Birthday was okay after all
Apparently several of the kids in my classes got to school early (much earlier than me) and decorated my classroom. :D They seemed really happy to see me and made me close my eyes while they walked me in and yelled "Surprise!!" All day long, they were wishing me a happy birthday. It was really nice.
D and her husband gave me a cake (we have all been enjoying the heck out of it. LOL) S gave me two great cards and some flowers. J was kinda upset because neither of them let her know ahead of time and let her join in. She kept saying, "I'm a terrible friend..." but I don't think that. I really wasn't expecting what the other two did (and I think that it was one of those "OMG, I have to go shopping on my planning period!" things, but that's okay with me).
In short, I was thrilled. G down the hall left a beautiful pot of red tulips on my desk... Gosh, I hope I don't kill them!!! One of the boys gave me a rose. :) (gave all of his teachers one - very nice fella) And my sister sent me a balloon with a very familiarly shaped box.... LOL By the time I got down the hall with it, I'd figured out it was a box of chocolate covered cherries. ROTFL. I think it was a joke, given that Mom kinda got into giving all of us those for Christmas for a while. Chocolate covered cherries were starting to acquire all the significance of the forever-recycled fruitcake in my family. Not that we have a fruitcake making the rounds, but you probably know what I mean.
I do like chocolate covered cherries. :) And I actually like fruitcake, when it's a good quality one, like mom and my aunt used to make. Maybe that's where I'm totally weird.
Got home, and Dad gave me the sweetest card that supposedly shows me how much I'm loved... you wind up opening the card into this absolutely huge page, and it says, "Is this big enough???" (He also gave me some money.) My brother said happy birthday and Mom called. As she often does, she said happy birthday and immediately got onto a subject I knew absolutely nothing about, and I was reduced to trying to squeeze in an "ok" every 5 minutes or so. That's okay, I knew it would happen. LOL
And that was it. I fell asleep early on my bed, and played Warcraft for a while. It wasn't disappointing because I didn't expect much. There was someone I was hoping would get all the hints I've been giving him and give me maybe just a card, but he didn't even wish me a happy birthday on that day. I guess he's afraid that if he shows the slightest bit of caring, that I'll misconstrue it for some kind of attachment to me. I expected as much...
D and her husband gave me a cake (we have all been enjoying the heck out of it. LOL) S gave me two great cards and some flowers. J was kinda upset because neither of them let her know ahead of time and let her join in. She kept saying, "I'm a terrible friend..." but I don't think that. I really wasn't expecting what the other two did (and I think that it was one of those "OMG, I have to go shopping on my planning period!" things, but that's okay with me).
In short, I was thrilled. G down the hall left a beautiful pot of red tulips on my desk... Gosh, I hope I don't kill them!!! One of the boys gave me a rose. :) (gave all of his teachers one - very nice fella) And my sister sent me a balloon with a very familiarly shaped box.... LOL By the time I got down the hall with it, I'd figured out it was a box of chocolate covered cherries. ROTFL. I think it was a joke, given that Mom kinda got into giving all of us those for Christmas for a while. Chocolate covered cherries were starting to acquire all the significance of the forever-recycled fruitcake in my family. Not that we have a fruitcake making the rounds, but you probably know what I mean.
I do like chocolate covered cherries. :) And I actually like fruitcake, when it's a good quality one, like mom and my aunt used to make. Maybe that's where I'm totally weird.
Got home, and Dad gave me the sweetest card that supposedly shows me how much I'm loved... you wind up opening the card into this absolutely huge page, and it says, "Is this big enough???" (He also gave me some money.) My brother said happy birthday and Mom called. As she often does, she said happy birthday and immediately got onto a subject I knew absolutely nothing about, and I was reduced to trying to squeeze in an "ok" every 5 minutes or so. That's okay, I knew it would happen. LOL
And that was it. I fell asleep early on my bed, and played Warcraft for a while. It wasn't disappointing because I didn't expect much. There was someone I was hoping would get all the hints I've been giving him and give me maybe just a card, but he didn't even wish me a happy birthday on that day. I guess he's afraid that if he shows the slightest bit of caring, that I'll misconstrue it for some kind of attachment to me. I expected as much...
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