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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.
It's a new month, it's the same Carl (and the same Mr. D later in the morning, but that's later in the story, too).
He'd left the car door not quite shut again, and a gentle push failed to budge it at all. I realized what happened, he'd simply pushed it and heard it shut and figured that was all, but the seat belt was in the door jamb and it didn't close. When i found the keys, actually on his counter for once, it was just so, and i started the car and let it run a few minutes for good measure to make sure he hadn't drained the battery with the dome light on all night.
Once i got in, i noticed he'd been shopping again.
Let's just hope he remembers who he was going to give this to.
A quick run around to assess the lay of the land showed:
his closet was a puzzlement,
he did have clean socks, albeit in the wrong spot, then again, maybe he thinks the bathroom floor is the right spot,
the tops to his deodorants were just misplaced in the kitchen, not gone,
he'd needed money, and instead of taking all his coins, he just took one roll of quarters,
and, by the mini donuts under the apple in the fridge, it's rather obvious he's not going to be giving up sugar any time soon, in spite of his mother's desire he do so.
Not long after i arrived, he came up from his sleep chair to grab a different pillow and more of his pajamas to wrap around it. We had the usual discussion, with me telling him anything he's wearing or using or sleeping on while i'm doing laundry becomes his responsibility to wash later. He still gives me the stink eye about it, even though he knows it can't be washed while it's on him.
He came in again later to grab his probiotics, and since i'd already started cleaning his bathroom at that point, i called out, put them away when you're done! He tried, he really did. Wrong shelf, but they weren't on the counter. A for effort.
About 1 1/2 hours before he was to leave for work, i woke him and told him it was time for his shower. "More sleep!" he said, but i told him he'd need every minute if he wanted his usual big breakfast, and he did, so he got up.
We checked the clothes in the bathroom to make sure he had what he needed, and he approved, then i reminded him to not come out undressed and he took his shower. I was nearby but with my back turned later when i heard the bathroom door open and i called, are you dressed? and the door slammed. I took that as a no, so i'm glad i asked.
"Wrong shirt!" he told me as he exited in pants only, and yes, he'd approved the choice of shirt earlier. This happens frequently, i've learned not to take it personally, although we have discussed what he's allowed and not allowed to wear at work.
While i packed him a substantial work meal (can't call it lunch since he now works 11am to 7pm), he ate a substantial breakfast, then realized he had what we shall delicately call "stomach trouble." Twice. Badly.
At this point, i've been in the house over 3 hours and Mr. L is finally awake and tells me, "Oh, I had what I thought was food poisoning, but now Carl has it so it must be a stomach virus, it's terrible 'stomach trouble' for about 24 hours, you might want to be careful what you touch and use gloves."
Um, thanks for the head's up, sir. After i've already been here and gotten much of the work done.
Meanwhile, Carl decided this warranted calling in sick, since he was feeling the urge to go back to the restroom again.
Please note, between these visits, he was eating his breakfast quite as usual, so it gives you "stomach trouble" but doesn't take away your appetite. You just need to stay close to a restroom for 24 hours, i guess.
Once he'd called in sick to work and i'd put his entire lunch back in the fridge for the next day, he looked at me and said, "Who can go get me some medicine?"
I knew what kind of medicine he wanted and i knew he had some, so i went and dug it out of his medicine cabinet. Each tablet is in it's own little "blister pack" as they call it, and they're hard to open and he was very concerned when i grabbed a knife to carefully slit open the packs and get him two of them. "Don't hurt yourself!" he kept saying, hovering over me.
He's very tenderhearted, even when he is in gastric distress.
Next i went to Ms. S's house and the first thing she told me was, "You're not going to believe this, but Mr. D took my phone with him this morning and left me with his!"
I laughed and asked if they look alike.
"Well mine is pink and his is blue, you'd think by his age he'd know the difference!"
When he got home a few hours later, he walked in and said, "Honey, I did a real bad thing! I was going to call you and let you know I was on my way and I couldn't get my phone open, and then I looked at it again and it was a pinkie and I'm supposed to be a blue!" and we all laughed.
How about more funnies to laugh at.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Chichibu Yomatsuri -- Chichibu shrine, Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan (one of Japan's most impressive night parties; through tomorrow)
Giving Tuesday -- after celebrating Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, be part of the international giving movement
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery -- UN
National Day -- Laos; United Arab Emirates (trad.)
National Fritters Day
National Mutt Day -- US (because mixed breeds need an extra chance)
Oshiroi Matsuri -- Fukuoka, Japan (Face Paint Festival, to ask for good harvest next year)
Safety Razor Day -- the first disposable razor blades were patented by King Gillette this day in 1901
Special Education Day -- US (anniversary of the first US special education law in 1975)
St. Bibiana's Day (Patron of epileptics, mentally ill people, single laywomen, torture victims; against epilepsy, hangovers, headaches, insanity, mental illness; and, appropriately considering the aforementioned list, Los Angeles, CA)
Walter Plinge Day -- UK (the British equivalent to George Spelvin, a name used to disguise the fact that an actor is playing more than one part in a production, but Walter was based on a real pub owner who was generous to actors)
Birthdays Today:
Britney Spears, 1981
Nelly Furtado, 1978
Monica Seles, 1973
Lucy Liu, 1968
Randy Gardner, 1958
Dennis Christopher, 1955
Dan Butler, 1954
Stone Phillips, 1954
Cathy Lee Crosby, 1948
T. Coraghessan Boyle, 1948
Gianni Versace, 1946
William Wegman, 1943
Julie Harris, 1925
Maria Callas, 1923
Randolph Hearst, 1915
Charles Ringling, 1863
Georges Seurat, 1859
Debuting/Premiering Today:
Naked Gun(Film), 1988
"Mystery of Edwin Drood"(Musical), 1985
"Imus in the Morning"(Radio), 1961
Dancing Lady(Film), 1933 (first appearance of Fred Astaire)
"The Adventures of Charlie Chan"(Radio), 1932
Model A Ford, 1927 (first sold on this date, for $385)
"Sie Versunkene Glocke/The Sunken Bell"(Hauptmann play), 1896
"Samson et Dalila/Samson and Delilah"(Saint-Saens opera, Op. 47), 1877
"La Favorite/The Favorite"(Donizetti opera), 1840
Today in History:
The University of Leipzig opens, 1409
Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States, 1763
Napoleon defeats the Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz, 1805
The first Savings bank in the US opens, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, 1816
US President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine", 1823
US President James K. Polk declares it is the "Manifest Destiny" of the US to expand into the West, 1845
Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the US, in NYC, 1867
King Camp Gillette patents the safety razor, 1901
Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 2, 1908
Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A, 1927
A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, 1942
Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan, 1947
The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution, 1956
Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates, 1971
Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state, 1988
A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932, 1990
The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive, 1999
NASA announces finding an arsenic based life form on Earth, 2010
Taxi service company Uber expands its presence in Latin America by partnering with Carlos Slim's cell phone company America Movil to place the Uber app on mobile phones throughout Mexico, 2014
A trade war truce is agreed upon between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 meeting in Argentina, 2018
The UK authorizes the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the first Western country to approve a Covid vaccine, 2020
Massive El Nino flooding occurs in East Africa, resulting in mudslides, floods and many deaths, 2023
