Lights, Doors, Action, 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.  

This is the week Carl goes in at 9am, so i knew he'd either be sleeping or going back to sleep when i arrived.

He was in his sleep chair already, and had the washer full of wet clothes.  He'd used an actual wash cycle, which was good, and when i sniffed them, they hadn't been in there long enough to sour.  He'd probably done them late the night before, one of the advantages of being a night owl.

Carl came in while i was both sorting the rest of the clothes and finding the dirty ones he had hung up.  I asked if he was up for the morning or for brushing teeth and he said, "Teeth," and proceeded to brush while mumbling about cars or carts or cards, i could never make out quite what he was saying.

The rest of his nap lasted only about 20 minutes, giving me time to find the last pair of clean socks (in the dirty clothes bin, of course, folded the way i do them so i knew they were clean) and get his clothes into the bathroom ready for his shower.

I also sorted the rest of his clothes and am glad i check pockets no matter what now, as his watch wouldn't have stood the test of time spent in a washing machine.

Once he was up and ready to shower, he didn't like my choice of some light khaki pants and had to get heavier ones, why i don't know, but later, after he'd wiped hand lotion all over them, he changed again and found shorts.  The ways of Carl are always mysterious.

"Is my phone charged?" he asked when he came out of the shower.  It wasn't, although it had been plugged in all night, it was not charging.  I tried one of my charge cords, which worked with my phone but not his and his is supposed to use the same type.

I told Mr. L and he found a cord that worked, thankfully, as Carl has to have the phone set to the store's app in order to sign in for work.

While getting ice packs for his vest, i noticed and pointed out to Carl he'd once again left the freezer not quite shut.  He puts things on top of the fridge, and an edge of whatever it is hangs down and keeps the top freezer door from fully sealing.  His ice packs were okay this time, but we keep trying to stress the top of the fridge is not a storage compartment. 

Speaking of doors, and lights, the whole time we were getting him ready and i was cleaning he would turn lights off, i'd turn them back on.  He'd open doors, i'd close them.  It's like a dance, and we've both become pretty good at the steps.

Yesterday's conversations were about things i really didn't understand much as he kept mumbling.  Elemental battles and Japanese characters, volunteer projects and foundations, and something about news with AI and bad algorithms.  Then he started talking about a church denomination, i did not catch which one, that might be becoming "particularly radicalized."  I just let him talk, and tried to nod in all the right places as i made his lunch and cleaned.

The one thing which puzzled me was a DoorDash bag, the insulated kind they use for delivery, by the back door.  I know good and well there's no way in the world Carl's parents would ever let him do delivery driving.

I asked him about it and he said, "We had Papa John's delivered for the party Saturday."  That is probably where he played the games with Japanese characters, but it still didn't explain why he had a delivery bag in the house.  I asked again why the bag was there and he said, "I don't know..." and wandered off.

Which DoorDash delivery driver had to get a new insulated bag is a mystery we will probably never solve.

How about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Anne Bradstreet Day -- Massachusetts, US (by Proclamation of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to honor Anne Bradstreet, America’s first poet, who is also recognized as the first published woman poet in the English language)

Cherokee Strip Day -- Oklahoma, US (anniversary of the last land run, in 1893, which opened Native American land to white settlers)

Collect Rocks Day

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 6, Children & Youth (sponsored by We, the World) 

Festival for Ra, Osiris, and Horus -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Get Ready Day -- US (help your community, workplace, or school to get ready for disasters or emergencies)   http://www.getreadyforflu.org/getreadyday.htm

Independence Day -- Malaysia(1963); Mexico(1910); Nicaragua; Papua New Guinea(1975)

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer -- UN (commemorates the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer)

Martyrs' Day -- Libya

Mayflower Day -- the ship left England on this day in 1620

National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day

National Guacamole Day 

National Heroes' Day -- St. Kitts and Nevis

National Play-Doh Day -- unofficial; get some anyway and be a kid again for a little while

National Teaching Assistants' Day -- UK    

Opening of Parliament -- Netherlands (holiday in The Hague)related observance

     Prinsjesdag -- Netherlands  (technically translates "Prince's Day;" the day Parliament opens and the reigning sovereign, now King William-Alexander, gives the Speech from the Throne and the Minister of Finance proposes next year's budget)

Owain Glyndwr Day -- Wales

St. Cornelius' Day (Patron of cattle, domestic animals, earache sufferers, epileptics; Kornelimunster, Germany; against earache, epilepsy, fever, twitching )

St. Cyprian of Carthage's Day (Patron of Algeria, North Africa)

St. Euphemia's Day (Patron of Rovinj, Croatia)

St. Ludmilla's Day (Grandmother of St. "Good King" Wenceslaus; Patron of converts, duchesses, widows; Bohemia; Czech Republic; against in-law problems)

Stay Away From Seattle Day -- yes, really 

Stepfamily Day -- US and others who choose to recognize it (if you have stepfamily you love, celebrate it wherever you live)   

     originally founded as National Stepfamily Day in 1977 by Christy Borgeld

Working Parents Day -- internet generated, enjoy if you are a working parent or have a working parent you want to thank

Birthdays Today:

Nick Jonas, 1992

Sabrina Bryan, 1984

Alexis Bledel, 1982

Amy Poehler, 1971

Marc Anthony, 1968

Molly Shannon, 1964

Richard Marx, 1963

Jennifer Tilly, 1961

Orel Leonard Hershiser IV, 1958

David Copperfield, 1956

Mickey Rourke, 1956

Robin Yount, 1955

Mark McEwen, 1954

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 1950

Susan Ruttan, 1950

Ed Begley, Jr., 1949

Elgin Gay Baylor, 1934

Anne Francis, 1932

Peter Falk, 1927

B.B. King, 1925

Lauren Bacall, 1924

Janice Page, 1923

Allen Funt, 1914

James Cash Penney, 1875

Francis Parkman, 1823

Anthony Panizzi, 1797

Hildegard of Bingen, 1098

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Frasier"(TV), 1993

"Miami Vice"(TV), 1984

"Logan's Run"(TV), 1977

"Bridget Loves Bernie"(TV), 1972 (first mixed marriage portrayed on television)

"Mannix"(TV), 1967

"Shindig"(TV), 1964

"The Outer Limits"(TV), 1963

"Broadway"(Play), 1926

Today in History:

The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston, 1630

Handel's "The Messiah" premiers in Dublin, 1741

The Great Seal of the United States is used for the first time, 1782

Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight – the city burns down completely days later, 1812

Slavery is abolished in all French Territories, 1848

The Cherokee Strip, in Oklahoma, is opened, making land available to white settlers, 1893

Roald Amundsen discovers the magnetic south pole, 1906

William Durant, carriage-maker, founds General Motors Corp., 1908

Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina, 1955

Malaysia is formed, 1963

Cape Verde, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations, 1975

Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir, 1976

An earthquake measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people, 1978

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations, 1980

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion, 1987

The Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark, 1992

Mexico celebrates its 200th anniversary of independence, 2010

Denmark elects its first female Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, 2011

NASA scientists announce the discovery of a circumbinary planet - a planet the orbits two stars instead of one, 2011

The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announces a successful artificial insemination as Mei Xiang gives birth to her second giant panda cub, 2012

The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, is found in tap water near New Orleans, the first time ever detected in the U.S. water supply, 2013

The cycling land speed record for men and women is broken by Denise Mueller Korenek, riding at 183.932 mph (296.010 kph) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, US, 2018

Britain's Kew Gardens now holds the world record for the largest living plant collection (16,900) on a single site according to Guinness World Records, 2021

A massive rockslide in Greenland creates a tsunami wave in the Dickson fjord, setting of earth tremors for nine days, 2023

Typhoon Bebinca is the strongest storm to hit Shanghai in 75 years with winds of 151km/h (94 mph), 2024