Yes, I Labored, 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.  

First, a bit of "blog housekeeping."

Ms. Sandee, your site now insists on a website to allow a comment, and so i believe my comments are going straight to spam.  That's what happens with most Wordpress accounts, even when i use Wordpress to comment.  Just know i'm not ignoring you.

River asked about the Batik art, if everything sold and others were expressing the hope the money raised was enough.  Every artwork was snapped up and the largest one was auctioned.  The church made sure there was enough from the sale and donations for the orphans ministry to get their bus.

Several have asked about Carl's future.  His father was a chemist with a big company, earning a very good living and he and Ms. V have a trust fund set up.  

Carl has been accepted at a group home in Mississippi and they will have room for him in about a year or so.  He will move there and come back for visits.  

On site at the home, which is actually a campus on a large piece of land outside a small town, the residents have jobs, golf and bowling tournaments, dances and other recreation opportunities, exercise rooms and classes, spacious grounds for walking, running, or other sports, a chapel with an interdenominational service every Sunday, and residents expect to live our their natural lives there.  

This way, no matter how long or short a time he has his parents in the future, he will be in a safe place and his brother will manage the trust fund to see that he can stay there.

Yesterday was Labor Day in the US, so i labored.

Carl made sure of it.

Upon arrival he was just getting out of the shower.  He stopped to ask how i was doing and said what sounded like, "Grumpy."

Are you grumpy? i asked.  Because i'm not.

"Oh, no," he said.  "At least, I don't think so..."

At that, he started to wander off and i had to grab him back and hand him an apron.  Then he went to tend to his breakfast.

My first job now when he's eating is to check his ice chest and make sure the cold vest and packs are ready.

They weren't ready, the "cupboard" (ice chest) was bare.  I got it packed up.

My next job as he eats is to prepare his lunch/snack.  This is most important, at least to him it is.  He had a sandwich made, but had an extra slice of bread in the zip bag with it.  When i asked him about it, he looked confused, so i took the extra slice out and went to the big kitchen to use it in a second sandwich for the next day.

Once he was done eating and had brushed -- twice -- he headed for the door, only to turn back and say, "Glasses?"

I grabbed a pair of sunglasses that already had a lanyard around it, his mother's attempt at helping him not lose so many pairs.  So far, it hasn't made much of a dent in his rate of sunglasses loss.

Then he got to the door again, came back and said, "Deodorant?"

You're supposed to put that on after your shower and before your clothes, i told him as i handed him one of the 3 sticks, all without caps, in the cabinet.

Then, on his way out the door, i reminded him to put the deodorant on under his clothes, not on top.

Only Carl needs that reminder.

Anyway, i labored on Labor Day and this was the fruit of my labor, at least at his place (i had Ms. D and Ms. JAI, too, but that's for another time).

In honor of Carl’s many pair of sunglasses, some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Another Look Unlimited Day -- sponsored by Envira Myntyl, a day to look around and see what you don't need and can donate to charity, to lessen the flow to landfills

Be Late For Something Day -- sponsored by the Procrastinators' Club of America, Inc. (if they can get around to mentioning it in their newsletter, of course)

Genesia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (a day of the dead; date approximate)

Hassaku-sai -- Matsuo-taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan (rituals to ask the gods for mild weather, good harvests and safe homes)

International Day of Charity -- UN

Jupiter Stator Festival -- Ancient Roman Calendar (commemorates that Jupiter helped Romulus to stop the Sabine invasion under Titus Tatius)

Jury Rights Day -- marking the decision by a jury, in 1670, to not convict William Penn of laws which they considered unjust which would have prohibited him from the practice and preaching of his religion to a peaceably assembled congregation; this decision became the basis of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the US

National Boss/Employee Exchange Day -- US (or anyone else who wants to foster understanding between bosses and employees, trade places for a day and see how the other half lives!)

National Cheese Pizza Day

Play Days -- sponsored by the HUMOR Project, add humor to your life; through Saturday  

St. Laurence Gustiani's Day (First Patriarch of Venice)

St. Teresa of Calcutta's Day (Mother Teresa); related:

     Dia e Lumturimit te Nene Terezes -- Albania

Sts. Zechariah and Elisabeth's Day -- Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Churches

Teacher's Day -- India

Anniversaries Today:

John Travolta marries Kelly Preston, 1991

Birthdays Today:

Kim Yu-Na, 1990

Rose McGowan, 1973

Dweezil Zappa, 1969

Kristian Alfonso, 1964

Cathy Guisewite, 1950

Dennis Dugan, 1946

Raquel Welch, 1940

William Devane, 1939

Carol Lawrence, 1934

Bob Newhart, 1929

Arthur C. Nielsen, 1923

John Cage, 1912

Arthur Koestler, 1905

Darryl F. Zanuck, 1902

Morris Carnovsky, 1897

Jesse James, 1847

Johann Christian Bach, 1735

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon for Muscular Dystrophy"(TV), 1966

"No Mother To Guide Her"(Play), 1905

Today in History:

Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards, in an attempt to Westernize his people, 1698

The First Continental Congress is assembled in Philadelphia, 1774

The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror, 1793

Napoleon surrenders Malta to Great Britian, 1800

Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas, 1836

The First Opium war begins in China, 1839

James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon, 1862

Sioux Chief Crazy Horse is killed, 1877

The First Labor Day Parade is held in NYC, 1882

The first gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1885

The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin), 1906

The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger, 1932

The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, 1961

A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day, 1972

Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay, 1977

The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel, 1980

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, came into force, 1991

Tuvalu joins the UN, 2000

For the first time, a browsable, analyzable overview of four million functional elements of the human genome discovered to date are made available to the public, 2012

The World Health Organization estimates that 1,900 people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3,500 infected in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone, 2015

Erramatti Mangamma of Hyderabad, India, becomes the world's oldest living mother giving birth to twins at age 74, 2019

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes the Chinese city of Chengdu while under lockdown, killing 65 people, 2022