Ups, Downs and Sideways, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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It's been another mixed week here, the ups, the downs, the sideways you didn't see coming, and there is something to be thankful for in it all.

Last week #2 Son casually said, "You still have this Saturday on your calendar for the concert we're going to, right?"

Having totally forgotten they were going to a concert at all, i simply nodded and asked what time i needed to come over to take care of the baby.

I'm thankful the time he said was plenty late enough for us to get our work done in NOLA and get the rental car returned.

I'm thankful all that went well, too, and thankful we reserved a car for the next week as well.

The evening was a delight, feeding little Annie and playing with her, singing her down to sleep for the night.  I was thankful even i was able to catch a catnap and they weren't out too much after midnight.

One of my best "ups."

Sunday went well, we had a happy Sunday walk with Mr. Cal where he met up with some of his doggie friends for part of the way.

While cleaning for Ms. S on Monday (after Carl), i received the sad news Ms. JAI's funeral would be on Thursday when i had doctor appointments i could not break.  I was thankful a mutual friend agreed to let me drop of a card for the family telling them how sad I am she's gone and explaining why i could not be there.

We also had a problem with the electricity, which is where the sideways comes in.  It went out, the generator kicked in, then the power came back on from the electric company and the generator stopped, just as it should, but the parts of the house connected to the generator went down, even though they should not.

I was thankful to be on my way home when it happened.  It was a complete mystery to me, but on a whim i put the generator on manual and was very thankful when the lights came back up.  Leaving the generator that way, i called the service company and was thankful to hear they'd have someone out on Tuesday.

Of course, on Tuesday i was with our little Annie all day and we were the last stop for the generator service guy, but we were thankful he didn't put us off another day.  He was totally flummoxed why the regular service wouldn't flow through to the portion of the house the generator is on without the generator running.  He finally found the problem, thankfully, and by flipping the main breaker a few times he was able to restore service to the house.

The problem, unfortunately, was the need for a replacement transfer switch box, which is going to cost roughly about half of what our current debt is, which we were on our way to repaying by early next year.  We had to add this to that debt load, putting us behind again, but we are thankful it will be fixed when the part comes in and no more wondering if the electricity will function without the generator running.

Wednesday was another busy one with Ms. G, we got through sorting the leftovers from the garage sale and we are both thankful it's done, i'm thankful we found two coffee cups which she said i could have.  Someone (Brother-in-Law) around here is clumsy and tends to break cups.

I was very thankful Mr. L and Ms. V got up early enough on Thursday i was able to finish with their house in almost record time and got to my doctor appointments a bit early.

This is an appointment i'd scheduled over a month ago to follow up on some concerns Dr. BowTie had with certain results of tests he had run back in July, and waiting longer wouldn't be prudent if something were to be wrong.  This doctor did an ultrasound and a scope and found nothing wrong, and i'm thankful all is well.

Friday at prayer group went well, i got the errands run and got to the house to babysit in plenty of time, and i was thankful Daughter-in-Law finished her work early so my Sweetie and i could go get the rental.

We were very glad one was available as the nice lady who'd promised she made a reservation for us last week had not done so!

Once i got to the cat shelter that evening, we were thankful for many extra volunteers.  Since many hands make light work, they got to shut the place down 10 minutes early and all go home, the staff is always thankful when it happens.

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Today is:

Ancestor Appreciation Day -- sponsored by the Ancestor Appreciation Day Association of Ann Arbor, MI, US

Crush a Can Day -- internet generated, so have fun seeing how many (safe) ways you can crush a can, and how flat you can get it!

Fall Astronomy Day -- Bringing Astronomy to the People (local astronomical societies, planetariums, museums and observatories sponsor public viewings, presentation, workshops, etc., to increase public awareness of astronomy and our amazing universe; on the Saturday at or before the first quarter moon between mid-September and mid-October and sponsored by The Astronomical League; find out what your local astronomy society is doing today, and go enjoy)     

Family Health and Fitness Day USA  www.fitnessday.com/family/

Feast of Mashíyyat (Will) -- Baha'i

Fish Amnesty Day (same as National Hunting and Fishing Day in the US, because it hurts fish to be caught!)

Fun and Fancy Free Day -- go out and have a great day, in honor of the release on this day in 1947 of the Disney film Fun and Fancy Free

French Community Holiday -- French Community of Belgium

Independence Day -- Turkmenistan (1991)

International Rabbit Day -- learn to care for these wonderful pets and promote responsible rabbit ownership    

Kiwanis Kids' Day -- local clubs sponsor events for kids on the fourth Saturday of September

Meskel -- Ethiopian/Eritrian Orthodox Christian (True Cross Day)

National Corned Beef Hash Day

National Milk Chocolate Day

National Hunting and Fishing Day -- US   

National Public Lands Day -- US (Helping Hands for America's Lands -- a day to volunteer on America's Public Lands; note that entrance fees are waived for this event!) 

National Seat Check Saturday -- US (make sure your child's car seats are secured properly)   

Shut Up and Let Somebody Else Talk Day -- a day to remember we have two ears and one mouth because we should listen twice as much as we talk

St. Vincent De Paul's Day (Patron of charitable societies/charitable workers, charities, horses, hospital workers, hospitals, lepers, prisoners, spiritual help, volunteers; Brothers of Charity; Saint Vincent de Paul Societies; Sisters of Charity; Vincentian Service Corps; Madagascar; Richmond, Virginia; for finding lost objects; against leprosy)

World Tourism Day -- World Tourism Organization   

Anniversary Today:

Google is founded, 1998

Birthdays Today:

Avril Lavigne, 1984

Gwyneth Paltrow, 1972

Bello Nock, 1968

Sophia Milos, 1965

Shaun Cassidy, 1958

Mike Schmidt, 1949

Marvin "Meat Loaf" Aday, 1947

Delores Taylor, 1939

Claude Jarman, Jr., 1934

Greg Morris, 1934

Wilford Brimley, 1934

Sada Thompson, 1929

Arthur Penn, 1922

William Conrad, 1920

Jayne Meadows, 1919

Thomas Nast, 1840

Raphael Semmes, 1809

George Muller, 1805

George Cruikshank, 1792

Samuel Adams, 1722

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Tonight Show"(TV), 1954

Strike Up The Band(Film), 1940

"Rip Van Winkle"(Bristow opera), 1855

Today in History:

Severe earthquake in the Gulf of Chili, China; reports of 100,000 killed, 1290

Jesuits founded by Ignatius Loyola, 1540

John Adams negotiates peace terms with Britain, 1779

Constitution submitted to the states for ratification, 1787

Jean-Francois Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone, 1822

The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains, 1825

The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc²,1905

The first production of a Ford Model T automobile rolls off the line at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan, 1908

First test of a twin engine airplane, in France, 1910

Native American Day is first celebrated, 1916

Democratic National Committee votes to allow female members, 1919

The first Santa Clause Training School opens in Albion, NY, 1937

The Balinese tiger is declared to be an extinct species, 1937

Sierra Leone joins the United Nations, 1961

Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system, 1983

East Timor joins the United Nations, 2002

CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7, 2008

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity discovers direct evidence of a fast-moving stream bed, showing a prior water source on the Red Planet, 2012

Thai Ex-Prime Minister Yingluck is found guilty of criminal negligence in a rice subsidy scheme and sentenced to 5 years in absentia, 2017

India's Supreme Court overturns the 158-year-old law against adultery as it is discriminatory against women, 2018

Houston officials confirm the water supply around Lake Jackson, Texas, is contaminated with brain-eating amoeba, 2020

NASA/USGS Landsat-9 earth-observing satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, 2021

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, after an American record of 371 days in space, returns to Earth along with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, 2023

The Parker Solar Probe breaks its own record (again) for the fastest object ever made by humans, going 394,736 mph towards the sun, which is equal to travelling between LA and NY city in 20 seconds, 2023

Scientists at CERN announce a scientific milestone, proof that antimatter falls down and not up as determined by dropping a gas of antihydrogen from a 3-metre-tall vertical shaft, 2023