and pens.
And what do you know, glory be, there's even a Sun Chips bag. One more item for his lunch.
When Carl got up to brush his teeth, i asked about the keys.
"They're not here?" he asked.
I don't see them, i noted.
"Where are they?" he asked.
That's what i was asking you, i told him.
"Maybe they're in the car..."
He turned to go brush his teeth and i hunted up the spare keys. Sure enough, his regular keys were tangled up in the seat belt (they're on a chain). I brought them in and put the spare back on the hook just as he was going back to snooze more.
Remember, i told him, i'm about to start the final load of clothes, if you go back to sleep, you have to wash whatever you are wearing or sleeping on now.
Carl blinked at me and said, "I'll wash them," then went to lie down.
I'm not taking bets on whether i will be snagging them on Thursday just to give him a boost, even though i'm only supposed to do the big house that day.
When he finally got up to shower, he asked me, "Where can I get a shave?"
Carl uses an electric razor, but sometimes he needs a boost and he's not been very happy with the place he's been going. I told him about where my Sweetie goes for haircuts, a very old-fashioned barber shop where they can give you a proper shave with a straight razor if you need it. He asked where it was and I showed him on the map on his phone. We'll see if he gets there.
Meanwhile, i packed his lunch and he had breakfast and talked.
Mostly he talked about his weekend, the games he'd played and trouble with one of the levels. He also spoke of his concern about government corruption. He may not be able to organize anything due to his disability, but he can and does think very deeply about things.
As he tried to get out of the house, i handed him this.
Ms. V has bought him new hats for work. Unfortunately, she hasn't gotten new gloves or glasses, and he was also looking for both of those. Maybe soon.
Meanwhile, how about some funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Doctor's Day -- Venezuela
Dream Day -- supposedly begun by an instructor at Columbia University as a day to concentrate on how to make your dreams come true
Farvardigan -- Ancient Persia, Zoroastrians (10 day festival for the dead before Nowruz, the New Year)
Festival of Life in the Cracks Day -- internet holiday declared because this is where most of us are, and we deserve to be celebrated!
Harriet Tubman Day -- anniversary of her death in 1913
International Day of Awesomeness -- Celebrate what is awesome about you - always on Chuck Norris' birth anniversary, because no one is more awesome than Chuck
Mario Day -- for gamers, based on the date Mar 10
National Blueberry Popover Day
National Pack Your Lunch Day -- because it's cheaper and healthier
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day -- US
Organize Your Home Office Day -- Lisa Kanarek wants everyone to organize their home office on the second Tuesday in March; my response is: in one day! is she out of her mind!
Shiogama Jinja Hote Festival -- Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (mikoshi parades and Shinto music)
St. Kessog's Day (Patron of Lennox, Scotland; Scotland)
Telephone Day -- Bell sent the first message by phone, to Watson in the next room, this day in 1876
Tibetan Uprising Day -- Tibetan Independence Supporters commemoration of the 1959 uprising
Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign -- Canisteo, NY (San Juan Capistrano has swallows, and Canisteo has living trees planted to spell out the name of the valley where the turkey vultures/buzzards return each year, traditionally on St. Patrick's Day; through the 17th)
Birthdays Today:
Emily Osment, 1992
Carrie Underwood, 1983
Shannon Miller, 1977
John Hamm, 1971
Edie Brickell, 1966
Prince Edward, 1964
Jasmine Guy, 1964
Rick Rubin, 1963
Pam Oliver, 1961
Sharon Stone, 1958
Shannon Tweed, 1957
Kim Campbell, 1947
Bob Greene, 1947
Tom Scholz, 1947
Chuck Norris, 1940
Dave Rabe, 1940
James Earl Ray, 1928
Pamela Mason, 1918
Bix Beiderbecke, 1903
Clare Boothe Luce, 1903
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer"(TV), 1997
"The Incredible Hulk"(TV), 1978
"Sweet Bird of Youth"(Play), 1959
Today in History:
The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end, BC241
Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire, 418
King Charles I dissolves Parliament; he calls it back 11 years later, 1629
English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania, 1681
French Huguenot Jean Calas, who was wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform, 1762
John Stone, of Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver, 1791
England begins its first modern census, 1801
In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States, 1804
The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria, 1831
Abraham Lincoln patents a device to help free ships in rivers from shallow water; he built a small scale model, but no full-size device was ever built, and makes him the only US president to hold a patent, 1849
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you," 1876
Commissioner George Scott Railton and seven women officers landed at New York to officially begin the work of the Salvation Army in the US, 1880
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching, 1891
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France, 1906
After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall," 1896
China ends slavery, 1910
Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation, 1922
In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.; he later retracts his guilty plea, 1969
Astronomers discover rings around Uranus, 1977
In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup, 1990
The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom, 2000
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars, 2006
Carlos Slim becomes the first Mexican and person from an emerging economy to top Forbes Richest Person list, with net worth of US$53.5 billion, 2010
South Korean judges uphold their parliaments' decision to impeach President Park Geun-hye, 2017
Washington University researchers put the global death toll of Covid-19 at 18.2 million, 2022
In a milestone test for animal organ transplants into people at Xijing Hospital, Xi’an, China, the first pig liver is transplanted into a person who is "clinically dead," with the organ functioning for 10 days, 2024
