Not long ago I wrote about my nightmares awake and asleep with pantyhose and tights. While I was in Lincoln my sister recounted the memorable winter day when she walked halfway to the elementary school, panicked, ran back home, pulled up her dress to verify she was wearing underpants, then calmly resumed the trek to school confident that God was in His heaven and all was right in the underwear world.
We had a lovely, springlike day on Wednesday. A day for children to have lunch at the picnic table, and tired art teachers to let the sun warm their sore carry-on luggage shoulders. So relaxing and refreshing, and I was quite blindsided by the vision of a four year-old girl sitting on the folding chair with her legs up on then art room table absolutely pantie-less. Yikes! Where were her underpants? Did she leave them in the bathroom, throw them in the trash, or flush them down? Did she somehow lose them in her drama class costume? When you teach children, you really don't want their parents to arrive at the conclusion that the student has lost undergarments while in your supervision! I sent a different student to the office with a note requesting immediate assistance. An APB went out for the undies, but they were nowhere to be found.
Normally, in the abnormal world of preschool creative arts education, students will arrive at class and announce that they aren't wearing any underpants, or that they are wearing Finding Nemo underpants that they would like to show everyone. It's abnormal for a student to arrive underpantless and not broadcast the fact. Preschoolers tell all.
This time it turned out that the child dressed herself, but left off the fuzzy tights and panties due to the unseasonably warm weather. Warm, tropical breezes are all fine and dandy, but I wish she would have run home to double-check.
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