Bandages, Moving Rugs and Candy for Breakfast, 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 was already in the sleep chair when i arrived yesterday and the first thing i noticed when i turned on the light in his room was a plant.

Yep, a real, honest to goodness, dirt and all plant.  No matter how long i've known Carl, he can still throw me for a loop sometimes.

Later, when i asked him about it, he said, "We sell them..."

And you just wanted a plant?

He nodded and i told him he needed to remember to water it.  He looked confused, so i went ahead and did it for him.  I'm not taking bets on the poor plant's chances.

I'd also noticed the empty hall.

Hooray, i thought, the rug is gone.

Um, not so fast.

Things don't change so fast at this house.  The rug wasn't gone, just moved to right where Carl could trip over it when he got out of bed.  I shifted it further down and got it where it was out of the way of being a hazard.

Once in the laundry room, i found Carl's talent for having the pants leg tucked into the sock has reached new heights.

Then in his closet i found a pair of pants he'd managed to hang up, and it was like this.

I don't think any of us will ever figure out how he did that, and neither will he.  In fact, i probably wouldn't want to know.

Meanwhile, i gathered clothes and straightened and noticed this.

A scalp massager, complete with a band-aid attached.  In fact, i figured he must have hurt himself because there were band-aids everywhere, often mixed with the q-tips.

The dryer was down to two dryer balls, and i found two more as i gathered laundry.

The fridge was a study.

It included sushi, which i refused to pack for his lunch as i am certain his lunchbox stays every which way but right side up and he'd end up with no lunch if i sent that.

He got up to shower and as i've been in the habit of doing the last few weeks, i told him to throw his pj's out the door once he takes them off so i can wash them in the first load with the sheets.

I also asked about the band-aids.  Turns out he trimmed a fingernail too close, which hurts and takes quite a while to grow back out, so we may see those for a while.

As always, his clothes were already in the bathroom but he still came out in only his skivvies because he wanted to talk as he got dressed.

"There was a zoom, and I wanted to go with Sam..."

What happened, i asked.

"It didn't work, but I got to ..."

He trailed off and said something which almost sounded like green beans, although that's probably not what he meant.  Probably.

Another thing in the fridge was a candy nougat bar.

Carl grabbed that as he was gathering breakfast and i asked him if he was going to eat candy for breakfast.

"Um..." he said and i mentioned he should probably save it for dessert and have something better for breakfast.

He agreed, or so he said, then took a bite of the nougat bar anyway and said, "Sorry!" through a mouthful.

it's okay, i told him, you're a grown-up and you can have candy for breakfast if you want it.

Still, i took the rest to the main kitchen to cut it into chunks and put it in a zip bag.  He told me i didn't need to do that, but i told him it was starting to get hard because it wasn't properly wrapped.  He agreed.

Then it was time to make a sandwich.  Looking in the fridge, i commented there was no lunch meat.

"Chicken!" he said, and i noticed a whole rotisserie chicken in there.

You want me to cut slices from this? i asked and he looked troubled, then said, "Well, I can help you..."

It's okay, i told him, i can do it, i just wanted to make sure that's what you really want.  And the lunch meat is easier, i told him.

"It sure is!" he agreed.

While eating breakfast, he was on the tablet playing a game.  He kept talking about his farm and level 29, something about a seed port and email.  I left him to it and packed his lunch.

On the way to his room, and then back to the laundry room, i noticed the rug in the hall was slipping all over, which is most unusual.  Ms. V is usually very careful to make sure all rugs in the house are backed with a non-skid backing so no one gets hurt, but this was moving so much i was afraid i was going to bust my keister on it.

Later when i asked her about it, it turned out she'd done something in the hall and when she put the rug back, she put the non-skid backing under it upside down, so it wasn't non-skid any more.  We reversed it and i quit having to be careful to avoid the rug.

Back to dealing with Carl, though, i finally drew the line on the pumpkin he bought last year when i realized it had some mold on it.  He tried to argue it was "only one spot!" but it wasn't and it ended up in the bin.

As i was trying to help him get out the door, he kept asking for things, as he always does.

"Tums?"

You're out again, you need to buy more.

"Gloves?"

Same.

"Vest?"

All five of your safety vests are already in the car.

"Coffee?"

That's on you, buy some on the way to work or go back in the kitchen for more before you leave.

He headed to the kitchen, then came back without any coffee and pulled the last missing dryer ball out of the pocket of his pants, handed it to me and left.

He's a study, and a big kid, as i am reminded every time i find crafts from the library or from Sunday school in his room, or toys on top of the fridge.

Time for some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Armed Forces Day -- Liberia

Be Electrific Day -- Edison's birth anniversary

Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day -- no history on the origin, but remember we all mess up once in a while, don't take small mess ups too seriously

Evelio Javier Memorial Day -- Panay Island, Philippines

Extraterrestrial Culture Day -- New Mexico, US ("to celebrate and honor all past, present, and future extraterrestrial visitors in ways to enhance relationships among all citizens of the cosmos, known and unknown.")

Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes/World Day of the Sick -- Roman Catholic Church (anniversary of the first appearance of Our Lady of Lourdes to Bernadette)

Grandmother Achievement Day -- internet generated; call your grandmother, or someone's grandmother you admire, and tell her what she is doing right

Independence Day -- Vatican City (Holy See) (a/k/a Lateranensi Pact Day, for the pact that established it as an independent state)

Kenkoku Kenen-no-hi -- Japan (also called National Foundation Day or Empire Day)

Meringue Memorial Day -- don't know who came up with it, but it's the day to see if you remember how to make meringue

National Inventors' Day -- US (Edison's birth anniversary)

National Peppermint Patty Day

National Shut-In Visitation Day -- some sites have it here, some in October; either way, go visit someone who can't get out of the house today, or make plans to see them this weekend

National Sports Day -- Qatar

Nelson Mandela Day -- South Africa (celebrates his release from prison)

Pro Sports Wives Day -- the annual recognition of those who truly are sports widows, wives of professional athletes, coaches, and support personnel

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

Satisfied Staying Single Day -- for those who aren't desperate to have someone by the 14th; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays

St. Caedmon's Day (Oldest English poet known by name.)

White Shirt Day -- a recognition of the dignity of the working class

Youth Day -- Cameroon

Anniversaries Today:

Napoleon weds Marie-Louise of Austria, 1810

The founding of London University, 1826

Birthdays Today:

Taylor Lautner, 1992

Natalie Dormer, 1982

Kelly Rowland, 1981

Matt Lawrence, 1980

Brandy, 1979

Mike Shinoda, 1977

Jennifer Aniston, 1969

Sarah Palin, 1964

Sheryl Crow, 1963

Carey Lowell, 1961

Sergio Mendes, 1941

Bobby "Boris" Pickett, 1938

Burt Reynolds, 1936

Tina Louise, 1934

Leslie Nielsen, 1926

Paul Bocuse, 1926

Eva Gabor, 1921

Sidney Sheldon, 1917

Max Baer, 1909

Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1909

Philip Dunne, 1908

Thomas Alva Edison, 1847

Lydia Marie Child, 1802

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The French Chef"(TV, with Julia Child), 1963

"Dynamo"(O'Neill play), 1929

"Salome"(Wilde Play), 1896

"La Fille du Regiment"(Donizetti Opera Comique), 1840

Today in History:

Traditional date for the founding of the Japanese empire under Emperor Jimmu, BC660

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome, which clears the way for Nero to become Emperor, 55

Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England, 1531

The Pennsylvania Hospital opens, the first in the US, 1752

Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery, 1790

Anthracite coal is burned experimentally as fuel for heating a home for the first time, by Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1808

Robert Fulton files a patent for improvements to steamboat navigation, 1809

Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signs a redistricting bill that leads to the first use of the term "gerrymander," 1812

The first public toilet facilities for women opens in London, on Bedford Street, 1852

The Meiji constitution of Japan is adopted, 1889

Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control, 1916

BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term "robot", 1938

Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever gold disc for selling one million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo," 1941

Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters, 1971

The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens, 1978

Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa, 1990

The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, 2011

Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415, 2013

Francesco Schettino, Captain of the Costa Concordia that ran aground 2012, is convicted of manslaughter in Grosseto and sentenced to 16 years in jail, 2015

The discovery of gravitational waves (through collision of two black holes) is announced by physicists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo), 2016

The journal Nature Medicine publishes the results of an artificial intelligence system created to help doctors diagnose patients when it was tested against actual physician diagnoses; the AI system barely won, 2019

Brazilian Maya Ganeira, riding a 73.5ft (22.4m) wave at Nazaré, Portugal, sets the record for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman, 2020

The world's second oldest person, French nun Sister André' celebrates her 117th birthday after surviving COVID-19, 2021

Australia lists the koala as endangered for the first time in Queensland, New South Wales and ACT after a steep decline in numbers, 2022