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My weekly work rounds keep going 'round, sometimes interrupted with a splash.
I'm thankful there are rhythms and patterns, and thankful for the variations within the patterns.
Last Saturday in NOLA, the whole house was hushed for a while as everyone except me was asleep. Grandma, Grandpa, all 3 dogs, down for the count. It's seldom noisy there, but this deep quiet was unexpected and i was thankful to see all of them resting.
Ms. G, thankfully, finally got out of town on her planned get-away in her camper. I did cat and critter care, thankful for the extra pay and for getting done early enough on Sunday to be early to Becca's house.
The splash came on Monday morning. The temperatures were going to go down to around freezing.
Sweetie is very paranoid about broken pipes from freezes, to the point he leaves faucets dripping if the temperature is forecast at anything below 35°F. We have one faucet with a slow drain, and he's not supposed to leave that one dripping.
Monday, 4am, i get up to get to Ms. G's before work and step into a very wet bathroom.
I'm thankful i get up that early, thankful turning the water off stopped it from getting worse, and thankful it all dried out, with help from towels and a wringer mop.
While i did not get to Ms. G's early, i was thankful to be on time to Carl's and once he was safely on the way to work, i ran around the corner and took care of it, coming back and finishing at Carl's not too far behind my usual time.
Ms. JAI was obviously feeling much better when i went this time. After i was done cleaning, she said, "Get over here and sit and keep me company!" I was thankful to be able to do just that.
The only work Tuesday was for Ms. G, and as i wasn't on a schedule, i was thankful to sleep a bit later.
Ms. G was back in town Wednesday, though, and we got the camper unloaded and all the equipment packed up for her to put it in storage until next month. I'm thankful we were able to get it all done, and the shopping, before she had an appointment.
Many of us had our Thursday interrupted by AT&T's little "hiccup" with the whole country's mobile phone coverage. I'm thankful they got it solved, and thankful one of my AT&T phones, the cheap one we use as a spare, actually still worked when the expensive "smart phones" were down.
Friday i was thankful Ms. GA allowed me to wash and dry some of the towels from the earlier mishap. We'd air dried them, of course, but they needed a good washing and got it.
Once kitten season starts, the cat shelter is going to be busting out all over. For now, though, it's very quiet, almost boring sometimes. I'm thankful for the down time, Ms. L and i were able to get all caretaking done in less than an hour!
Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Dyanne and her co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.
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Today is:
Amun in the Festival of Raising Heaven -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Butter Lantern Festival -- Tibet (the final celebration of the Tibetan New Year)
Dragobete -- Romania (lover's day, and the day birds choose a mate, also considered by locals as the first day of spring)
Flag Day -- Mexico
Full Snow Moon -- sometimes also called the Full Hunger Moon, as the most snow falls this month and finding food is hardest
Meaka Bochea -- Buddhist (celebration of the final sermon of Buddha)
Navam Full Moon Poya Day -- Sri Lanka
Spring Lantern Festival -- China (final day of the Chinese New Year celebrations)
Tabodwe Full Moon -- Myanmar (month of Hta-Ma-Ne Feast, the harvest festival of Thanksgiving)
Gregorian Calendar Day -- Gregory XIII issued the Papal Bull requiring Roman Catholics to adopt his calendar reform on this day; the effective date of adoption was to be Oct. 4, 1582
Guru Ravidas Jayanti/Magha Purnima -- CH, HP, HR, MP, and PB, India
International Sword Swallowers Day
Iseseisvuspaev/Independence Day -- Estonia(1918)
Lailat al-Bara'ah (Shab Barat) -- Islam (Night of Forgiveness, a preparation for Ramadan; begins at sunset, local custom dates may vary)
Magha Puja Day -- Buddhist (celebrations of the teachings of Buddha to an assembly of holy men)
National Artist Day -- Thailand
National Tortilla Chip Day
N'cwala -- Zambia (Thanksgiving festival, celebrated with traditional dance, music, and specially brewed beer)
Nylon Toothbrush Day -- the first ones went on sale this date in 1938
Obnoxious Day -- probably started as a joke, the only ones who benefit from this day are the ecard companies
Open That Bottle Night -- time to finally drink that bottle of wine you've been saving for a special occasion; after all, the final Saturday in February only comes once a year (sponsored by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher of The Wall Street Journal)
Regifugium -- Ancient Roman Calendar (flight of the king)
St. Æthelberht of Kent's Day (first Christian King of the Anglo-Saxons; some have his day listed tomorrow instead)
Anniversaries Today:
Hadassah is founded, 1912
Western Washington University is established, 1899
The American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America, 1893
Birthdays Today:
Billy Zane, 1966
Kristin Davis, 1965
Eddie Murray, 1956
Paula Zahn, 1956
Steven Jobs, 1955
Alain Prost, 1955
Helen Shaver, 1951
George Thorogood, 1950
Edward James Olmos, 1947
Rupert Holmes, 1947
Barry Bostwick, 1945
Joe Lieberman, 1942
James Farentino, 1938
Renata Scotto, 1937
Michel Legrand, 1932
Mark Lane, 1927
Stephen Hill, 1922
Abe Vigoda, 1921
Chester W. Nimitz, 1885
Honus Wagner, 1874
Winslow Homer, 1836
Wilhelm Karl Grimm, 1786
Ibn Battutah, 1304
Emperor Toba of Japan, 1103
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Peer Gynt"(Play), 1876
"Rinaldo"(HWV 7), 1711
"L'Orfeo"(SV318), 1607
Today in History:
St. Francis of Assisi, age 26, receives his vocation in Portiuncula, Italy, 1208
In the first imperial coronation by a pope, Charles V is crowned by Clement V, 1530
Pope Gregory XIII, by decree, institutes what is now known as the Gregorian Calendar, correcting the older Julian Calendar, 1582
L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance, 1607
The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage, 1711
The US Supreme Court first declares a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison), 1803
London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute, 1804
The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West, 1831
William Otis of Pennsylvania patents the steam shovel, 1839
The first parade to have floats is staged at Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1868
Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached, 1868
The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries, 1875
China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty, 1881
Chicago is selected to host the Columbian Exposition, 1890
Rudolf Diesel receives a patent for the diesel engine, 1893
Hudson Motor Car Company is founded, 1909
National Public Radio is founded in the United States, 1970
The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal, 1980
Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, 1981
A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II, 1983
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie, 1989
The last occurrence of February 24 as a leap day in the European Union and for the Roman Catholic Church, 1996*
Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea, 2007
Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years, 2008
Final launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, 2011
Pope Francis creates a second Secretariat within the Vatican and gives it the power to audit any Vatican agency at any time, 2014
The Journal of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publishes a study of the first animal that doesn't need oxygen to breathe, a tiny parasite living in salmon tissue, 2020
Puffin, publisher of the late author Roald Dhal, announces it will now print his books with their original unaltered text alongside those with offensive language removed, after widespread criticism and debate, 2022
*The Romans counted Feb. 24 twice in leap years, instead of adding Feb. 29; that continued in many places until 1996
I do say that is something to be thankful for ,not a frozen pipe, just a slow drain. Not fun to start your day mopping at home. I am thankful we only got 3 inches of snow this morn, though it is bitter cold and not quite over. Nice Mrs. G had her trip.
ReplyDeleteThose are all wonderful thankfuls and yes, it's nice to get a break from the busy kitten seasons!
ReplyDeleteWow! Quite the series of thankful events ~ glad you got some down time ~
ReplyDeleteLike your statement about patterns, rhythms and variations ~ hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Wonderful thankfuls.. you missed one- Carl having to work. I am sure that helps you get things done quicker.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds lie it was a happy and busy week, and also happy that small accidents stayed small!
ReplyDeleteBusy week, glad you were able to catch that water overflow! Sounds like you had a good week!
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I love the deep quiet of a house asleep :) Neighbourhoods too in the very early hours once the street lights go off for the night, but these days many street lights don't go off until dawn.
ReplyDeleteI think the slow drain needs to be looked at to see why and can it be fixed.
Another week to be thankful for!
ReplyDeleteI remember that! The dripping faucet strategy. 'a course with the climate up here, freezing pipes are not an unusual event in especially hard winter's.
ReplyDeleteHave a well-paced week!
It sounds like we had similar thoughts about the rhythm of life this week.
ReplyDeleteJava Bean: "Ayyy, that AT&T hiccup! It sounds like it was more like one of those huge belches from that old movie 'Revenge of the Nerds'!"
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