On the last Friday of each month our faculty has a birthday breakfast for all the people who had birthdays during that month. Today was the birthday breakfast for those in May. Everyone on the faculty knows my 40th birthday is tomorrow. Also, everyone on the faculty knows me pretty well. I wear plaid shirts everyday. And as soon as it gets warm I wear my plaid shirts with khaki shorts with tennis shoes and short white socks. I’ve been having several birthday celebrations this week so I didn’t think this one would be any different. I dress in my usual uniform. I have on a plaid shirt, my khaki cargo shorts, my tennis shoes and short white socks. I get to school and my classroom door is decorated with black balloons and a big sign that says 40-Aged to Perfection. So I go about my business getting my classroom ready for the day etc. when an announcement is made that the birthday breakfast is ready. I walk over to the library and as I walk in the door I see a sea of plaid shirts with khaki shorts, tennis shoes and white socks. Of our faculty of 65, there must have been 50 people dressed in my uniform. I burst out laughing and they all screamed Happy Birthday! I couldn’t believe it. Some of these people I hardly talk too but they were dressed in my uniform. One of my closest colleagues e-mailed everyone and told them to dress as I do as a great joke for the birthday breakfast. It was the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. I couldn’t stop laughing. Even my principal was dressed in my uniform. It was just too much. After having breakfast and thinking about it I realized they were both making fun of me and letting me know that they care about me. It was both funny and touching at the same time. I have to hand to Diane, my close colleague, for pulling this off without me finding out. It may not sound as funny here but the scene was extremely humorous. It was great! 40 isn’t so bad and it’s nice to know people like you and care about you.