Embarrasing Moments
My wife wrote this and I thought it deserved a place on the blog:
So before I had Andrew I had heard that children are the cause of the most embarrassing moments. Little did I know how true that was. I can't really pinpoint my most embarrassing moment before Andrew came (there were lots of them b/c I was easily embarrassed). I believe I have tougher skin now, but not tough enough to outdo Andrew and his antics. Now I can easily pinpoint 2 of THE MOST embarrassing times ever...one I can laugh about now but the other still embarrasses me to this day.
First the not so funny one: The beginning of 2007 was spent in Jackson, Mississippi. The food was the only good thing about that city, and that is where we found our favorite restaurant ever. It was called Hamil's Barbecue and was in a HUGE brand new building that could hold (and often did hold) hundreds of people. People from all over Jackson and surrounding areas would go there to battle the parking lot just to get a delicious home cooked meal. Many people would just park in the dirt (mostly mud) field that was next to the restaurant just to go in and wait in a line 30 people long. It wasn't the quickest meal, but even for a buffet, it was absolutely delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about it! Well, at the front of the line beside the cash registers, there was a Gigantic glass jar abut an inch thick, a foot wide and a foot and a half tall holding peppermint candies. Mat set Andrew up on the counter to pay, and as Andrew reached into the jar, it went crashing to the floor. The jar shattered into a million pieces causing all 300 people there that day to look at us and watch us walk to our seat. The people there assured us that it was destined to happen sometime, and they rushed us away from the scene. I will never know for sure if anyone got hurt or not (after all there were 30 people in line behind us). I didn't even feel like eating after that b/c I was so humiliated. A friend was there and he tried to comfort me by telling me that when he was little he knocked over a display of glass mayonnaise jars in the grocery store and broke every jar. The story didn't make me feel better, but I could completely relate to his poor mother. As a side note, I certainly understand why there are so many obese people in Mississippi. I would probably be obese too if I had to live there.
The next embarrassing moment was about my exhibitionist child who decided to pee on a tree in front of a huge crowd right in the middle of our putt putt game at Stone Mountain. I would say at least 30 people were watching as Andrew dropped his drawers and let her go before anyone could get to him. His words were "I want to pee on that tree" and BAM...the stream started. One lady looked on completely horrified. I rushed to finish the course and didn't look back. I ended up ruining my putt putt score b/c I was in such a hurry to finish and leave. I honestly tried to get everyone to leave, but no one would. Mat ended up talking to the horrified lady, and it seems as if she was reliving a moment from her past as she had 4 boys who like to pee everywhere too. I was so relieved to hear that, and then I was upset that I ruined my game in my effort to get away.
So...I'm sure I have many more embarrassing times ahead of me. I'm sure that my skin will get a little tougher after each experience. Maybe some of you have some stories that you can share about your children that will outdo mine. I'd love to hear them!
So before I had Andrew I had heard that children are the cause of the most embarrassing moments. Little did I know how true that was. I can't really pinpoint my most embarrassing moment before Andrew came (there were lots of them b/c I was easily embarrassed). I believe I have tougher skin now, but not tough enough to outdo Andrew and his antics. Now I can easily pinpoint 2 of THE MOST embarrassing times ever...one I can laugh about now but the other still embarrasses me to this day.
First the not so funny one: The beginning of 2007 was spent in Jackson, Mississippi. The food was the only good thing about that city, and that is where we found our favorite restaurant ever. It was called Hamil's Barbecue and was in a HUGE brand new building that could hold (and often did hold) hundreds of people. People from all over Jackson and surrounding areas would go there to battle the parking lot just to get a delicious home cooked meal. Many people would just park in the dirt (mostly mud) field that was next to the restaurant just to go in and wait in a line 30 people long. It wasn't the quickest meal, but even for a buffet, it was absolutely delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about it! Well, at the front of the line beside the cash registers, there was a Gigantic glass jar abut an inch thick, a foot wide and a foot and a half tall holding peppermint candies. Mat set Andrew up on the counter to pay, and as Andrew reached into the jar, it went crashing to the floor. The jar shattered into a million pieces causing all 300 people there that day to look at us and watch us walk to our seat. The people there assured us that it was destined to happen sometime, and they rushed us away from the scene. I will never know for sure if anyone got hurt or not (after all there were 30 people in line behind us). I didn't even feel like eating after that b/c I was so humiliated. A friend was there and he tried to comfort me by telling me that when he was little he knocked over a display of glass mayonnaise jars in the grocery store and broke every jar. The story didn't make me feel better, but I could completely relate to his poor mother. As a side note, I certainly understand why there are so many obese people in Mississippi. I would probably be obese too if I had to live there.
The next embarrassing moment was about my exhibitionist child who decided to pee on a tree in front of a huge crowd right in the middle of our putt putt game at Stone Mountain. I would say at least 30 people were watching as Andrew dropped his drawers and let her go before anyone could get to him. His words were "I want to pee on that tree" and BAM...the stream started. One lady looked on completely horrified. I rushed to finish the course and didn't look back. I ended up ruining my putt putt score b/c I was in such a hurry to finish and leave. I honestly tried to get everyone to leave, but no one would. Mat ended up talking to the horrified lady, and it seems as if she was reliving a moment from her past as she had 4 boys who like to pee everywhere too. I was so relieved to hear that, and then I was upset that I ruined my game in my effort to get away.
So...I'm sure I have many more embarrassing times ahead of me. I'm sure that my skin will get a little tougher after each experience. Maybe some of you have some stories that you can share about your children that will outdo mine. I'd love to hear them!
posted by Mat... the uncreative engineer | 3:51 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Gen, it's Robin at ITM. All I can say is that everyone has those embarrassing times, but when it comes to those involving small children people seem to be a bit more understanding. It should comfort you to know that these are great things to embarrass Andrew with when he eventually meets the girl he's going to marry!!! :-) Miss you--come to lunch again soon!
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