Homecoming Week
My Birthday
Today is Get Up and Go Day. At lunch we stared taking ID photos. Apparently we only got ONE useable varsity football picture.. In class we had a journal topic and then had caption practice.
Birthday moment
“OK I’m a big baby. I have to admit I look forward to my birthday to see what my yearbook staff will do to celebrate it. There have been some great ones. The year they camped out on our lawn. The TP jobs. The hats. I think the hat tradition started in 1999 with Jill, Ellie and Tracey. The angel wings, the pimp cane and the feathered boas. It is always a lot a fun and somehow it lets me know they appreciate me on a level beyond just being the teacher. I didn’t give it much thought this year but as fourth period approached I started to wonder what might be going on. Class started. We did our usual stuff…journal topic on Homecoming Week, caption practice. They even brought out a tiny cake that Shelby baked and we sang.
Shelby's cake.
It was also Steven Lagris’ and Maddie Nagle’s birthday too. In the middle of the period they even had me go to Mrs. Pierce’s office to talk about water polo (The game had been switched to a 7:15 start at Jesuit against Loretto). But when I returned…nothing. I thought for sure they had me leave to prepare for the party or something. But there was nothing. I’m sure I gave Zoe a cow-eyed look as if to say…”What happened? You couldn’t get it together? Did you really forget about me?” The period ended and that became the least of my worries as I misplaced my keys and Christine had to drive to school to give me a spare truck key
Eventually we came back and found the keys where I had left them at lunch and then it was off for a quick sandwich and the water polo game at Jesuit. We lost 9-3 but he girls played pretty well. Christine had insisted that we couldn’t eat afterward so we headed home immediately after the game.
When we got home I walked in the front door to see streamers and the whole living room dark. It was then I began to suspect something was up. Zoe appeared and I saw the rest of the editors and then the light went on and all the staff appeared and yelled “Surprise!”
They got me. I was totally surprised and we had a great party with over 20 staff members there. They gave me a trucker hat with long hair, a mullet wig, a drama queen pen and a multi-colored feather boa. Great job Zoe! Thanks for everything yearbook staff. You are the best! I feel loved.
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