Teachers Day

No school today and yesterday I was showered with expensive gifts.

The first really took me by surprise. Rachel, five years old, came to me with Claire teacher. She usually does this just to wave and say hi, but this time she gave me a bottle of wine. I was perusing the schedule trying to decipher whether or not I had to fill in a class for one of the teachers gone on a field trip and didn't notice it was a bottle of wine until I got back to my desk. Still a little shocked.

Then a large bundle of roses and carnations arrived in the classroom, so I did the only logical thing available to me--spend the entire class convincing the kids that there is a monster named Basky living in the bouquet. (Last week Basky was named Basky-Carla and lived just outside the classroom, waiting to bobble up the children if they misbehaved. I guess when it moved into the flowers, it dropped the last part of its name.)

Then a cake bigger than some of the children arrived.

Then a late students mother handed me another gift that I didn't pay careful attention to until I got back to my desk. Actually, it was Traci that said "Is that Chanel?" And it was. Aftershave and moisturizer. I wonder if it's a hint.