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Carol H Tucker
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Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
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the last business day of April
Today is the 6th day of the 17th week, the 28th day of the 4th month, the 118th day of 2017 [with 240 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- Biological Clock Day
- Brave Hearts Day ((for kids and their families facing pediatric cancer, not anything to do with a Mel Gibson movie))
- Childcare Professionals Day
- Day of Dialogue – well played Heineken
- Great Poetry Reading Day – interestingly I am not sure whether it is great poetry being celebrated or the ability to read it very well….
- National Arbor Day ((some of us remember this as Johnny Appleseed day))
- National Blueberry Pie Day
- National Cubicle Day – supposedly a day to individualize your workstation
- National Hairball Awareness Day – did you know that some humans eat hair and have this problem?
- National Kiss Your Mate Day
- National Superhero Day
- National Teach Your Children To Save Day
- Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day
- Workers' Memorial Day
- World Day for Safety and Health at Work
ON THIS DAY: In 224 Ardashir I defeated and killed Artabanus V at the Battle of Hormozdgān, effectively ending the Parthian Empire. In 1253 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounded Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declared it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism. In 1788 Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1789 Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors were set adrift and the rebel crew returned to Tahiti briefly and then set sail for Pitcairn Island ((FYI, like the Titanic, Mutiny on the Bounty is not just a book or movie)). In 1869 Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad laid ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched. In 1930 the Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas. In 1932 a vaccine for yellow fever was announced for use on humans. In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. In 1948 Igor Stravinsky conducted the premier of his American ballet, Orpheus, in New York City at New York City Center. In 1977 the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure was signed. In 2001 Dennis Tito, aged 60 and a former NASA employee, became the first paying passenger to go to outer space -- an eight-day holiday aboard the International Space Station for which he paid $20,000,000.
Today started out well. It is Friday. I have an appointment for a cut & color this evening. When I closed up the windows and blinds to keep the place coolish, I turned on the A/C switch because they had said they were turning on the chiller today, and cool air came out! The sun was out and for the first time this year, I walked outside without a jacket or sweater. I felt good in what I was wearing [thank you LuLaRue] and was ridiculously pleased that I could rock a size small [caveat about the Irmas’ big fit inserted here]. In conversation with a coworker on the topic of retirement, he made the comment that “oh you do have a plan then” and told me I was not “old” although I was pushing “senior”. And then as I was sitting at my desk reading a sad story, a wave of melancholy washed over me.
I was able to shake it off and recover this time, but it was a reminder that I feel vulnerable to negativity and that I need to watch where my thoughts wander….
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