Everyone few years it seems I do something really embarrassing. Since it takes a lot to truly embarrass me, this is saying something. There was the time that I fell into the fountains at the mall and got drenched in water while onlookers laughed. Then a time when I botched lines of a skit on stage in front of hundreds of teenagers and left the stage. It's been a while since I can remember being embarrassed. So I guess I was due.
Yesterday at work I attended an all day training on "Officer Saftey." There were about 40 some odd officers in attendance and I thought the class was very interesting. At the end, the instructor asked us all to complete a course evaluation sheet and drop it at the front of the classroom. The training had been held in a college lecture hall. You know the kind - The class had about 4 tiers on 4 different levels in decending fashion. I was sitting on the top level during the training. Well, anyway, I had already completed my evaluation during the last segment and was anxious to pick up my boys from school early. As I stood up, the first to do so of all the officers, and started walking down the steps, my boot caught on one of the steps wrong and I went sailing down the steps, twisting in air, and landed on my knees.
Thankfully, the only thing damaged was my pride.
You know it funny how something so natural as "trippin'" can embarrass you. I tripped and almost did a cartwheel on a field shoot in June. I was so embarassed that I couldn't look any of my friends in the eye (and EVERYONE there was a co-worker friend of mine) and I had to go to the restroom because I teared up and just wanted to bawl my eyes out because I had tripped... Later I realized that I was PMSing BIG-TIME. PMS makes me emotional AND clumsy. I'm surprised that I don't trip like that once every month really!
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