As I have
stated in my previous blog, I am very clumsy. For some reason I am always put
in the worst situations (mostly my doing). At the moment of the situation I am
usually embarrassed, but afterwards I can laugh about it......usually. I am
sure that everyone has felt like this one time or another. I am the
kind of person that turns completely red when embarrassed and people like to
point out to me "Do you know that you are turning really red."
"Why, I had no idea that I was turning as red as a tomato. I couldn’t feel
the heat rushing to my face at all. Thank you for pointing it out and making me
more embarrassed then I already was!"
For
my summer job, one of the things I have to do is travel around and take
pictures of students at different schools. So on this day I was going to an
elementary school to take pictures of a talent show. Of course it is pouring
rain that morning and I was running late. By the time that I got to the
elementary school and found a parking spot, the show has already started, still
thinking that I could just sneak into the back of the cafeteria and still be
able to take great photos. Unfortunately, I wasn't expecting over a thousand
people (including all the students from the school and teachers) to be smushed
into this tiny cafeteria surrounding the stage. I squeezed my way between some
parents and teachers and started snapping some photos. They were turning out
okay, but I wasn’t as close as I would have liked to have been to the stage. I
took pictures this way through a handful of acts while I got strange look from
parents, when an administrator tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I would
like to get closer to the stage. I said sure! I could finally get some good
pictures! We exited the door that I came in and she took me through a door
closer to the stage. Perfect there was a line of parents against the wall and I
could blend in with them. I stood with the parents and teachers getting ready
to take some pictures when I noticed the administrator had kept walking in
front of the stage (it was in between an act at the moment). She stopped
directly in the middle and asked the KINDERGARDNERS to scoot over so they could
make a spot for me to sit!!!!!! Let me paint a picture for you, I am in slacks,
with a nice shirt, higheels, with a huge camera slung around my neck and my
purse. The administrator starts waving me over. Parents, kids, and teachers
turn my direction as I make my way to the front. I can read the parent's faces
as they think, who is this chick and why does she get to go to the front to
take pictures of her children! Just so we are clear I
do NOT have any children! I had to weave and step over small children to get to
the spot where she made for me. I had to sit Indian style on the floor
surrounded by little kids. This is one of those moments where I could feel
myself turning red as all the children stared at me. I am about 3 times as tall
as the children. I just felt like disappearing! The next act came on the
stage and I started taking pictures. They were turning out great! I was close
to the stage and I could see everything. That’s when I heard." I can’t see
the stage! The girl in front of me is too tall!" I am pretty sure that my
face took a new shade of red that it has never been before. I slowly turn my
head to see the kids behind me and I see this little boy practically sitting on
the kid's lap next to him trying to see around me. Now I really wanted to get
out of there! What do I do? I could continue to sit there and not let the
children behind me see or I could get up and move and try to find myself a spot
against the wall but the administrator was one of the women standing by the wall.
I felt bad to move after she made a huge commotion for me to sit there from the
beginning. So I continued to sit there and take picture after picture of
different acts. The whole time that this was going on I continued to fight with
myself about getting up. Finally between an act I got the nerve to stand up and
step over the children again (picturing everyone staring at my butt) and moved
to the side with chairs and stood behind the line of teachers. As soon as I put
my purse down they announced that it was the last act! Of course I would move
when there was only one left.
In the end all of the pictures turned out good but I feel
like every teacher, student, and parent should know who I am now! Hope this
gave you a great laugh as you enjoy your fabulous weekend!
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