That's Why You Need It Washed, 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 apartment door was locked when i arrived, not a good sign.  I proceeded to the laundry room.

Not too bad, actually.  Then back to his door, which i unlocked to talk to him.  Yes, he had the day off, he said something which sounded like Kim somebody or other.

A day off, with all the complications appertaining thereunto, can be a bit daunting.  Often Carl is back and forth into his room like a ping pong ball, and when i was gathering his bedding and pajamas, he was arguing with me.

"But I always sleep with one of my pajama tops on top of my pillow!"

He likes the texture of the pajamas, not of the pillowcases.

Could pillowcases be purchased in that material?  Why yes, yes they could, but as Ms. V says, he has plenty of pillow cases in the house and it wouldn't be frugal.

Thus he sniffed through his pjs and found one top clean enough to sleep with, which, as i told him, proves that's why he needs them washed at least once a week.

Once he was safely ensconced in his sleep chair, for as long as he should chose to remain there, i got laundry going and tidied, finding the following:

Corn and callus pads everywhere.

A new product for him to leave lying around.

A bag in the fridge with an empty container in it.

Oh, and i beg his pardon, he did have something to save in the bag, part of a flat soft drink.

The good part is there was no rush to get him out the door.  I was uninterrupted for almost an hour when he came back in his room, brushed his teeth and said he wanted to get up very soon for, and again it sounded like Kim something.

When he came back, we picked clothes and put them in the bathroom for his shower, so he was mostly dressed when he exited.

He repeated his destination when we talked again and it turned out he wanted to go to Camp Shriver, one of those summer camp days at local churches or parks sponsored by Special Olympics.

I looked it up online and they'd started much earlier in the morning.  I reminded him they were already in full swing and would end at 2pm, it might be too late to actually go.

"Then Camp Sunny Day," he said.  At least he's flexible and he has options for people with special needs like his.

Our talk this morning was shorter than usual as once he was up, he really was in a hurry to get going.

I'd found an iTunes card in his sleep chair and told him he'd have to call to find out if it was good or had been used.  He nodded, took it from my hand, and then threw it on his kitchen counter.  I could have done that, i muttered drily under my breath.

"The library moved the stuff," he told me, and went into details i didn't quite catch.  He doesn't like things being moved around.

"But I saw the concert."

Concert? i asked and he said, "Memorial Day.  I saw part of it."

Ah, i got it.  He was at the library on Memorial Day when he found out they'd moved something particular he likes, and while there he happened to catch part of the concert band Memorial Day performance which they have at the library each year.

I asked if he enjoyed it, and he said he had.

Then he talked about a store he'd gone to, where his friend goes frequently, "And they had this CD for only a dollar, can you believe it?"

I expressed proper amazement that such a cool CD was so inexpensive, but didn't have the heart to tell him i wasn't familiar with the group.

He left a moment later, and whether he ended up with the Special Olympics group or the other group, i am sure he had a good day off.

How about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Broken Dolls Day -- Japan (all broken dolls are taken by their children to monks for burial)

Callynteria -- Ancient Greek Calendar (a service of atonement and cleaning Athena's temple; date approximate)

Chimborazo Day -- to publicize that while Mt. Everest may be the highest, the top of Mt. Chimborazo in Ecuador is the furthest from the center of the earth

Dr. Charles Drew Day -- honoring the man who made blood transfusions possible

Festival to Bellona -- Ancient Roman Calendar (goddess of war)

Impersonate Authority Day -- at your own risk, i will not bail you out just because i noted an internet holiday and you decided to celebrate it ;)

Jack Jouett Day -- Virginia (the "Paul Revere" of his day and place, rode to warn Governor Thomas Jefferson that the British were coming, 1781)

Mabo Day -- Australia

Martyr's Day -- Uganda

National Chocolate Macaroon Day

National Egg Day

Opium Suppression Movement Day -- Taiwan

Pull Your Pants Up Day -- internet generated, various dates given, and some are trying to make it a national movement; to encourage young men to pull up their pants for 24 hours and see if they enjoy having both hands free

Repeat Day -- i said, "repeat day" (no, i don't know who comes up with this stuff, sometimes; if i do, i try to place the blame appropriately)

St. Clotilde's Day (Patron of adopted children, brides, disappointing children, exiles, parenthood, parents of large families, queens, widows; against the death of children)

St. Kevin of Glendaulough's Day (Patron of blackbirds; Dublin, Ireland; Glendaulough, Ireland; Ireland)

Anniversaries Today:

U.S. Air Force Academy first graduating class, 1959

The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson, 1937

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded, 17

Birthdays Today:

Lalaine, 1987

Rafael Nadal, 1986

Anderson Cooper, 1967

Charles Hart, 1961

Scott Valentine, 1958

Denice Williams, 1951

Suzi Quatro, 1950

Curtis Mayfield, 1942

Larry McMurtry, 1936

Norman Brinker, 1931

Raul Castro, 1931

Chuck Barris, 1929

Colleen Dewhurst, 1926

Allen Ginsberg, 1926

Tony Curtis, 1925

Leo Gorcey, 1917

Josephine Baker, 1906

Dr. Charles Drew, 1904

Ransom E. Olds, 1864

Jefferson Davis, 1808

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Dragnet"(Radio), 1951

“Casey at the Bat”(Publication date), 1888

Today in History:

French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy, 1140

Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain, 1539

Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 1620

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo is founded in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1770

President John Adams moves to Washington, D.C., to live in a tavern (the White House wasn't ready), 1800

In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, which prompts the First Opium War, 1839

In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, Cree leader Big Bear escapes the North West Mounted Police, 1885

The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner, 1888

The coast to coast Canadian Pacific Railway is completed, 1889

One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario, 1935

Launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew, which included the first space walk by an American, 1965

A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill ever recorded, 1979

SkyDome is officially opened in Toronto, Ontario, 1989

Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (1988), a case brought by Eddie Mabo, 1992

USS Carter Hall engages pirates after they board the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia, 2007

A pageant on London's River Thames marks the highpoint of a series of events celebrating The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, 2012

Three of the most extremely well-preserved and most complete triceratops specimens ever found are unearthed in Wyoming, 2013

The Amazing world of Dr Seuss Museum opens in Springfield, Massachusetts, 2017

Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts, causing widespread death and destruction, 2018

NASA launches 128 baby squid and 5,000 microscopic animals, to study effects of spaceflight, to the International Space Station aboard Space X's Falcon 9 rocket, 2021