“Mrs. Megroot! Mrs. Megroot!!! Come here!!” Osveen calls across the room.

Mrs. Megroot races across the room.
“What is it, Osveen?” she asks. Then she sees my finger. “Golly gee!! What happened???” she exclaimed.

“I accidentally pulled the yarn too tight and…”

Mrs. Megroot pulls me out of my chair and to the sink, where she douses my thumb with icy water. I have no idea how this actually will help my thumb, but…whatever. For a home ec teacher who’s supposed to know everything about first aid, she sure is insane.

Then she dries off my thumb and gives me an icepack to hold against it. “This should turn it back to normal.” she says. She walks to the classroom pantry and pulls out a box of six dozen blueberry muffins. Does she seriously think that eating muffins will help me feel better???

“Eat at least three of these. The blueness of the blueberries will reverse the blueness in your thumb. Have as many as you want.” Mrs. Megroot explains.

Like I said, she’s insane.