Unusually Usual, 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.  

Things are a bit different this week.

My Sweetie got Covid, and though i never had a positive test or felt ill, to err on the side of caution i am isolating for a couple of days.

Thus i went to Carl’s yesterday after he had left for work and had no contact with the rest of the family, and sanitized everything i had touched on my way out, washing machine and dryer, doorknobs, light switches, which i generally do anyway, but this time i did it last.

Fear not, however, i still have a tale to tell.  Last Thursday when i was there to clean the rest of the house, Carl had the day off and he felt sick, but it was his sinuses again.

“I need medicine,” he told me, “headache.”

You’ll have to check the medicine cabinets, i told him, and he did.  “Can’t find anything,” he said when he came back.

What were you looking for? i asked and he responded, “Tylenol.”

Since mommies are magic and i’m a mommy, i pulled a bottle of Tylenol from my bag of tricks and gave him 2.

“Do I need to take two?” he asked, and i told him to take one and if it didn’t help in about an hour, take the other.

He nodded and went to find water, spreading his usual chaos in the kitchen, which i then clean.

His tendency is to grab a cup from the cabinet, get a drink, set the cup on the counter, and next time he wants a drink, grab another cup.  You can see where this leads.

To combat it, he has a cup, which is mother washes by hand daily, and it lives on the counter by the sink.  It even has his name on it.  He is supposed to use it for water, only grabbing a cup from the cabinet if he wants tea, milk or juice.

It’s only partially effective.  When he grabs another cup, i remind him about his special cup and each time it’s like a revelation to him.

He then proceeded to eat a large amount for someone who was “sick” and then spent the rest of my time there doing what he loves best, snoozing.

Yesterday was not nearly as much fun with me arriving late, but don’t worry, he had his room in the usual chaos, although his fridge was more tidy than it generally is.  His mother had given him a head’s up i wouldn’t be there to prepare his lunch, so he’d made sandwiches, which were actually properly wrapped, will wonders never cease.

On this positive note, how about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Another Look Unlimited Day -- sponsored by Envira Myntyl, a day to look around and see what you don't need and can donate to charity, to lessen the flow to landfills

Bison-Ten-Yell Day -- celebrating the imaginary Bison-Ten-Yell, inventor of 10 battle yells now used as American football signals

Celtic Tree Month Muin (Vine) begins

Feast of Osiris -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Independence Day -- Transdniestria

National Blueberry Popsicle Day

National Boss/Employee Exchange Day -- US (or anyone else who wants to foster understanding between bosses and employees, trade places for a day and see how the other half lives!)

National Day -- Vietnam

Pierce Your Ears Day -- does a kitten screaming in my ear count?  oh, since the person who decided we should celebrate this today didn't leave a trace, i guess it's okay to interpret any way we want

Play Days -- sponsored by the HUMOR Project, add humor to your life; through Saturday  

Sacrifice to Hekate and Artemis -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)

Sedantag -- Germany

St. Agricola of Avignon's Day (Patron of rain -- for or against, whichever you need! -- of good weather and storks; Avignon, France; against misfortune and plague epidemics)

VJ Day -- Surrender Ceremony took place on this date aboard the USS Missouri

Anniversary Today:

Beginning of the Marathon Runs during the Persian War, Sept. 2-9, 490BC

Birthdays Today:

Cynthia Watros, 1968

Salma Hayek, 1966

Lennox Lewis, 1965

Keanu Reeves, 1964

Linda Purl, 1955

Jimmy Connors, 1952

Mark Harmon, 1951

Eric Dickerson, 1950

Christa McAuliffe, 1948

Nathaniel “Tiny” Archibald, 1948

Terry Bradshaw, 1948

Peter Victor Ueberroth, 1937

Marge Champion, 1923

Cleveland Amory, 1917

Lili'uokalani, 1838

James Forten, 1766

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Rose-Marie"(Operetta), 1924

"East of Suez"(Play), 1922

Ordinance on the Danish Church(Publication Date), 1637

Today in History:

Cicero's first Philippic (oratorical attack) on Marc Antony, BC44

Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion, BC44

Octavian's troops win the Battle of Actium which ends the Final war of the Roman Republic, BC31

The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days; it ends with 8 dead and 13,000 houses destroyed, 1666

Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe, 1752

US Treasury Dept. is established by Congress, 1789

The solar super storm continues to affect electrical telegraph service, 1859

Theodore Roosevelt adivses the US to "Speak softly, and carry a big stick." 1901

President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia, 1957

The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates, 1967

Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed, 1998

Pope Benedict hosts an eco-festival, "Save Creation Day," in Loreto, Italy, to encourage Catholics to live an eco-friendly lifestyle, 2007

Ending a 50-year ban on veiled female news presenters, Egypt's state television gives its female presenters a choice of wearing, or not wearing, a veil, 2012

Swimmer Diana Nyad makes history, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, 2013

The public learns about AT&T's The Hemisphere Project, which gives telephone call data to law enforcement agencies, including the DEA, 2013

Earth's trees number just over 3 trillion according to study published in "Nature" by Thomas Crowther of Yale University, 2015

A major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts, 2018

The attempted assassination of Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner fails when the assassin's gun jams, 2022

India successfully launches its first spacecraft to study the sun, Aditya-L1, 2023