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3月8日 National "Get Over It" day - March 9, 2006I stayed home today so got to see Good Morning America in its entirety. They did a feature on a new "day" that has been created by a guy from Atlanta named Jeff Goldblatt. It's called "Get Over It" day. On this day you think about all the stuff you've done that embarrassed the tar out of ya and then, well, GET OVER IT. Oooookay. And I'm sure it's just that easy...
Here are my MOST embarrassing things that will not bother me at all past tomorrow midnight:
(1) When I was eight years old my sister busted my friend and I looking at the Frederick's of Hollywood catalog. That one wasn't such a deal once I figured out that, hey, why was Mother getting that nasty book in the mail anyway? I mean, shoot, it wasn't addressed to ME!
(2) When I was late twenties my sister and I went to the Dairy Queen in Rusk, Texas, (the halfway mark) to meet my brother to pick up my nieces for a visit. I was wearing a very hip and modern gauze dress, very full, that had strings hanging from it with wooden beads tied to the ends of the strings. (This was, what, late seventies/early eighties?) Anyway, I went to pee and when I came back I couldn't understand why people were looking at me. I thought it was because I looked really cute. NOT. The girl that worked the counter came and whispered in my ear that my dress was caught in my pantyhose. Shit. I made my family stay there until everyone was gone before I would stand up again. I can't feature getting over this until my sister and nieces forget about it as it still comes up in family conversations about mortifying moments. You know how families are....remember the weak spots so you can continue to hit there when necessary...
(3) Lying abed with a lusty someone who shall remain nameless, I was overcome by a coughing spell. The force of the cough squeezed out a tiny "poot." I played like it didn't happen. I know, tho, that he heard it. Unless he reads this blog, I will continue to pretend this never happened.
(4) My sophomore class highschool friends had a farewell party for me when I moved to a new town. I wore white pants and a cute red/white top. We played spin-the-bottle and I managed to "suck face" with most of the guys there. (We all knew we'd never see each other again.) When I got home I realized that Aunt Sally had come a-calling with her little red suitcase. (Southern slang for "got my period.") I have no idea if anyone else noticed - but I'm playing like nobody did.
(5) One day at work my slip fell off just as the class bell rang. I kicked it under my desk until such time that students were no longer roaming the hall and looking into my office, then I threw it in my bottom drawer. My boss came out of his office just as I kicked the slip under my desk.
(6) Same boss (I worked for him nearly 18 years) was headed to an important meeting with his boss. He had a booger on the end of his nose. I told him. He removed it from his nose and then flicked it at me, not meaning for it to actually flick. We both grossed out as he had to fish it out of my hair. Yech.
(7) Sang "Colour My World" at a friend's wedding. I begged to not have to sing it with organ accompaniment but she wanted it that way. I sang part of it completely off-key, then got tickled because the organ player that nobody but me could see was making gagging faces as he tried to help me find the right key again. Ugh.
Those are my worst things. I'm learning that the older I get the more stupid things I do. It works out well, tho, because the older I get the less I care what anyone else thinks. THAT, my friends, is the absolute best thing about aging. That and retirement (12/31/07). Also, my mind tends to filter out more than it did when I was young. I used to remember lots more stuff that now goes in one ear and out the other, or otherwise doesn't sink in. I don't think it's senility (yet) but more of a "don'tgiveashit" attitude.
Well, I hope all of you "get over it" tomorrow. It's a good concept in this world where we all care so damn much what other people think. I encourage everyone to keep their spirits free! 评论 (3)
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