A new pair of shoes, a new lunch bag, and a pass for the bus. Sounds like the first day of school to me. And I was right there, 6:45 am, with the camera.
Y'all owe me one, big time.
So there Pa goes, headed off to his first day of work, ready to rescue the perishing.
[Or maybe to just fill out some paperwork for HR. But I wasn't there, I'm just guessing.]