the flowers

i got back to the school the other day ... and found a pot of orchids on my desk. the delivered kind. a moment of shock. the last time i received delivered flowers was a long, long time ago, an ex who was reconsidering a breakup. but this time... not being in a relationship seriously reduced the amount of contenders. i had my brain working overtime for about a minute. who could they be from?

it turned out they were from my students. their course had just finished and they wanted to thank me. now, it's not the first time i get flowers from students, but i must admit the delivery part was impressive. they hadn't want to burden me in class in case i was going elsewhere afterwards and would have to walk around with them all day. i was really touched.