As moms, we try to be cool, especially when it comes to our teenagers, but sometimes, it just doesn’t work out that way. In fact, with me, when it rains it pours!
The other day was just not my day and unfortunately my stupid moves all happened in sight of my kids and some of their friends.
I started my day like all others, taking the dogs for a walk. Rather than go our normal route, I decided to cut through the canyon. It was there that I unknowingly stepped into an area of mud and my feet went right out from underneath me. In an instant I was on my ass, my phone went flying and the dogs nearly got loose. My daughter saw it all from her bathroom window and as I sat in the mud, I could hear her laughing. As I got up I heard, “nice move mom, are you ok?” I have yet to tell my husband (or kids) that my phone screen cracked once again from the incident!
Next, we had just launched the boat on the lake with the kids and some friends and I was standing up spraying on some sun block. My wonderful husband hit the gas and I flew a bit across the deck. My sunglasses also did some flying, right into the lake. I reached over the side to try and grab them but they sank quickly. I stood up and my boys were all just shaking their head in embarrassment as my one son asked, “way to go mom, were those your good glasses?”
I quietly sat down and kept to myself as the kids all took turns in the tube. At one point I stood up to wave the orange flag indicating that someone was in the water and I hear from behind me, “mom, your tag is hanging out of your bathing suit bottom.” I rolled my eyes since having a tag out is really no big deal and then I hear, “OMG, she has her bathing suit bottom on inside out!” I was the butt of the jokes for quite a few hours.
But it didn’t end there. I’m the one that gets off the boat at the dock to go and get the boat trailer. Typically my husband drives close to the dock and I jump off, no problem. Not this time, I totally missed the dock and landed in the water. I didn’t even wait around to hear the laughter, I climbed onto the dock and ran to the car.
That black cloud was certainly hovering over me all day but I guess things could have been worse!
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