Parades, Appointments and Is He Sick, 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.  

Ms. GA and Mr. BA were out of town overnight Sunday to Monday, so my Monday started with me doing cat care.  Somehow I still managed to arrive at Carl's for 6am.

His lights were off, or so i thought, and that's not a good sign.  I'd checked his schedule last week, so i knew he had work.  He was either oversleeping or something was wrong.

When i got in the house i realized one light in his room was on, but not the bathroom light, which is the only one i can see from outside.  He was on his sleep chair in the TV room with a thermometer in his mouth.

I stepped back out and whipped out my mask, which is always handy (in fact, i keep two).  Going back in, he muttered through the thermometer, "I on't feel so ood" or something that probably meant he didn't feel well.

He did not have a fever, just tired and had his usual "tickle cough" he has all the time from allergies, so it was determined to be safe and he could go to work.

As i packed him up and got him out, i stayed a bit distant and kept the mask on, just in case.

He was running late enough that he didn't talk much, but i could tell someone had been to a parade.

Beads in the bed!

I've been fussing at him about his change and getting it to the bank.  He had a fair amount, over $100, and lo and behold!

No change in there.  Now, it might still be in the car, there's no telling if he actually got it to the bank unless i can do a check of the vehicle, but this wasn't the morning to do it.

Meanwhile, i rushed him through the last bites of breakfast, handed him his jacket, raincoat and safety vest, and got his lunch to the car a little sooner than the last minute.  He gets in trouble for being late, and he generally tries to slam into the parking lot at one minute to disaster, but on Mondays i try to shoo him away sooner.

He had four loads of laundry waiting for me, including the dirty clothes he'd hung up thinking they were clean.

I found his deodorant as i usually find it.

He also had a dentist appointment (cleaning).  I snagged the new appointment card and put it on the main kitchen fridge so Ms. V could put it in the calendar.  Carl leaves them in the bag with the sample size toothpaste and floss until he forgets it's there and throws it away.  We've done this song and dance and now i grab it out as soon as i see one of those bags on the counter.

Speaking of appointments, how about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Aldus Day -- death anniversary of Aldus Manutius, inventor of italics

Bob Marley Day / Reggae Day -- Jamaica (birth anniversary)

Gamelia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (anniversary celebration of the marriage of Zeus and Hera; date approximate)

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation -- United Nations

Lame Duck Day -- US, on the anniversary of the passage of the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution; a day to recognize those whose tenure is running out

National Chopsticks Day

Oto Matsuri -- Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (fire festival)

Pay-A-Compliment Day

Safer Internet Day -- Better Internet for Kids (promotes safe and responsible use of the internet by teaching children how to keep themselves safe online)       

Sami National Day -- Finland, Norway, Russian, and Sweden

St. Dorothy of Caesarea's Day (Patron of brewers, brides, florists, gardeners, midwives, newlyweds; Pescia, Italy)

St. Peter Baptist's Day (Patron of Caceres, Philippines; Japan)

Waitangi Day -- Maori, New Zealand and Niue (treaty with Britain, 1840; also considered National Day)

Anniversaries Today:

Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, 1952 (upon the death of her father, George VI)

Massachusetts becomes the 6th US State, 1788

The College of William and Mary in Virginia is founded by royal charter, 1693

Birthdays Today:

Axl Rose, 1962

Barry Miller, 1958

Kathy Najimy, 1957

Robert Townsend, 1957

Natalie Cole, 1950

Bob Marley, 1945

Michael Tucker, 1944

Fabian, 1943

Gayle Hunnicutt, 1943

Gigi Perreau, 1941

Tom Brokaw, 1940

Mike Farrell, 1939

Francois Truffant, 1932

Rip Torn, 1931

Mamie Van Doren, 1931

Zsa Zsa Gabor, 1919

Mary Leakey, 1913

Ronald Reagan, 1911

Babe Ruth, 1895

Aaron Burr, 1756

Nicolaus II Bernoulli, 1695

Chongzhen, Emperor of China, 1611

Christopher Marlowe, 1564

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Masque of Kings"(Play), 1936

"Rhenisch"(Schumann's 3rd Symphony), 1851

Today in History:

The United States signs its first treaty, in which France recognizes the US and promises aid, 1778

New Jersey issues the first US railroad charter to John Stevens, 1815

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds Singapore, 1819

The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia, 1820

Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony, 1840

Harper's Weekly publishes the first picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers, 1869

The international arbitration court at The Hague is created when the Netherlands' Senate ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree, 1900

The Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC, 1902

The "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for the first time, 1935

Turkey holds its first election in which women can vote, 1935

K Elizabeth Ohi becomes the first Japanese-US female lawyer, 1937

Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI, 1952

Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit, 1959

Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed, 1987

The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe, 1989

Russia captures Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile, 2000

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes significant damage to villages along the coast of the Solomon Islands, 2013

Qatar Airways achieves the longest-ever commercial flight in service when its B777 aircraft lands in Auckland after a 16 hour and 23 minutes flight from Doha, 2017

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket, 2018

According to research from RMIT University in Australia, honeybees are able to add and subtract and understand the concept of zero, the first invertebrates shown to demonstrate this capacity, 2019

US astronaut Christina Koch completes the longest continuous spaceflight by a female astronaut after 328 days on the International Space Station, landing in Kazakhstan, 2020

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee (70 years on the throne), 2022