My kids know i get up early, usually 4am early. By somewhere between 5-5:30am i'm usually downstairs getting the day going. They know i check email first things (then don't usually mess with it the rest of the day), so if they have something they need to tell me, they leave a note, usually on scratch paper with whatever pen/pencil/marker is handy, right on my computer.
Monday morning's note:
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| #1 Son's note. |
For any who can't read his writing, it says, "Mom, The van is totally out of gas. It was turned on with the keys in ignition when I got home at 11:30pm."
Ferreting out the whys and wherefores, it turned out that when #2 Son came home around 8pm from taking Young Jacob home, he was so tired he simply got out of the vehicle and left it running, came in and went to bed! He gets up at 3am to be at work for 4, so it's understandable, but still. How do you forget to turn off the car?
Anyway, Sweetie had a light day at work as The Big Boss is out of town, so he managed to grab a spare gas can on the way to run work errands. fill it and bring me enough gas to get it going. It was almost dead empty. It probably would have started, but wouldn't have made it to the nearest gas station, about a half a mile away, that's how low it was.
Talking about it later, #1 Son said, "I had to leave the note, I didn't want you to get in and start driving and then wonder why the van stopped!"
Smart move, and we've all had a great chuckle of it. Except #2 Son, who is slightly red faced.
Today is
Alpenfest -- Gaylord, MI, US (a Swiss inspired festival for the whole family that includes "The World's Largest Coffee Break"; through Saturday)
Be a Dork Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, which encourages you to wear goofy clothes and fall off a swingset today and be proud of Dorkiness
Cigarette Warning Day -- anniversary of the 1968 law passed in the US that requires health warnings on cigarette packaging
Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz -- Judaism (a day of fasting and mourning the destruction of the tablets by Moses, the disruption of Temple services in 423BCE, and the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem right before the Temple was destroyed in 70AD)
Feast of Rowana/Rauni -- Druid/Cornish/Flemish (rowan tree goddess; date approximate)
Festival of Castor and Pullox -- Ancient Roman Calendar every five years (celebrated with a cavalry and chariot procession)
Festival of Santa Rosalia -- Palermo; Sicily (remembrance of the Patron saint of the city on the date, in 1624, when she stopped the plague)
Gorestnici -- Bulgaria (fire festival of 3 days duration, honoring the ancient belief that these are the 3 hottest days of the year)
Gummi Worm Day
Hakata Gion Yamagasa -- Kushida Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan (festival of floats, dates back to the 13th century, includes dousing teams carrying one ton floats with water as they race!)
Hundadagar -- Icelandic tradition, the "dog days" of summer begin, through Aug. 23
Ides of July -- Ancient Roman Calendar
I Love Horses Day -- all over the web with no specific reason given, but do you need a reason to celebrate horses?
Marrakesh Popular Arts Festival -- Marrakesh, Morocco (the country's best Folklore Festival, featuring art and music as well; through Sunday)
National Tapioca Pudding Day
Nazul Al-Quran -- Brunei Darussalam; Malaysia (Quran Revelation Day)
No-Hitter Day -- George Bradley of the St. Louis Brown Stockings pitched the first officially recognized no-hitter in MLB against the Hartford Dark Blues on this date in 1876
Petal-Hopping for Beginners Day -- Fairy Calendar
Pet Fire Safety Day -- make a plan to get yourself and your pets safely out of your home in case of a fire!
Respect Canada Day -- because Canada deserves it!
St. Bonaventure's Day (Patron against intestinal problems; of Bagnoregio, Italy; Cochiti Indian Pueblo; St. Bonaventure University, New York)
St. Swithun's Day -- Saint Swithun's Society Annual Celebration in Toronto, ON, Canada; the weather prognostication associated with this saint says if it rains today, it will rain for the next 40 days (Patron against drought; of Stavenger, England; Winchester, England)
St. Swithun's Festival -- St Swithun's Church, Church Street, Worcester, England (from today, which is St. Swithun's Day, through the 18th)
St. Vladimir of Kiev's Day (Patron of converts, parents of large families, reformed and penitant murderers; Russia; Ukranian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut; Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Sultan's Birthday -- Brunei Darussalam
Thangka unveiling Tashilungpo -- Tibet (Buddha Exhibition Festival) related observance
Zamling Chisang -- Universal Prayer Day (to the Tibetan Deities, especially Samye Dolde)
Birthdays Today
Tanner Maguire, 1998
Emily Roeske, 1991
Brian Austin Green, 1973
Beth Stern, 1972
Adam Savage, 1967
Irene Jacob, 1966
Forest Whitaker, 1961
Lolita Davidovich, 1961
Kim Alexis, 1960
William Aames, 1960
Terry O’Quinn, 1952
Jesse Ventura, 1951
Arianna Huffington, 1950
Richard Russo, 1949
Linda Ronstadt, 1946
Jan-Michael Vincent, 1944
Alex George Karras, 1935
Ken Kercheval, 1935
Julian Bream, 1933
Clive Cussler, 1931
Jacques Derrida, 1930
Mother Fraqnces Xavier Cabrini, 1850
Thomas Bulfinch, 1796
Clement Clarke Moore, 1779
Rembrandt Van Rijn, 1606
Debuting/Premiering Today:
MSNBC(Network), 1996
"One Life to Live"(TV), 1968
Today in History
Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege, 1099
John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, 1381
Alexei Chirikov sights land and sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska, 1741
The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign, 1799
Zebulon Pike begins an expedition from Fort Belle Fountaine to explore the west, 1806
Napoléon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon, 1815
A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, 1823
Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union, 1870
The stratovolcano Mount Bandai, Japan, erupts killing approximately 500 people, 1888
In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing), 1916
Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others, 1955
AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation; the Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day, 2003
Entire villages are burned to the ground and 40,000 people flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2010
so sweet of #1 son!!! and hubby, too.
ReplyDeleteBet that will not happen again!
ReplyDeleteYikes. That's tired. I've been tired, but I've never just got out of the car and walked of leaving it running. I'm glad this turned out well.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. Or at least a better day. ☺
Well, at least you got that note. It would have been worse to get behind the wheel and run out of gas somewhere.
ReplyDeleteGlad there was no harm no foul with the gas incident.
ReplyDeleteSeveral years ago in my agency, there was an investigation of a family that was killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. There vehicle was left running in the garage. The case made no sense as a homicide/suicide and the best conclusion was that one of the adults had accidentally left their car running in the closed garage. When people are really tired their behaviors can be unpredictable for sure.