Being the auditor that I am, I printed out the list of all 31 topics and planned out a few things that I could put in each post. This is one such post where I couldn't think of anything off the top of my head. And after re-reading the topic several times over the last few days, I still couldn't come up with anything big and funny that anyone would enjoy. So I started writing about how ugly I cry. NOT a pretty picture, folks. And then I starting thinking back to college. Surely something happened then that was embarrassing!! And sure enough - one of those memories that I had tried to forget popped up.....
My parents and brother had come into town to see my half-time performance since I was in the Sound of the Golden Hurricane marching band, which just happened to be between two halves of a football game :) The performance was fine - so stop laughing about how you could imagine a piccolo player falling over someone. After the game (no idea if they won or lost - sorry!), we went to dinner at the original Rib Crib which is just a few blocks away from campus. Dinner was good and everything was fine...until dessert. We had gotten a brownie covered in ice cream and all the fixins (yes, we say "fixins" where I'm from), and I don't remember if someone said something funny, or I just sucked my brownie down the wrong pipe - but I choked. Literally. I was coughing and couldn't breathe. Apparently it was loud and the entire restaurant was looking at me. My face was red from embarrassment, oh, and probably the fact I couldn't breathe. Even our waitress came over to see if there was anything she could do. I wanted to crawl under the table!!! I don't necessarily enjoy being the center of attention, especially for something as embarrassing as choking in front of the entire restaurant!!!
Oh man! That is a rough one, and yes I definitely thought the story was going to be about the halftime show so you through me for a loop there!
ReplyDeleteHaha! Glad you enjoyed it :)
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