Bittersweet Evening!

Tonight was the last night of an English course I've been teaching for the past 16 weeks...18 if you count the holiday times.

We ended up going out for our (second) class dinner, and the waitress plunked a bag down at my place... it had a card inscribed by hand, "Easy peasy lemon squeezy" because they thought it was a cute phrase when I used it -- so I used it often! -- and signed by all of them.

I opened the package, and found...

As it happens, it's a (large) box that I had ordered from Orietta a while ago -- and they hijacked my purchase! I cried, and they laughed, saying, "It's just what you would have picked out yourself, right?" Oh, and they caught it in time for Orietta to write on the back:

I am so very happy that I no longer have two nights gone every week. On the other hand, I'll miss having my sweet class together. Thank goodness it's a small town, and I'll see my students often!

Love,

Alexandra