But It's a Holiday, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for an announcement.

Grandma got very sick with a bad cold and wanted me to get to NOLA ASAP to help her.  I am here doing just that.  I will try to catch up on blog reading later, if you only see posts but don't get visits back for a couple of days, I'm just a bit busy, because I still have to drive back to my area most days for at least 2-3 hours of work, and then back down here.

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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.  

Everything was dark and Carl was snoozing in the nap chair when i arrived.  I checked his schedule on the fridge and it said he had work at 11am, so i tucked in, got a few things going, then ran to Ms. G's place to take care of the cats.

When i got back, Carl was getting his morning meds and i handed him his special cup so he could get them down, otherwise he will just grab a new cup every time he comes in the kitchen for a sip.

I asked what he wanted me to pack for his lunch, and he said, "I don't have work."

I showed him the schedule, then he showed me the calendar on the wall, which had him off.  Then we went and got his phone, and sure enough, he did not have work yesterday.

Oh, so you are working tomorrow? i asked.

"Yeah, why?"

Don't you usually ask for the holiday off? i said.  We've had this discussion before, he thinks if it's a holiday, he should have the day off, even if the Mall-Mart is open and his friends are working.  After all, it's a holiday!

"Uh, but...isn't today?" he looked confused.

Veteran's Day is tomorrow, i told him.

"Oh, shoot!  I got the wrong day off!"

He went to his bedroom to brush his teeth, then went back to the sleep chair.

Carl ping-ponged back and forth through most of the morning, teeth, restroom, and, after one particularly long time in the restroom, "I need the air freshener spray!"

A little while later, he grinned and told me, "I'm going to need the air freshener again!"

He talked a bit about his weekend, trouble getting together with one friend, time playing games with another, and apparently an excellent sermon on Sunday, shame i couldn't quite follow what he was telling me this time.

While i was cleaning was also when Grandma texted and asked me to come help.  When i finished with Carl's, i drove to the phone place and found out more about the repairs, they are still trying to see if they can salvage anything at all from my phone, it's a mess, and having to rebuild all my contacts and lose all my notes and photos would not be pleasant.

I tore home, got my Sweetie to run the food for the ladies' meeting that night which i'd be missing up to one of the ladies at the church to take with her that evening to said meeting while i went to see Ms. D.

Ms. D has been having her own plumbing adventure, and not in a happy way.   They promised to come back Monday and finish, but it got bumped to Tuesday for the digging up of part of the sewer line to clear it, and meanwhile i tackled what i could and her floors got cleaned well.

Then i packed and came down here to NOLA, and the plan for Tuesday morning is to get back to our area, take care of Annie because both of her parents have Very Important Meetings They Cannot Miss, then come back down here if Grandma still needs me, and do the same Wednesday so i can take care of Ms. G's cats, since she's in Orlando and no one else can get into her house to do it.

Are we busy yet?

How about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is Armistice Day/Poppy Day/Remembrance Day/Veterans Day.  Whatever you call it, don't forget to thank a Veteran and spend a moment remembering all who served, and especially those who did not come home.

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

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Today is:

Armistice Day/Poppy Day/Remembrance Day/Veterans Day

Bonza Bottler Day

Cartagena Independence Day -- Cartagena, Columbia

Constitution Day and King's Birthday -- Bhutan

Day of Remembrance of the Volhvs/Einherjar Feast -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan Calendar (Norse "Feast of the Fallen")

Death/Duty Day

Fasching/Karneval -- Germany; Netherlands (official beginning of next year's pre-lent celebration starts on 11/11 at 11:11, when the Council of Eleven, in colorful fools caps, meet to plan the upcoming festivities)

Four Ones Day -- it is 11/11, after all

Hollantide Day a/k/a Hallow-tide -- Isle of Mann (season of All Saints, first day of Winter, celebrated in conjunction with Martintide, the Feast of St. Martin of Tours)

Independence Day -- Angola(1975); Poland(1918)

Independence of Cartagena City -- Colombia

Lacplesis -- Latvia (Remembrance Day)

Lhabab Duechen -- Buddhism (Descending Day of Lord Buddha)

     a public holiday in Bhutan, although the exact day off may vary

Lunantishees Day -- Ireland (Fairies who guard the blackthorn trees, cutting a branch today, the old calendar's November 1, means bad luck.)

National Sundae Day

Old November Eve -- In the old calendar, this was actually All Hallows' Eve

Origami Day -- Japan

Pepero Day -- South Korea (similar to a Valentine's Day, when couples exchange Pepero brand cookie sticks)

Pocky and Pretz Day -- Japan (see Pepero day, but substitute the Japanese brand cookie sticks)

Republic Day -- Maldives

Singles Day -- China (Guang Gun Jie, literally "bare sticks day", celebrating the single life on the calendar date that has the most 1's)

St. Martin's Day a/k/a St. Martin of Tours' Day (Western), Martinmas (Old England) (Patron of beggars, cavalry, equestrians, geese, horses, innkeepers, Pontifical Swiss Guards, quartermasters, reformed alcoholics, riders, soldiers, tailors, vintners/wine growers and makers; against alcoholism, impoverishment; highly celebrated through Sweden, Switzerland, and the island of St. Martin/St. Maarten and Patron of over 25 diocese, cities, and countries around the world)

     Beggar's Day -- Netherlands (children act as beggars on St. Martin's Day, similar to trick-or-treat in English speaking countries)

     Martinigians -- Sursee, Switzerland (a celebration of the day in front of Town Hall)

     St. Maarten Day -- Sint Maarten

St. Menas of Egypt's Day (Patron of falsely accused people, peddlers, traveling merchants)

Veterans of Foreign Wars Day -- Federated States of Micronesia

Anniversaries Today:

Vietnam Women's Memorial is dedicated, 1993

Route 66 is established by the US Highway System, 1926

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery is dedicated, 1921

Washington becomes the 42nd US State, 1889

Birthdays Today:

Leonardo DiCaprio, 1974

Peta Wilson, 1970

Calista Flockhart, 1964

Demi Moore, 1962

Marc Summers, 1951

Bibi Andersson, 1935

Jonathan Winters, 1925

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1922

Alger Hiss, 1904

Pat O'Brien, 1899

George Patton, 1885

Victor Emmanuel III, 1869

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, 1821

Abigail Smith Adams,1744

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Shadowlands"(Play), 1990

An Early Frost(TV movie), 1985

"Prisoner of Second Avenue"(Play), 1971

"La Plume de Ma Tante"(Revue), 1958

"God Bless America(Song, first public performance)", 1938

"The Tinker's Wedding"(Synge play), 1909

"Society"(Thompson play), 1865

Today in History:

The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul, 308

41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact, 1620

Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law, 1647

Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x), 1675

The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, as the first college society in the US, 1750

Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China, 1790

British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign, 1813

Mary Edward Walker, the 1st Army female surgeon, is awarded the Medal of Honor, 1865

The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations, 1869

The 11/11/11 cold wave: Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolled through, 1911

The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery, 1921

Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the first recognized Greek Republic, 1924

U.S. Route 66 is established, 1926

Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator, 1930

The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened, 1934

Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait, 1962

NASA launches Gemini 12, 1966

Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations, 1981

The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests, 1992

New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington, 2004

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army, 2006

The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai, 2008

A strike intended to shut down Nepal's general elections November 19th, is orchestrated by an alliance of 33 opposition parties, 2013

The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison, 2014

An Italian appeals court overturns a manslaughter conviction against 6 scientists for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly earthquake, 2014

The leaders of China and Japan meet for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute, 2014

Mercury makes its closest transit across the Sun that will occur this century, 2019

According to a new study, the near-earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa, about the size of a ferris wheel, is very likely a fragment of the moon, 2021

The Icelandic town of Grindavík on the Reykjanes peninsula is evacuated after thousands of earthquakes and rising magma point to an imminent eruption, 2023

Kimba, an escaped circus lion, roams the streets of the Italian seaside town of Ladispoli for five hours before being safely recaptured, 2023