It's becoming a tradition in our family for TOYH to take each of the girls on a special trip once she crosses the threshold into adolescence. KyKy went on a little trip to Excelsior for a couple of nights at a B&B and a play at The Old Log Theater. Today was to be the day of Madster's surprise. TOYH had planned a train trip down to Red Wing for a couple of nights stay. Part of the specialness of the event is a missed day of school for Madster, so in preparation TOYH emailed her teachers asking for homework in advance. It so happens that one of Madster's teachers was going through her email with Madster standing by her and the teacher started to read the email out loud. Yup. She read through the part of the email where TOYH said that this day was was going to be a big surprise for her, so keep it under wraps. The teacher felt awful, and the Madster, God bless her, tried to act like she didn't know anything was going on with us. But being who she is, she couldn't help but to ask innocently, "What's happening on Wednesday?" TOYH started to get suspicious and eventually the cat was let out of the bag that, well, the cat was out of the bag. There was a bit of consolation in the fact that Madster didn't know where she was going or what manner of conveyance was being used. So this morning the three of us piled into Crapmobile, Madster not knowing the destination or that there are bags packed to stay somewhere for two nights. I, of course, on the way to the Amtrak station open my big fat mouth and said something about the two of them being gone for a couple of days. Sigh. Now she knows it's not just a day trip. She did get excited when we pulled into the train station, so that part of the plan worked out. But just as we were walking up to the entrance, an Amtrak employee taped a sign on the door stating that the train was running two hours late. Good Lord, adolescence can be so difficult.
TOYH also reserved tickets for the rest of us to take the train down to Red Wing on Friday. I don't know how exciting that will be for Madster, but I'm looking forward to the trip, at least the getting there and coming back. We'll be in Red Wing for about 12 hours without a car, so I guess I better develop a sudden interest in pottery or boot making.
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1. Why was Maddie standing by her teacher when the teacher was reading her email? It seems rather, ummmm, weird, that the teacher would be reading through email while a student is standing there waiting for assistance or whatever.
2. Why the hell would ANY teacher read her email aloud to a student? I'm sorry, but NO WONDER you want to get your kids out of that school. That was just plain STOOPID.
PS: Being the nit-picky person I am, I have to point out that the surprise wasn't really ruined for Maddie. After all, she probably was VERY surprised to hear her teacher reveal the plans. It was just your being there to enjoy her surprise that was ruined. Not much consolation, but think of Maddie's delicious anticipation of trying to fish the details from her clueless parents.
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