Life Can Turn on a Dime, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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This week has been full and empty, enriching and impoverishing.

It has given me much cause to be thankful in the good places and much cause to be thankful in the hard places.

Last Saturday went well, i finally got to put the new vacuum cleaner together for Grandma's house and i was very thankful to finally get it done.  It's not as good as the one we had two models back, but it is better than the last one and got a lot of the dirt out of the cement floor crevices.

Mr. J giving Mr. Cal dog his arthritis med in the morning means the "old pup" is much happier on his Sunday morning walks, and Becca and i are thankful to see him so happy.

As always, watching my little Annie through the week brought me much joy and thankfulness.  She took her first unassisted steps this week!  Only once, but she is very close to walking on her own.

For a couple of weeks, my old tablet has been giving me fits, and i thought it was a goner.  Turned out it was the bluetooth keyboard which had worn out over years of use, and i was thankful i was able to pick one up on Monday and the old tablet works as well as ever.

Monday was supposed to be the start of a new schedule.  Because getting home from Ms. JAI's place is so much harder than Ms. D, the ladies had agreed to swap, I'd do Ms. D last and not have to fight traffic to get home at the end of a long day.

Thus i did Carl's place, then went to Ms. JAI.  She wasn't  home, wasn't answering the phone, wasn't answering the bell.  It's not like her at all to forget to tell me if she made an appointment, and i was a bit confused and worried, but was thankful i could go on to Ms. D and do the work there, figuring i'd catch Ms. JAI later in the day.

As i was finishing with Ms. D, Ms. JAI's daughter called me.  Ms. JAI, age 90, had fallen a few days before, broken her hip, had a stroke and brain bleed, couldn't have surgery, refused a feeding tube or any intervention and was taken to the hospice just up the highway.

I was thankful i found out before it was too late.  I rushed up there and had a good visit with her, and i knew she heard and understood as she leaned up to kiss me before she fell asleep again.

Tuesday i brought our little Annie up there with me and got to talk to her, although i'm not sure she was awake for all of it, and was thankful to speak to her daughter.

Wednesday started early as always where i do a shift at the cat shelter.  One very elderly cat which came to us recently went into respiratory distress while i was there, i was thankful the vet was in and had started the spay/neuter surgeries and was able to quickly help relieve her suffering.

Later, while at Ms. G's house, i got a call from my Sweetie.  He'd found our Charismatic Enigma SissyCat collapsed and rushed her to the vet.  There was nothing they could do, i was thankful she was helped so quickly, just like the cat at the shelter.

I'm also thankful our vet, Dr. Bea, buries the pets on her huge property out on the country, her husband uses the backhoe to put animals out there once they have a few ready so SisMiss is with Mikey and Dansig the Round and a few others.

I'm thankful i got out of work early for a Ms. G day so i had time to go home and comfort my Sweetie, who was devastated because he had to find her so sick.  I was also thankful to go up to see Ms. JAI one more time.

On a good note, we finally got rain, for which we are thankful, and the electricity went out for all of five minutes but we were thankful the generator kicked in, so we know it's working.

That evening, i was thankful for Bible study, i needed it.

Thursday my Sweetie and i had two cleanings to do, and i was thankful they both went well and we got done in good time, as i'm not so sure how much more i could have handled.

I also got word at Ms. GA's house, Ms. JAI had died very late Wednesday night.

Not long after, i stepped outside to shake out the dust mop and saw a hummingbird in Mr. BA's garden, the first one i'd ever seen there.  I was thankful, it was cheering.

Once again i was thankful for a church meeting Thursday evening also, it was very uplifting, just what i needed.

Friday morning i was thankful to get to prayer meeting and get errands run before taking care of Annie again.  She took a really good nap, and i even snoozed for a few minutes while she was out, which was a good thing.

The car rental went the fastest it has ever gone and i was thankful as it helped me get to the shelter early.  The cat shelter was busy with people looking and adopting, which was also a big thankful.

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Today is:

America's Day For Kids -- sponsored by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America  

Birthday of the Sun -- Inca (date approximate; a few days before the Autumn Equinox, all fires, including that at the Temple of the Sun, were extinguished and 3 days later ceremonially relighted using only glass to concentrate the sunlight on cotton; followed by 8 days of feasting)

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 10, Disarmament (sponsored by We, the World) 

Feast of the Ingathering -- UK traditional (also called Harvest Home; in Scotland, Kirn; in northern England, Mell-Supper.  Celebrations will be held in rural areas for the next few weekends, celebrating the end of the harvest.)

Feast of Orlog -- Scandinavian Deity of Destiny (date approximate)

Feast of Zywie -- Poland (goddess of longevity and health; date approximate)

Genesia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (festival to honor the dead, especially those who died in wars)

Idaho Spud Day 2025 -- Idaho, US, wants the 3rd Saturday of September as a day to celebrate their favorite crop

International Eat An Apple Day -- a celebration of the fruit of the season, on the third Saturday of every September

National Farm Safety Day -- US (can't find a sponsor, but farming is hard, and dangerous, work, so it's a good idea)

National Rum Punch Day

National Youth Day -- Thailand

Okuma-kabuto Festival -- Nakajima, Japan (Noto Peninsula's top autumn festival)

Pause the World Day -- because we've all wanted to do this at one time or another

St. Eustace's Day (Patron of difficult situations, fire prevention, firefighters, hunters, torture victims, trappers; Madrid, Spain; Poli, Italy; against fire and torture)

Birthdays Today:

Kristen Johnston, 1967

Guy LaFleur, 1951

Taro Aso, 1940

Sophia Loren, 1934

Anne Meara, 1929

Donald A. Hall, 1928

Dr. Joyce Brothers, 1928

Red Auerbach, 1917

Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, 1890

Maxwell Perkins, 1884

Upton Sinclair, 1878

Rama V, King of Thailand, 1853 (eldest son taught by Anna, of "The King and I" fame)

Emperor Takakura of Japan, 1161

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Cosby Show"(TV), 1984

"Eubie"(Revue), 1978

"The Phil Silvers Show"(TV), 1955

"The Corn is Green"(Play), 1938

Today in History:

Atilla the Hun defeated at Chalons-sur-Marne by General Aetius, 451

Saladin begins the siege of Jerusalem, 1187

Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe, 1519

Galileo Galilei is tried before the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun, 1633

Maryland passes the first "anti-amalgamation" law to stop English women from marrying black men, 1664

The Negro Convention of Free Men agrees to boycott slave-produced goods, 1830

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created, 1848

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company, 1857

The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 1891

The Otis Elevator Company unveils the first escalator at the Paris Exposition, 1900

Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania is launched, 1906

The first Cannes Film Festival is held, 1946

James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi, 1962

The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched, 1967

Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match, 1973

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam joins the UN, 1977

Walt Disney World hosts its 200 millionth guest, 1985

U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror", 2001

The US Military ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, 2011

SETI researchers propose aliens may have left devices to spy on us planted on near Earth co-orbitals, suggesting these co-orbitals be investigated, 2019

A first edition of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein sells for $1.17 million, setting new world record for a printed work by a woman, 2021