Faux pas and more..

How has technology and the Internet changed our lives? Here are 2 examples...

The other day we were leaving a parking lot and Chris (DH) did something stupid. I would tell you in detail what it was but as soon as he realized it, he made me promise I wouldn't blog it. I of course laughed and said "Well I'm going to blog you saying that!"

The worst faux pas of the week belonged to me and I am of course going to share it anyway. I really can't be more embarrassed then I already was when it occurred.

I was asked to present at a meeting that I used to be a regular attendee to, but I haven't gone since I was promoted. I am very familiar with the majority of the people there but there are also many new faces. The atmosphere there is always one of joking around and good natured fun even though the participants have changed. Before I could begin the training I was presenting, there was general discussion of a new(less then 3 months with us) girl that abruptly left the company. She was a very young (22) and very attractive blond Russian immigrant (so she had the sexy look and accent to go with the sexy name). One of the men(Mr Funny) that supports the same area she did jokingly said "She must have left because she was tired of me leering at her all day, along with the rest of the building." We all laughed and moved on with the meeting.

After the meeting I returned to my desk and I wanted to share this story with my friend and co-worker who also used to be a regular attendee. I opened up the IM function we have for office use and clicked on what I thought was her name (starts with a J) and instead I clicked on the name of Mr Funny who made the comment (also starts with a J). I then typed out the whole story before hitting enter. You can imagine my surprise when the reply I received was from Mr Funny instead of my girlfriend. I was mortally embarrassed and had to tell him who I intended to send it to and why. Luckily for me, he has a great sense of humor and I didn't say anything offensive (imagine if I had said something like "That Mr Funny is such an a@@hole"). Even so my face was as deep of a shade of red as you can get!

I learned my lesson from this and I will be paying closer attention to what I click prior to hitting Go. It could have been worse, I think I got off easy on this one!

Have any of you ever made this type of mistake?
Ever been told - you can't blog this because they didn't want everyone to know about an incident even though we all do stupid things?

What's for lunch?

When Sweetpea was in daycare I never had to worry about what she would eat. They served breakfast, lunch, and snacks and there were no substitutions. Either the kids ate or they didnt, the motto being "you get what you get and you don't make a fit." This was wonderful. Now that we are in real school Sweetpea has figured out she has a choice which means we have conversations like this one..

Mom: Hey for lunch tomorrow they are having Beef BBQ sandwiches. If you don't want that you can get the alternate lunch of a Bologna and cheese sandwich.
Sweetpea: Can't you just pack me a bologna and cheese sandwich?
Mom: Well I could but then I would have to go to the grocery store since you are eating the last 2 pieces of bread right now.
Sweetpea : Ok go to the store.
Mom : I don't want to go to the store tonight. Listen - I would really appreciate if you could just buy the sandwich.
Sweetpea : Well I DON'T appreciate buying it, but I will. (said with a pout on her face).

So today she is buying her lunch. Yippee. Best of all I think there are 2 more times this week I might be able to convince her to buy too.

How do you drive?

Conversation between myself and Sweetpea which occured when I was attempting to explain why I couldn't pick her up early from school aftercare.

Mom - "I have to go get a new picture taken for my driver's license since it expires on my birthday. If I don't get it renewed then I won't be allowed to drive anymore, then what we would do?"

Sweetpea - "Can I see your license"

Mom - "Sure" - as I dig around in the disaster area of my purse to find my wallet and then pull it out. All very tricky considering I was driving at the same time.

Sweetpea - "Aww, Mom, I like this picture you can't get a new one."

Mom - " I like it too but they don't let me pick which picture I get. If the policeman tells me I have to get a new one then I have to listen to the rules."

Sweetpea "Hey Mom, how are you driving now?"

Mom -" What do you mean?"

Sweetpea - "Well if I have your license, how can you drive now? Don't you need your license to drive?"

After that I explained that driving is like riding a bike, once you learn you don't forget how to do it. The license just tells the policeman that you know all of the rules and it identifies who you are.

I love these little odd conversations we have which I cherish saving just for her.

Gender Lines

Conversation between Sweetpea and DH while DH is playing Mario Party on the Wii...

Sweetpea "Dad, which one are you?"
DH - "I am the girl in the orange dress"
Sweetpea (in utter disbelief) - "You are the girl ?!"
DH - "Yeah, I let the computer pick for me, it doesn't matter to me."
Sweetpea - " Well that offends me, boys can't be girls."
DH - " Why not?"
Sweetpea - "Just because boys have to be boys and girls have to be girls."
(This from the girl who likes to walk around saying "Girls rule and boys drool.") I guess in her mind you better not try to be anything else, even in video games, boys just aren't allowed to be pretty.