Foot in Mouth

Do you ever find yourself looking back at past actions and think, “Wow, why did I think that was a good idea? What was going through my brain to think, ‘yeah, let’s do that’?”

I’ve had plenty of those moments lately now that I’m thinking clearer than I have been. Let me share my awkwardness with you all:

• I’m not wearing a sweater to work today because I don’t want to—Freezing.
• Get to the car to go to the gym, realize I forgot to put on deodorant, leave without it—Bad idea.
• One contact feels funny, drive with it anyway—End up ripping it out in a fit of rage, half blind driving.
• Feeling super sad, decide that lying face down on the dock will make it better—WTF?! (It didn’t)
• Texting something important to someone, end up fighting—total face-palm. Keep your fingers shut.

To add to my list of strange behaviors, my sister lovingly pointed out that when I’m asked a question, instead of answering, I blankly stare at questioner while I process my answer. “Would you like another glass of water?” O__________O ‘Sure, thank you.’ (I’ve never typed out one of those faces before, nor do I plan to again)

Thinking about my actions makes my eyes flutter and roll back into my head at my brain like I’ll find the answer to why I do such stupid things. Hindsight is always 20/20. And my idiotic actions and blank stares at inquiring individuals aren’t really a big deal. The big mistakes are the ones that make you crazy with regret and wish that you had stayed home that day.

That being said, I’d like to make a public (private) apology by saying that I wish I had lain face down on a dock that day instead of doing stupid things and I wish that I had stared blankly at you before that venom was spewed from my tongue. There are a solid amount of face-palms that I have every day regarding a slew of different instances and individuals, but the most painful are the ones regarding you. So, I sit here with my fluttering eye roll and humbly apologize for my foolish actions and words. I really think things would be different right now had I been thinking clearly and appreciated what was in front of me.

I don’t even know if said individual knows my words on here even exist, but I’d hope that person will somehow acknowledge that this was seen.

What did we learn today? Think about what you’re doing and how it will affect others before doing it, and stare blankly at people until you’re ready to speak with nice words.

You. Are. Welcome.