lovely day...

ms. ortiz, you have a gift waiting for you in the office. within nanoseconds all of the 20 very very curious pair of eyes fell on me. ummmm, what's today i asked. friday. february sixth they all offered at once. i looked dumbfounded and they all mirrored my expression. hmmm. it's not my birthday. valentine's next week. there must be a mistake. embarassing. i'm going to receive another teacher's gift and have to hunt them down after school. student a, go get it for me please. and off she went in a hurry and very excited to run the errand. whispers from student to student played background to my thoughts of wonder and stopped when in came wonderful student a with a smile on her face. i saw the bag and knew it was from tony. but why? well, the letter inside the gift explained it all and i felt like a selfish dud for not remembering. he wrote happy one-year-till-we-get-married anniversary. in case you want to practice. and inside was a fabric music bouquet that plays the wedding march. i melted... and left the class below as i floated on cloud nine for the rest of the day...