Alice (one of my co-workers) and I decided that we needed to decorate Jane's classroom for her birthday, which was tomorrow. She always comes early and stays really late. She left early today, so Alice and I went to Roberts and bought 40 balloons to decorate her classroom. It was quite a challenge to get them out the Roberts door and then in my van and then in the school door, but we did without popping any balloons. We tied them to all the desks and in the front. We crate papered her chair, computer and both sides. Erika came with us and helped as well. She wrote on the dry erase board "Happy Birthday Jane!" It looked so cute. We were there about an hour and we were so happy with our little mess and decorating. We couldn't wait to see Jane's reaction the next morning. As we both arrived at school, Jane was a little late, due to getting hit by a car on her motorcycle. We told the other office staff what we had done and we all walked down to her classroom to show them. We opened the door and "Surprise" it was all gone. Every little bit of it, no trace of anything, not even the crate paper or ribbon or stickers. We figured that Jane must have come back after we finished the night before and cleaned it all up, but she would never admit to it, and told us her birthday was in April. It was all in fun, but I guess she didn't want to advertise it, but she is one that can dish it out to all of us, helping decorate others offices on their birthday. Alice took her class down to sing to Jane, but she still said that her birthday was in April. Why would she lie about her birthday at the district office and our school records? She didn't, but I guess she didn't want anyone else to see the decorating and the mess we made for that day. So, a warning to the next one, watch out for the next decorating party.
