October 2

Today, October 2, is the beginning of No Salt Week. That's a holiday I won't be observing! I could maybe do No Pepper Week, but I need my salt.

Also, today is National Custodial Worker Day. A thankless job, most of the time. I'm posting this ahead of time, but I hope to do something nice for the custodial workers at school. I don't have the stomach for the work they have to do. My (deceased) father-in-law was a school custodial worker. He worked his way up from a sweeper to the building manager at the high school Scott works at and the kids attend. He retired due to disability in 1991. He didn't want to leave but his vision was failing and he wasn't able to work. He had to work many long days and got called in for things like a fuel oil spill on Christmas day one year. But, he loved working with the kids and Scott still remembers being able to see him every day when he was in high school. He was a great guy and I'm sure he did a good job at work.

So, thank a custodial worker today ~ they deserve it!