Life of Laughter

Everyone has moments of humiliation, exposing weaknesses and  the funny and weird quirks.  After receiving a great Christmas present from my dear roommate Jacy, highlighting just a portion of these moments, I got thinking about my never ending list of humiliating moments...

1.  Missing the Halloween Party because I stole Bath and Body Works lotion and had to go pay for it...

2.  In 2nd grade I got playing "Concentration 64" with Jon Morey and we both got in trouble and I had to move my clip!  I almost broke down in tears and never moved a clip again.

3.  Throwing rocks at the neighbors house outside until the neighbor yelled at us, coming in looking guilty and our parents found out and we had to go apologize.  I don't know how I didn't wet my pants walking to the door.

4.  In 3rd grade I thought the two 5th grade boys coming out of the creek at recess were going to kidnap all the kids at recess because they scared me so much so I ran to the principals office and told them that some boys were coming to kidnap us.  It seemed heroic at the moment, but after being sent back to class and the Vice Principal coming to talk to me to see if I was alright I was completely embarrassed.  I never told anyone until just a few years ago!

5.  Also in 3rd grade getting in a food fight, throwing croutons at the lunch monitor...lucky for me the other guy got caught and I didn't have to tell my mom.

6.  In 5th grade I brought a lunch box with a special juice that day.  I didn't finish it but also left the cap undone so it leaked all over while we were playing.  When we brought the lunch crate in that day, my lunch box was full of ants and they went all over the classroom corner.  I volunteered to go clean it out and then my friend and I flooded the janitors closet in the hallway.  Nothing like opening the janiors closet to two 5th grade girls playing on the ladder and water and soap everywhere.

7.  In 6th grade because I did homework during the very important class movie Robin Hood I had to pass out papers for a couple of months.  MONTHS.

8.  Learning to drive and learning stick all at the same time...without a starter...in old blue.  Nothing like killing the truck at an intersection, getting out, pushing the truck until it fires up again, in the city!

9.  Singing in front of the class a song I made up for a presentation in English at about 2am.  "Just a spoonful of sugar" was the tune...But hey, I got an A I guess...
Also in the same English class, after putting together a video presentation, and presenting it, my teacher put her head down for a few minutes without clapping.  (Thats how bad it was I guess)

10.  First semester of college getting a paper back that usually would have one page of comments but instead says, "Dear Rachel, I think you can write a better paper than this.  Dr. Shapiro".

11.  Working at the bike shop the first few weeks was quite humiliating because I didn't know anything it seemed!

12.  Getting a concussion the week before I go to Africa on my sisters bunk bed after hitting a board and nail...really REALLY hard in the middle of the night.  Good news is because I didn't fall asleep and read the WSJ instead, apparently that helped!

This is just a portion of these moments, but it makes me laugh just looking back (except maybe the concussion...maybe when I recover...).  Afterall, "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter" -EE Cummings