Hit the Ground Running and Don’t Look Back, 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 awake, showered and having breakfast when i arrived yesterday, meaning they've put him back on the early shift, which he and his mom prefer.

By the condition of his room and the fact he'd done no laundry at all, i figure he needed the break from working in the afternoon heat, so i hit the ground running and didn’t look back.

This was the laundry when i finally got it all gathered.  Four good sized loads.

Because he was leaving early, i got started right away making his lunch and getting his ice vest ready.  He was ready to chat as always.

"It was trivia Friday," he started, and i asked if he'd had fun.  "Yes, but Saturday Sam was tired so I went to David's."

Maybe she'll feel better this week, i noted, and he nodded.  Then i asked if he'd gone to church.

"I think so..." he said, but knowing him, he did.  "We haven't heard from the neighbors in a while," he noted.

Before i could respond, he said, "I guess I could just have crackers for lunch..."

No, i told him, i'm making you a sandwich, you'll have plenty for a snack for a four-hour shift.

He nodded, then started talking about an interview with a celebrity he'd watched, something about animals being let out, i never did get a clue to what it was about, and moved on to how he still needs to get his car inspected this weekend.  He was telling me something about the lady at the repair shop where it had been worked on saying he needed to wait a few days (probably to make sure the check engine light was off long enough, they're picky about it).

Once he was done eating and i had his lunch packed and vest ready and everything in the ice chest, he started heading toward leaving.  Started.

Half the cups and bottles are empty, or mostly empty.

First, though, he had to have look in his fridge.  Not much in there to see, but i'd snagged one of the bottles of iced tea for his ice chest already.

I asked him why he kept the empty cups, and he said, "I don't know," which is true, he really doesn't, and then he grabbed the open root beer container.

Please do not try to take the root beer with you, it will spill in the ice chest, i told him.

"Should I throw it away?" he asked and i told him, no, just drink it at the table with a meal.  He nodded solemnly and put it back in the fridge.

About this time he'd wandered back into his bathroom and was asking me, "Should I take one?"

Since i can't see through walls and didn't know what he was talking about taking, i told him it would depend on whether he really needed it and a moment later he walked out of the bathroom saying, "I still need my Old Spice  Where's the Tums?"

Not seeing any Tums, i told him he had GasX, so he took one, then gave himself a sniff test.  He must not have been satisfied because he headed back to the bathroom.

"If I leave now, there shouldn't be any traffic," he said as he came out and i noted he was right, and he wouldn't have to speed to get there, either.  He's a boy, he loves to go fast.

When he was ready, i opened the door for him since his hands were full.

This is why his parents put the garbage can here, right next to the wall of the house.  The recycle bin is between his car and the side column.  Did i mention he likes to drive fast?  Especially when he is pulling into the driveway after work.

He came back in one more time, as always, asked me if i know where to donate school supplies, and when i told him i did, he grabbed the bag of school supplies and took them with him.

Carl has no sense of organization or executive function, but if you doubt his intelligence, 

don't.  He's sharp enough to be part of this Bible study, but just doesn't know quite how to use it in a practical sense.

How about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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It's International Dog Day!  This began as National Dog Day, started 21 years ago by the Colleen Paige.    

Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.        

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Today is:

Be Kind to Humankind Week:  Touch a Heart Tuesday 

Birthday of Set -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Heroes Day -- Namibia

Ilmatar Day -- Finland (Water Mother, goddess of the heavens)

Make Your Own Luck Day -- for those who refuse to sit around and wait for it

National Cherry Popsicle Day

National Day of Repentance -- Papua New Guinea

St. Adrian of Nicodemia's Day (Patron of butchers, prison guards, soldiers; against plague)

Tvímánuðr -- Traditional Icelandic Calendar (the name means "Double Month", and the origin is uncertain; perhaps because winter is coming and it's time to double up on the preparations)

Women's Equality Day -- US (commemorates Women's Suffrage)

Yoshida no Hi Matsuri -- Yoshida, Japan (fest to mark the end of Mt. Fuji climbing season; through tomorrow)

Birthdays Today:

Chris Pine, 1980

Macaulay Culkin, 1980

Christopher Burke, 1965

Branford Marsalis, 1960

Leon Redbone, 1949

Ben Bradlee, 1921

Mother Teresa, 1910

Albert Bruce Sabin, 1906

Christopher Isherwood, 1904

Peggy Guggenheim, 1898

Lee de Forest, 1873

Albert "Bertie" von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, husband of queen Victoria, 1819

Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, 1743

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, 1740

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Cincinnati Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Doubleheader(first MLB games televised), 1939

"Lightnin'"(Play), 1918

"Elijah"(Mendelssohn Op. 70 MWV A25), 1846

Today in History:

Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pieta, 1498

The Pennsylvania Ministerium, the first Lutheran denomination in North America, is founded in Philadelphia, 1748

John Fitch is granted a US patent for his working steamboat, 1791

Charles Thurber patents a typewriter, 1843

The first news dispatch by telegraph is made, 1858

Major eruption of Krakatoa, 36,000 dead, 1883

19th Amendment to the US Constitution, granting women the vote, takes effect, 1920

The first Major League Baseball game is telecast, 1939

The USSR announces the first successful test of an ICBM, 1957

The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec, 1977

John Paul I is elected Pope, 1978

The agreement on how to divide the Czech Republic and Slovakia is signed, 1992

Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of the former Georgian breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia, 2008

Israel requests that Germany arrest Klaas Carel Faber, a Nazi war criminal who killed 20 Jews at Westerbork concentration camp, 2010

Burger King agrees to purchase Canadian donut chain Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion, 2014

Half a million people take part in a peace march in Barcelona after terrorist attacks, 2017

Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, age 29, becomes the youngest to win the International Booker prize for the debut novel "The Discomfort of Evening", 2020

The longest alligator ever recorded in Mississippi, at 14ft, 3in (4.3m) and weighing 802.5 pounds (364 kilograms), is captured in the Sunflower River, 2023

Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen becomes the first MLB player to play for both teams in the same game; the game against the Toronto Blue Jays on June 26 is suspended due to weather, and he is traded prior to the resumption, 2024