Spiders and Communion Cups, 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.  

Because i clean the rest of the house every other Thursday (meaning the area besides his apartment), and because they are members of our church, i often see Carl on days other than Monday.

Last Thursday as i was there cleaning, he was sharing something with me about not being able to get into one of his accounts, i believe it was his work account.  Because he signs in and out of work with the app and account, it was a big deal in his world.

"I had to get the, uh, thingamabobber from the manager..." he told me and let it trail off.  Then turned to me and said, "How's life going out there?"

I just told him i was keeping rather busy, as i wasn't quite sure what he meant by "out there."  For all i know, he's asking about the state of my business or the state of the whole universe.  It's best to keep it simple unless he decides to ask a complicated question.

Instead, he just left for work.

We ran into each other again on Sunday, between services at the Sunday school hour.  I asked how he was doing and if he'd been to the earlier service or was staying for the later one.

"Um, they had one already?" he asked, and i told him yes, but another will start in about 35 minutes.

"Well, what's going on now?" he asked, and i told him Sunday school, and there are two adult classes upstairs.

He smiled his "happy kid" smile and headed for the stairs.  I don't know which one he landed in, but i know both teachers and they were more than enough to handle him.

When i arrived Monday, i realized as i emptied the dryer he must have stayed for the later service, which was a communion service.

If you don't know what that is, it's a single serving communion cup.

Like these.

Despite trash cans everywhere and the little wooden holders in the pews meant to put your empty cup into, 

Like this.

he still managed to have his in his pocket and it ended up in the dryer.

I peeked into his room and he was fully dressed and on his knees in front of his TV saying, "Spider!  Big!  Big spider!"

It won't hurt you, i told him, it's here to keep flies out of your room.

"Big!" he emphasized again.  Spiders are his nemesis.

If i see it, i'll take care of it, i told him, then chivvied him into an apron and told him to go have breakfast.

He grabbed a packet on top of the fridge labeled "Birthday Cake Trail Mix."  He's supposed to stay away from sugar but i don't think he's getting the message, and when i mentioned the stuff was pretty sugar laden, he started jogging in place while eating it.

Somehow i don't think that helps much.

Then he walked past me mumbling about "store closings."  He's been worried because a few stores have closed, but his is very popular and not slated to go anywhere soon.

The stain remover spray for the laundry was missing again so i asked Carl for the key to his car.  He still hasn't figured out it doesn't work on car upholstery, and also hasn't figured out his mom bought car upholstery cleaner several months ago.  Thus i often end up digging the stain remover out of the car.

Yes, i gave the keys back to him.  This proved important later.  Meanwhile, i got his bedding ready to wash, removing the wet towels from the bed, too.  That's the first time i've seen him pull that trick.

I had his ice vest was packed, extra ice packs in the ice chest, his lunch together, and he ran around the room, slathering his knees with lotion, looking for a belt, and then, out to the car and looking for the keys.

As he emptied his pockets, i ran back and checked the kitchen table.  Yep.  I took the keys out and told him it was very important to put them back in his pocket when i hand them to him.  Then he was gone.

Today, dryer funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Arbor Day -- Philippines

Color TV Day -- CBS broadcast the first program in color on this day in 1951

Day of the Seafarer -- The International Maritime Organization (this year’s theme is “Seafarers in the Front Line”)   

Feast of the Optional Holiday -- pick one, and celebrate it or don't, your option!

Festival of Ranting and Vaporing -- sponsored by The Daily Bleed

Global Beatles Day -- read about the meaning of this day, and why this date was picked, over here

Gotanshin Sai -- Kitano Tenmangu, Kyoto, Japan (festival to commemorate the birth of Lord Sugawara, with ceremonies to ward off summer infections)

Independence Day -- Mozambique(1975)

Leon Day -- Noel spelled backward, the turning point on the calendar when Christmas starts getting closer; those who make Christmas/Noel gifts need to start thinking about their projects

Ludi Taurii -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Games of the Bull, a two day festival held once every five years)

National Catfish Day

National Columnists' Day -- US (on the fourth Tuesday of June each year, set aside some time to thank your favorite newspaper columnists, whether local or syndicated)

National Fried Okra Day

National Strawberry Parfait Day

Sense of Humor in Bed Appreciation Day -- i'm not touching this one

Slovenian Sovereignty Day / National Day -- Slovenia

Statehood Day -- Croatia

St. Eurosia's Day (a/k/a Orosia; Patron of Jaca, Spain; against bad weather)

     Fiesta de Santa Orosia -- Jaca, Spain

St. Molaug's Day (Patron of Argyll, Scotland; against mental illness)

Anniversaries Today:

Virginia becomes the 10th US State, 1788

Birthdays Today:

Scott Terra, 1987

Linda Cardellini, 1975

Dikembe Mutombo, 1966

George Michael, 1963

Ricky Gervais, 1961

Sonia Sotomayor, 1954

Jimmie Walker, 1949

Phyllis George, 1949

Carly Simon, 1945

Willis Reed, Jr., 1942

June Lockhart, 1925

Sidney Lumet, 1924

Anne Revere, 1903

George Orwell, 1903

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold, 1886

Rose Cecil O'Neill, 1874

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Het Achterhuis. Dagbrieven van 14 juni 1942 tot 1 augustus 1944(First publication of excerpts from Anne Frank's diaries), 1947

"It Pays To Be Ignorant"(Radio), 1942

Today in History:

The Book of Concord or Concordia, the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church, is published, 1580

Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a Doctor of Philosophy, from the University of Padua, 1678

Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary, 1741

Lucien B. Smith of Ohio patents the first version of barbed wire, 1867

Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, 1876

Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland, 1938

The Diary of Anne Frank is published, 1947

The Berlin airlift begins, 1948

The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea, 1950

CBS broadcasts the first color television signal, 1951

First live global satellite television programme – Our World, 1967

Mozambique achieves independence, 1975

Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington, 1981

Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia, 1991

Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada, 1993

An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir, 1997

The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the death of 19 people, 1997

The Harvard School of Health Study concludes that since 1980 the number of adults with diabetes has doubled, 2011

A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight, 2013

The US Supreme Court rules that police cannot examine the digital contents of a cell phone without a court order, 2014

Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson announces it plans to move some production abroad in response to EU retaliatory tariffs, 2018

Mirazur on the French Riviera is crowned the world's best restaurant at a ceremony in Singapore, 2019

The WHO declares the Ebola outbreak in the Congo over, after 2,280 deaths in two years, 2020

Scientists publish findings surrounding the 30,000-year-old intact remains of a baby wooly mammoth found frozen in permafrost in Klondike gold fields in the Yukon, Canada, 2022