The Visiting Professor

Anders could not sleep last night as he crammed to learn the middle names of the Presidents of the United States of America.  I had enlisted Anders to "help my students review" for the Advanced Placement United States History Test by "teaching them the Presidents."  I had no idea.
Anders was up late last night, and shot out of bed like a bolt at 5:45 am.  He was ready to leave 15 minutes before Anna or I.  He sang his Presidents songs from youtube all the way in to SJS.
He only took a nibble out of his donut.  I had arisen at 5 to go to Shipley's to get the donuts for the "Donuts and 'Ders" review session.
A bunch of guys came in first.  Vasia got the first question correct about George Washington and the cherry tree, then Vinay missed the next two true false questions on Adams and Jefferson.  Anders was writing true false questions in order from 1-10. He made it from GW to William Henry Harrison.  Each question received its own color.  Anders greeted each arriving student with, "Welcome Guest # (fill in the blank)!"  Finally, it was "Welcome Guest #19!"  Anders was holding court with the students gathered around him.  He was keeping score of who had correct answers.  Each new "guest" got a "zero" on the white board until he or she scored.  Well, the students were 2 for 10 as Anders' true false questions were much tougher than the hard multiple choice questions we give that they complain about.  As Anders wrote on the board and directed traffic, I did some errands, even leaving the room to collect some printed papers.  Anders did not miss me!  He was in his element, and the students loved seeing this little four year old version of me run the class.  He ripped off a few Presidents, which worried some of the girls since they didn't remember Benjamin Harrison.  Anders was so taken with his job that he forgot to eat his donut!  He finally finished it later in the faculty lounge.  Once the kids left to take the AP exam in the church fellowship hall, Anders wanted to go around Rushmore, which we did.  We ran into the principle, our department chair, and a few others and I compelled Anders to start naming the Presidents from the beginning and he made it all the way from Washington to Obama without any help from me, dropping some middle initials and middle names along the way.
Henrik made a funny today too.  A short backstory, Anna has been trying to get in touch with the medical supply company for over a week since they first contacted her about taking back Henrik's O2 supplies.  They aren't good at returning phone calls.  Well, today they sent a letter saying that they had been trying to get in touch with Anna, but had not been able to do so.  I mentioned the letter to Dorene as she was holding a sleeping Henrik, and I said, "Anna won't be too pleased with this letter!" At which point, Henrik awakened, opened his eyes, and began belly-laughing.  Then, after the moment passed, he went back to sleep.  He knows what we are saying!  Just like Anders did!