Ripping Into the Fun for the A to Z Challenge, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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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.  

It's been a while since i shared a good Dr. D story or two.

She's not been feeling well for a while.  For about a month, she was weak, lethargic, had no appetite and lots of gastric trouble.  It had me so concerned, as it was so unlike her, that i made sure her kids have my phone number so they could call and ask me to go over there if she wasn't answering their calls.  (One lives a 3 hour drive away and the other an 8 hour drive.)

Well, she's baaaaack.  And feeling sassy.  Just going for her physical therapy isn't wiping her out to the point of needing a two day nap.  She's arguing again.

As is normal for her, that meant work.  This time, she sent me on an adventure to get her a watch battery.  (This was after the first set of errands, to get groceries and the mail, and before the third set, for copies.)

She was most put out with her watch for stopping, and asked where to go, so i told her the best place, which is right up the road from her house.  Over i went.

They couldn't get the back off of the watch, of course.  It's a special watch, it requires a jeweler to do it, and the only place in town that does that is closed due to the virus and won't reopen until May 4.

Last week, she showed me a bag of watches that she was going to give to Goodwill when it opens up again, and she handed me one in a pretty lavender color.  Since i have a watch and i wasn't going to get a battery for it right away (none of the watches in that bag work at the moment) i'd dropped it in my work bag.  How about, i proposed to her over the phone, we put a battery in this lavender one that you gave me last week and that i haven't seen to yet, you take it back until the jeweler opens who can fix your favorite, and then you can give me this one back and it will be running.

Great idea, except that a battery did not do the trick, the lavender watch is actually broken!  (And now in the trash, may it rest in peace.)

Back to her place to get the whole bag of watches, and i took them to the battery place.  The Battery Guy and i picked the Timex as the most likely to be fixable with just a new battery, and it was.  She now has the Timex to hold her until her favorite can get seen to, and it only took two trips and three tries, not bad when Dr. D is involved.

Of course, since i had started on watches, she had to move on to sorting the jewelry again.  When i left, we had the "goes into the safe deposit box" pile, the "goes to her daughter" pile, the "keep it here with me" pile, the "going to be donated to Goodwill when it reopens" pile, and the "going to sell it" pile.

How much do you want to bet when i get back next week, we'll have to sort it again, for the third time?  Hint, don't take the bet.

Now for some funnies, starting with more museum imitators: 

Hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Tuesday!

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Today is:

Administrative Professionals Day (original date)

Aggie Muster -- Texas A&M University

Birthday of Rome -- Rome, Italy (753 BCE)

Feast of Wadjet (a/k/a Udjet or Buto) -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

First Day of Ridvan -- Baha'i (began sunset yesterday; through May 2)

Grounation Day -- Rastafari (one of the Rastafarian's most important festivals, in honor of Haile Selassie's 1966 visit to Jamaica)

Heroica Defensa de Veracruz -- Mexico (Heroic Defense of Veracruz)

Homecoming of the Elves -- Fairy Calendar (Singing Festival)

Iroquois Corn Planting Ceremony -- Iroquois Native Americans (three day celebration, always around this time of year)

John Muir Day -- US (American conservationist)

Kartini Day -- Indonesia (honoring a leader who helped emancipate women)

Kindergarten Day -- Germany; US (birth anniversary of Friedrich Froebel, in 1782, who began the first Kindergarten in Germany in 1837)

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)

Mata Tirtha Aunsi -- Nepal (Mother's Day, or literally "Mother Pilgrimage New Moon")

Mibu Dainembutsu Kyogen -- Mibu Temple, Kyoto, Japan (nine day festival of kyogen performances which dates back to 1299)

National Chocolate-Covered Cashew Truffle Day

National Library Workers Day -- US (always the Tuesday of National Library Week)

National Tree Planting Day -- Kenya

Paralia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (shepherd's festival of Pares, goddess of herders)

Queen's Birthday -- Falkland Islands; St. Helena(except Tristan da Cunha)

San Jacinto Day -- Texas, US

St. Anselm of Canturbury's Day

St. Bueno Gasulsych's Day (Patron of diseased cattle, sick animals, and sick children)

Tiradentes Day/Brasilia Day -- Brazil (honors Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, called "tooth puller", who fought for Brazilian independence)

    Inauguration of Brasilia, Distrito Federal -- Brazil (anniversary of the 1960 inauguration of the new federal capital)

World Creativity and Innovation Day -- final day of World Creativity and Innovation Week, which always begins on DaVinci's birth anniversary

Yom HaShoah -- Judaism (Holocaust Remembrance Day; begins at sunset)

Birthdays Today:

Robert Smith, 1959

Andie MacDowell, 1958

James Morrison, 1954

Tony Danza, 1951

Patti LuPone, 1949

Iggy Pop, 1947

Charles Grodin, 1935

Elaine May, 1932

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1926

Anthony Quinn, 1915

John Muir, 1838

Charlotte Bronte, 1816

Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, 1782

Catherine the Great, 1729

Jan van Riebeeck, 1619

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Annie"(Musical), 1977

"Inherit the Wind"(Play), 1955

"Arms and the Man"(Play), 1894

Today in History:

Traditional date for the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus, BC753

Marc Antony continues to battle the senators who assasinated Julius Caesar in the Battle of Mutina, which he loses, BC43

Henry VIII ascends the throne of England, 1509

Hernan Cortez lands in Veracruz, 1519

The Maryland Toleration Act is passed, granting religious freedom to all in that colony, 1649

Catherine the Great ends noble privileges in Russia, 1785

Tiradentes, leader of the independence movement in Brazil, is executed, 1792

Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat Mexican troops under Santa Ana, winning the Battle of San Jacinto and the independence of Texas, 1836

The first train crosses the first bridge over the Mississippi River, crossing from Rock Island, Illinois to Davenport, Iowa, 1855

Alexander Douglas patents the bustle, 1857

Baha'u'llah, the founder of the Baha'i' faith, declares his mission, 1863

The first firehouse pole is installed in a firehouse in NYC, 1878

The Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen)is shot down, 1918

The first Aggie Muster is held, a remembrance of fellow Texas A&M graduates who had died in the previous year, 1922

Brasilia is officially inaugurated as the capital of Brazil, 1960

In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang, 1989

Alexander Wolszczan announces his the discovery of extrasolar planets, 1994

The ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry are launched into orbit, 1997

By order of an Egyptian court, the name of Egypt's former President, Hosni Mubarak, is stripped from public spaces, schools and streets, 2011