As a Christmas present, my daughter gave me coupons to sleep with certain of her beloved stuffed animals. When I cashed in one of my coupons, I found this waiting for me in my bed.
Apparently the cat got a head start. And stole my sleep mask. But at least she brought her own special pillow.
In another recent fun adventure, I yelled repeatedly to my son through the open window: “You have to pee first!” in answer to his question of whether or not he could go to the neighbors’ house. Then, from my computer I hear my boss: “What is Betsy saying?” A coworker responded after a snicker, “I think she’s talking to her children.”
I thought I was muted on my conference call. Clearly, I was not.
Anything embarrassing happen to any of you recently? If not, care to make something up to make me feel better? 😉
Oh yeah, I’ve got a good one. My BF works from home and joined a Zoom Meeting when I was outside with the dogs. I brought the dogs back into the house, unaware a Zoom meeting was in progress, and I yelled over at our dog Nikita… “aw come on! We don’t sniff butts in this house!”
Of course I got the look of death stare from BF, but I waved at the video cam as I walked by and took a bow.
Butt sniffing between our two dogs happen all the time.
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That’s awesome! I love how you responded! I’m sure BF’s coworkers got a good kick out of that. Way to just embrace the moment and go with it. Well done, Val. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Trust me, his co-workers know me pretty well. You never know what will slip out from my lips while I’m talking to the dogs.
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Hahaha! That’s so terrific. I guess dogs, like kids, provide great comic relief.
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The best I can do is the day I went to the Starbucks drive thru, but forgot to stop at the little speaker where you give your order and just drove up to the pickup window. It was the fact that there were two cars in front of before I got to the pickup window was the weird part.
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Ha! That probably happens more often than we know. I once went through a drive thru, then realized I wanted something else, so my friend whipped the car around in a circle and said, “Hi again!” to the speaker. Whatever works! 🙂
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Yes, I think must happen more often than we think. The lady at the window just took it in stride and got me a nice latte without a lot fuss that I’d done it wrong.
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Excellent. In my experience, Starbucks people always seem exceptionally nice. I wonder if it’s something they’re trained for, a requirement for hiring, or if they genuinely enjoy their jobs.
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If I could make up something like this I would. I can’t. Sorry not sorry 😂
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Haha. That’s acceptable, CM. 🙂
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Nothing embarrassing has happened to me recently. But I like reading about other peoples’ embarrassing moments!
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Haha! Well, I’m happy to entertain you then, YAB. 🙂
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“Anything embarrassing happen to any of you recently?” Sorry, chica, you’ve got me on this one!!!! You and your kiddo’s crack me up!!! ;>)
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We are pretty hard to beat. I admit it. 🙂
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My brewing-an-empty-pot-of-coffee-at-work was pretty much the last embarrassing thing that happened to me, and that was two months ago. Hey, what do you know…I’m on a roll!
And now I’ve probably jinxed myself, so I’ll check in with you at the end of the week to let you know what embarrassing incident ended up befalling me.
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Get that change of clothes into your office, stat! 😉
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I love that your daughter gave you coupons to sleep with her favorite stuffed animals…so sweet!
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She is quite the doll. 🙂
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That’s funny and at least you can laugh about it. The most embarrassing thing I’ve done lately is walking into a wall, but that’s old news now.
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But that was a good one. Isn’t that the great thing about having a blog? Being able to share our most embarrassing moments with the world? How did people survive their embarrassments before blogging was a thing?!
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Excellent question. It’s been so long since I was blog-less that I don’t remember.
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To only be able to share the story with our most immediate circle? What a drag.
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Yes just today. My husband and I walk every morning at the local mall. It was so cold today I pulled the hood on my jacket up over my head. I normally don’t do that. As we came into the mall I reached up and pulled the hood back. I accidentally caught my wig (which I wear because my hair never came back in good after chemo treatment) and pulled it off too. Just at the moment a couple came walking by. So embarrassed – I tried to get my wig back on as quickly as possible. My husband was trying not to laugh as he said to the couple passing by “You didn’t see that.”
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Haha! What made me laugh was what your husband said! He is such a treasure! I’m sorry for your embarrassment, but it probably made that couple smile, at the very least.
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I remember the generous gift from your daughter. The sleep mask is a cute touch. Lol.
And yes, I have a bunch of embarrassing tales. They come with families. 🙂 At least your coworkers assumed you were talking to your kids!
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Haha! Good thing I was!
Yes, my daughter continues to give me stuffed animal sleeping coupons for my birthday and Christmas… Maybe I should give her a better allowance. 😉
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Ha ha. She found something that works. 🙂
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Totally! And I am a sucker for soft furry things. She knows me well. 🙂
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. These are the incomparable life experiences we never would have had without COVID. I bet your boss still chuckles over it.
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I’m really just hoping my boss has forgotten all about it, frankly. 🙂
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On my goodness! The challenges of working from home …. online …. with tech. Sigh.
Hope you had a good nap with kitty-kat. Again, adorable kids.
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Thanks, PP. I like them. 🙂
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Hmmm, embarrassing things happen to me all the time. And virtual meetings – those are where these things happen now.
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Oh, yeah. I’m sure there could be a book written about all the embarrassments that have been endured via online work meetings!
I would LOVE to read that book. 🙂
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Haha – me too Betsy!
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🙂 🙂
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My son was in his math class via the computer. I heard some kid try to weasel his way out of not doing his homework. I belted out, in my best Arnold Schwarzenegger voice, “Just do it! Do it now!” My son’s computer was not on mute. The same day, I got a look at one of his teachers. The man is fresh out of college, as in, graduated in May. I was gushing at how little and cute he was. I told my highschool aged son he probably wasn’t much younger than his teacher. Again, mute button NOT engaged. Now, my son listens to class through his headphones.
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Ok, you definitely win. But I hope that slacker kid took your Arnold words to heart. (If he’s old enough to even know Arnold.) The teacher, I hope, was flattered. Maybe not at the use of the word “little” but the cute part wasn’t bad. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing that! I haven’t seen you on this blog before. You must be new, and have a beautiful, young, talented sister.
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You always make me laugh!!!!!
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I do what I can, Diane. 🙂
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LOL! First, cute that your daughter shares her stuffed animals with you. Then, nope, can’t say I can beat your zoom faux pax. Mostly because my kids are older (unless you count hubs; he’s like a kid sometimes) He loves to cook at lunchtime, so those lunch meetings are sometimes accompanied by banging (I have no idea what hubs is beating to a pulp) or blending, or something.
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Let’s hope hubs isn’t beating someONE to a pulp while he knows you’re distracted at a lunch meeting. 😉
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That cat is so sweet! Every year at Thanksgiving, Nate “surprises” me by opening the kitchen window–without telling me–because the kitchen gets hot with the turkey baking–and there I am, singing badly and dancing around to whatever is on during the Macy’s parade, and all of the kids and parents who are playing in the green space near my house can hear me–ugh!
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Hearing the crazy singing lady has become a part of THEIR Thanksgiving tradition, though! 🙂
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So funny, Betsy! 😀 I love all the craziness that’s coming out via Zoom calls! The image is so cute and good to see a sleep mask for once instead of the ubiquitous face ones!
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For real on the sleep mask. Although, I must say, I appreciate how the face mask keeps my nose warm during the winter. I won’t be so fond come summer, however… 🙂
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