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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.
It's a good sign at Carl's when i arrive and he's already in his sleep chair, it usually means he has work.
All i have to do is start in on laundry, and i did. The empty washer was set to an actual wash cycle, not just a rinse and spin, and the items in the dryer got the sniff test. They initially passed, still i ran the dryer for long enough to warm the clothes up a bit. If an odor is going to make itself known, it will happen when the clothes are warm. In this case, all was good.
Proceeding into his room,
he's been kicking off his blanket in the night. It must be summer.
I played, what's in this bag?
he brought home the napkins and ketchup packets.
The empty supplement container was in the sock drawer which was empty of most of it's socks.
Then there's what's missing, his bathroom trash can should be right here. I later stumbled across it in the main kitchen, with the recycle cans.
His fridge was almost all drinks. It's summer, he's concerned with staying hydrated more than anything else, until he gets hungey, that is..
There was only one clean pair of underwear, and it had a single clean sock wrapped up in it. What he was going to do with underwear and only one sock, even i cannot hazard a guess.
The dryer balls and pajama bottoms have made a reappearance from wherever they went last week. Maybe they were all on vacation, and maybe next time they'll take me along.
When Carl finally got up for the morning, he came in remarking about his breath, and once he'd taken care of the situation, began to talk.
"Had the strangest dream..." he said, leaving it in an ellipsis. I told him i was sorry he was having strange dreams and he said, "No, I like them!" He may have my share, then.
"We had family Zoom last night," he continued.
You got to talk to your family and your cousins? i asked.
"Um, what do you call, extended family?"
Yes, cousins, i told him. It makes things easier. If the person is from your parent's generation, call the person "aunt" or "uncle," if from your generation, consider them cousins.
He didn't look too certain about this but moved on to asking about sunscreen.
"I need the code," he said. I looked at him questioningly and he said, "My new card, to get it activated, gotta get the code from Yahoo, but i can't get it.
That's one for his parents to field, i thought to myself as he fixed his breakfast and i made sandwiches.
He talked about artists and concerts, and said he went to see Sam, the young lady he sometimes takes out to dinner.
"We wanted to watch a movie," he said, "but she wanted to watch something and I said, no, let's watch this, and it was hard to agree."
Carl is late to this game and is finding out many times, he wants to watch action, she wants something lighter, and he's not sure how to handle it.
While we were in the kitchen and i was making lunch while he had breakfast, he talked a bit about the worries of politics and current events. He thinks deeply about them, although he doesn't always know how to express it, so i just let him talk.
"And our phone line doesn't work," he added at one point to something totally different he'd been telling me about. They are having trouble with internet and the VOIP phone isn't working. "The TV is fine," he was quick to reassure me. That's the most important part, of course.
Once he was ready, and i'd made him change shirts because the first one got cereal spilled on it ("put on your apron!" i keep telling him), he ran out the door asking for glasses and sunscreen. The latter he had in the car, the former, well, he lost the 20 pair his mother bought him in bulk last year.
Oh, and he's always ready to remind me he's just a big kid.
A Sunday school project from the special needs adult class.
How about some funnies.
Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!
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Today is:
Bake Your Own Bread Day -- it's really not that hard
Bunker Hill Day -- Suffolk County, MA, US
Dia del Padre -- El Salvador; Guatemala (Father's Day)
Eat All of Your Vegetables Day / Fresh Veggies Day -- yes, i have this listed yesterday, too; internet sites disagree about the actual date, and you need your veggies today, too!
Independence Day/National Day -- Iceland
International Violin Day -- Stravinsky's birth anniversary
National Apple Strudel Day
Okinawa Day -- Japan/US (remembrance of signing the treaty, in 1971, to return Okinawa to Japan)
Pirate Radio Day -- no actual pirate (i.e., unlicensed) radio stations will admit to declaring this a holiday, but what do you expect?
Snake River Stampede -- Nampa, ID (the 110th year of one of the top 10 professional rodeo events in the nation; through Saturday)
Soviet Occupation Day -- Latvia
St. Botulph of Ikanhoe's Day (Patron of agricultural and farm workers, sailors, travelers; Bossal, England; Boston, England; Boston, MA, US; Botesdale, England; Botolph Bridge, Huntingdonshire, England; Botolph's Bridge, Kent, England; Botolph, Sussex, England)
St. Herve's Day (Patron of the blind; against eye diseases and problems)
Vice President's Remembrance Day -- not officially, just a day to see how many vice presidents you remember
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought -- UN
Anniversaries Today
Orpheus marries the nymph Eurydice, Ancient Greek traditional date
Birthdays Today:
Mark Walker, 1999
Lee Ryan, 1983
Venus Williams, 1980
Will Forte, 1970
Dan Jansen, 1965
Greg Kinnear, 1963
Thomas Haden Church, 1960
Mark Linn-Baker, 1953
Joe Piscopo, 1951
Barry Manilow, 1946
Art Bell, 1945
Newt Gingrich, 1943
Gene De Paul, 1919
John Richard Hersey, 1914
Ralph Bellamy, 1904
Sammy Fain, 1902
M.C. Escher, 1898
Igor Stravinsky, 1882
William Hooper, 1742
John Wesley, 1703
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Oh! Calcutta!"(Revue), 1969
"Barney Google and Snuffy Smith"(Comic strip), 1919
Today in History:
Vlad III the Impaler (a/k/a Vlad Dracul or Count Dracula) attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia, 1462
Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, 1565
Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England, 1579
Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth; her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spends more than 20 years building her tomb, the Taj Mahal, 1631
The Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775
In the Kingdom of Hawaii, Kamehameha III issues the Edict of toleration which gives Roman Catholics the freedom to worship in the Hawaiian Islands, 1839
1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory, 1876
The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor, 1885
The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT, 1901
"Barney Google" cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres, 1919
Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic, 1944
The Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland, which is in the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada opens; it is still open today, 1958
The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress, 1961
Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel, 1972
With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct, 1987
The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required racial classification of all South Africans at birth, 1991
Australian scientists report that they have "teleported" a laser beam, breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location, 2002
The first condemnation of discrimination against gays, lesbians and transgender people is issued by the United Nations Human Rights Council, 2011
The Incredibles 2 sets a box office record for an animated release, earning $180 million its opening weekend, 2018
Greece signs a historic deal with Macedonia ending years of dispute over its name; after this, it will be called North Macedonia, 2018
China launches its Shenzhou-12 spacecraft with three astronauts arriving at its new space station Tiangong six and a half hours later, 2021
I remember being the television remote. And the dishwasher.
ReplyDeleteCarl is always enteraining to read about - I'mso happy I do not have to do your job, My patioence would snap, I'm afraid ... but maybe it's easier with other peoples children - even when the child is grown up on the outside. In any case I admire your patience.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how "organized" he is some weeks and a disaster the next. Mom remembers the last time she saw/used a tv with antennas and no remote. It was in New Orleans on a layover and she said it was just awful as she was so used to cable and remotes.
ReplyDeleteWell, I did bake my own bread but I didn't know it was the right day. Carl is such a mixture of astute and not, organized and not. He seems to get along well though, people and activities in his life.
ReplyDeleteThose old TVs with tubes are super heavy! A few years back, we finally threw out our old 27" analog TV. It felt like such a beast carrying it down the driveway...well, I didn't take it down. DH did! I would've never gotten it down there. The flat screen we have is from 2008 and it's quite heavy. Newer models are much lighter. The TV funnies are a hoot!
ReplyDeleteI love Carl, but you already know that. I know we get to hear about Carl every Tuesday morning. Excellent.
ReplyDeleteLove all the funnies and the television on made me laugh out loud. I was the remote control too. I also remember turning on the television five minutes before we were going to watch a show so it would warm up. I'm old.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
Carl varies each time but yet consistently inconsistent ~ glad he has you to help ~ You are an angel ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Our Mom had a TV like that one and she was the remote too - and it had rabbit ears- not sure what rabbit ears have to do with the TV???
ReplyDeleteGlad the pjs returned and hope they had fun wherever they were:)
Mom says she would love to be a bug on the wall in Carl's home:)
Woos - Misty and Timber
The black and white cat looks like my Friday. :) XO
ReplyDeleteIt's funny you can tell what it's going to be like by where Carl is when you get there. Those were really good funnies.
ReplyDeleteOona: "Oona also likes to play the game 'What's In This Bag?' Usually the answer is 'Oona'."
ReplyDeleteI remember my brother standing beside the TV with one hand on one of the "rabbit ears" so the reception was better. I also remember slapping the side of the TV sometimes helped fix the "horizontal hold" but not always. I am glad I now have a flat screen TV.
ReplyDeleteI love the funnies, especially the last one about making a documentary.
ReplyDeleteLike you say, he's just a big kid! The funnies reminded me that we had the first colour TV in our street and the neighbours flocked to see it!
ReplyDeleteGreat funnies!
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