Embarrassing Moments... Part of Life

The other night I was talking to my roommates and they told me they were impressed with the way that I treat embarrassing moments as just a way of life. For me, they are. I have learned to laugh at myself and it's very helpful. There are few things that can make me really embarrassed. I just try to roll with the punches. So I am writing this blog to show you all that contrary to popular belief, I'm not perfect. I'm normal like everybody else. Embarrassing things happen to me quite often. I hope I can help you all feel less embarrassed and learn to just accept those moments as part of life.

Story #1

Thanksgiving Break.  One of the nights of Thanksgiving break we thought it would be a great idea to get a big group of people together to play volleyball! It was a blast!! It was a bunch of my cousins, me and Olivia, Tyson, Trevor, some dude I didn't know and some friends. Well, I like to tuck my shirt into my shorts when I play volleyball. For me it is comfortable and then when I jump to the sky with my hands above my head nobody gets a sneak peak of my stellar abs. I just like to keep things under control. However, being the all 5'2" that I am, I have a pretty short torso. About half way through the night one of my cousins said to me, "You're shorts are choking me!" I wasn't sure what she meant. She told me that my pants were pulled up so high that they looked like they were choking me. I thought I looked fine. Then all of a sudden my pants are clear down at my knees! I was laughing so hard and trying to recover from a little shock and trying to get my pants up all in the face of a bunch of family, friends, and a stranger. You'd think that at age 19 it would be no big issue to pull your pants back up. I mean, I've put pants on myself every day of my life for about 16 years now. But, I've never put pants on while wearing a knee brace. As I was laughing and recovering and pulling my shorts up, they got caught on my knee brace! What was probably only about 20 seconds felt like eternity as I tried to return to decency. All of this would normally really embarrass somebody and ruin their night. I, on the other hand, thought it was pretty hilarious. I laughed harder than anyone else I think. Dumb things happen. It's just a part of life.

Story #2

Thanksgiving Dinner.   I sometimes say words that I know the meaning of, but I don't know how to pronounce correctly. At the dinner table my brother-in-law Tony asked me someones address. I responded with a lot of confidence. "It's somethin' somethin' Buchanan Rd." He looked at me and the people around me started laughing. I wasn't sure what they were laughing at. I knew the address, there's nothing funny about it. I asked them. Tony says, "Buchanan? Don't you mean Bu-Cannon?" I was like, "No. I'm pretty sure it's Buchanan." What I didn't know is that Buchanan is actually pronounced Bu-Cannon, Not Butch-a-nan. Who knew right? They said everybody knew that! Well, excuse me! I didn't know! And now as I'm typing this and a little squiggly red line isn't appearing under "Buchanan" I am realizing that it actually must be a pretty common word that most people know. This isn't the first time I'm mispronounced a word. When I was 15 my sister Violet gave me a really great birthday card! It was the classic Teichert card. It talked about how beautiful and smart and talented and wonderful that I am. Then when I opened it up, I read out loud, "It must be hereditary." Everyone around me was laughing and I was like, "I don't get it. I don't know what "Here-Ditty" means." I had pronounced hereditary as Here-Ditty. Embarrassing right? Just a part of life! And yet another time; My sister Taffy was showing me her Christmas decorations at her house and she has this really cute stocking hanger. I told her, "When I have a house, we're gonna hang our stockings on the hearth." She laughed. Again, I didn't know why. She told me that "hearth" is pronounced Harth, not Herth. I'd only read the word before. I'd never actually heard it or said it. You know, whatever! Everyone says dumb stuff once or twice or three times. Or just twice... or once. It's a very real part of life and people need to not be so embarrassed about it!

Story #3

This one is slightly more embarrassing than the last two but I think it's pretty funny. It was also over Thanksgiving break. I know! What a weekend! Anyways, it was at the dinner following my Uncle David's funeral. I had finished all my food like the big girl that I am, and I went over to sit by Brock and Rae and chat for a little bit. Well, right when I was taking a pretty big drink of water they quoted Ammon from the funeral, "My Dad always beat us up... He always woke up before us." It was funny, but not like hysterical. But I wasn't expecting it. So instead of swallowing my water like a normal person, I inhaled and it went all in my lungs and so I started having a little fit. I spit some of it out into my cup and then a lot of it came rushing out my nose like a waterfall, but a lot less pretty. And then I was still choking on water and there was starting to be a little bit of a watery mess at my place on the table. I was coughing pretty hard. Hard enough for my jello to start making a reappearance right there on the dinner table. Brock, being the good cousin that he is, started unwrapping silver-wear so that I could have some napkins to try and catch my throw-up. After not too long I was able to get control and I didn't let any more of my lunch make a come-back. Once I was done choking, I became aware of the mess I had made. I had thrown up in the middle of the dinner table. I'm 19 years old! I laughed so hard! Everyone around me laughed! My brother-in-law Casey said, "Good things all these people already love you and won't judge you." It was too, and I hope all of you will just find humor in this whole situation. Once again, throwing up on the table is just a part of life. So I ripped away the part of the paper table clothe that was messy and threw it away, washed my hands and my mouth, and got another plate of jello because I no longer had mine. 

People. Embarrassing things happen! Roll with the punches! Laugh at yourself! You'll be happier and life will be funnier and brighter! It's a part of life! 

Have a nice week! :)