There’s Something to be Said for Enjoying Life, 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.  

Carl's mom has put in a request with MallMart to have his hours changed so he's not working so late in the heat, he does best with just a morning shift.  They changed his hours for about 3 days, then went back to 9am-2pm.

Which means, of course, he's home longer while i'm there cleaning and trying to get him out the door at the same time.

It extends the fun, don't you know.

Carl really is a glass half full kind of person.  He's always seeing the bright side, or finding ways to enjoy himself.

He heard me come in the back hall and met me at his apartment room door with his blanket and pillow ready to go to his sleep chair in the main living room.  I told him to have a good rest and got down to it, as he'd really had quite a weekend.

It looked to me like most of his time was spent on games, probably with his friend.  As i said, he's always up for fun.

After a bit of a sleep, he wandered in and said, "I have to tidy...didn't mean to get so messy...um..."

As per usual, i told him once i walked on the job it was no longer his job and asked if he was ready for his shower.  He headed for the bathroom and came back out in under 30 seconds, brushed his teeth at the kitchen sink for about 10 seconds, said something about no towel (i handed him one, he just didn't see it), then he wandered out again and i followed to see what he was doing.  He set the kitchen timer for 3 1/2 minutes and went back to his sleep chair.

Only a persistent optimist would think 3 1/2 minutes of extra sleep was enough.

Once the timer went off, then he was ready for his shower.  I showed him he already had everything he needed in the bathroom, for undergarments to outer garments and towels, and told him not to come out until he was dressed.  The warning is probably unneeded by now, but you never know.

He came out looking for socks, which he already had in his hand.  He wanted a different pair, so we swapped and then it was time for powder.

We could go skating on that powdered surface, couldn't we?

While getting ready, and after breakfast while getting ready to go, he chatted away about his weekend.  There was something about a "games thingamabobber," which latter is his favorite word for anything he can't remember the word for.  He discussed something about new laws being enacted, then about Youtube videos he saw, "With feathers and stuff," whatever else the videos were about.

He and his friends apparently got to go to some kind of live performance where there were special effects on the stage making it look like there was a fire and rain to put it out.  He was very impressed and said it was "way cool."  He also talked about watching The Princess and the Frog, which he thoroughly enjoyed.

As he was about to leave, a bit early i thought, he said, "I checked the app, changed my hours again, want me early..."  Rumor has it the place is very busy this week because of the upcoming holiday.

I asked if he had everything and he said, "Sunscreen?" I handed him some and in picking it up he put down the sunglasses i'd given him and i had to hand those to him again.

He put everything in the car, came back, looked around, said, "What did I need?" and walked back out and left.  Whatever it was, i hope he already had it.

Almost always, as much as he enjoys himself and as talented as he is at coming up with unique ways to mystify me, i still find new things to wonder about.  This week, i am wondering how he got the orange soda stain on the inside of his shorts only, with nothing on the outside.

In honor of his enjoyment of life and always finding something fun to do, some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful day, everyone!

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Today is:

Adonia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (date approximate, but always in July, a ritual to honor Adonis)

Carnival Tuesday -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Flag & Anthem Day -- Curacao

Freedom From Fear of Public Speaking Day -- as proposed by Beverly Beuermann-King, because you don't want to blow it when your big opportunity comes because you are afraid to speak out!

I Forgot Day (the day to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, or other special days that you forgot during the first half of the year)

National Anisette Day

Palio di Provenzano -- Siena, Italy (horse race and pageant, named after the Madonna di Provenzano, whose church is in Siena)

Remember to Feed the Hummingbirds Day -- internet reminder to be nice to these beautiful creatures

Second Half of the Year Day 

St. Swithin's Day (Patron against drought; of Stavenger, England; Winchester, England)

Try to Find Your Slinky Day -- the weird holiday of the day!

Unity Day -- Zambia

Violin Lovers' Day

World UFO Day -- unfortunately, a real day observed by many around the world (on the "anniversary" of the UFO crash in Roswell, if such a thing even happened, which i doubt*) 

*i believe that if there's life elsewhere, it shows its intelligence by staying away from us!

Anniversary Today:

Prince Albert of Belgium marries Paola Ruffo di Calabria, 1959

Birthdays Today:

Lindsay Lohan, 1986

Ashley Tisdale, 1985

Johnny Weir, 1984

Jose, Jr., and Ozzie Canseco, 1964

Jimmy McNichol, 1961

Ron Silver, 1946

Vicente Fox Quesada, 1942

Richard Petty, 1937

Polly Holiday, 1937

Dave Thomas, 1932

Medgar Evers, 1925

Dan Rowan, 1922

Ken Curtis, 1916

Thurgood Marshall, 1908

Jean René Lacoste, 1904

Hermann Hesse, 1877

Thomas Cranmer, 1489

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Andy Williams Show"(TV), 1957

"The Lawrence Welk Show"(TV), 1955

"Finlandia"(Sibelius' Op. 26), 1900

Today in History:

Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine, 1698

Vermont  becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery, 1777

Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19, 1881

Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinque take over the slave ship Amistad, 1893

Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains patent for radio in London, 1897

The first zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany, 1900

Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight 1937

The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas, 1962

North and South Vietnam, divided since 1954, reunite to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 1976

The AbioCor  self contained artificial heart is first implanted, 2001

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon, 2002

Planetoid Pluto's fourth and fifth moons officially receive the names Kerberos and Styx from the International Astronomical Union, 2013

British Petroleum agrees to compensate the US government and states bordering the Gulf of Mexico $18.7 billion for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, 2015

British divers discover 12 boys and their coach alive in Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Thailand, after being trapped for 9 days by monsoon flooding, 2018

A newly rediscovered Lewis chess piece sells at auction for £735,000 in London, 2019

The British Darts Organisation’s commercial arm, BDO Enterprises Ltd, goes into liquidation due to lack of sponsorship, 2020

Excavations at burials near Tel Yehud in Israel from the 14th century BC reveal the earliest known evidence of the use of opium, 2022