AWKWARD! and Other Stuff

Whoever came up with the word "awkward" did a fantastic job.  It is such an awkward word to both say and write.  You kind of make a clicking sound when you speak it.  Writing it is always strange because it has that "wkw" in the middle.  When does that happen?  

That's not the point though.

Today, I was thinking about all the awkward moments I have had in life.  There are oh, so many.  Not even just in my life, but horribly awkward moments in my friends lives too.

A few examples:

• While creating signs for Relay for Life last year, a woman came up to my team and asked if she could borrow a marker.  Of course, we gave her one.  After quite some time (although not an exorbitant amount of time...), she still had not returned.  Upon realizing this, Caitlin tactfully asked for loudly demanded (albeit jokingly) the marker back.  Now, she clearly meant for those words to be heard only for the team members.  However, as she was saying this, I'm sure a look of horror fell upon my face.  As the words were coming out of her mouth, none other than the marker borrower herself appeared behind Caitlin.  She said nothing, but everyone was almost certain that she heard the words.  How AWKWARD!
• This is a story I heard from Chris.  He was in high school or middle school at the time, sitting at the lunch table.  As he and his friends were sitting around in a circle, they chatted.  Somehow the discussion turned to a boy he obviously didn't like.  At the very worst moment, Chris decided to say, "I hate Sean."  Of course, as life likes to do these sorts of things, the very second it came out of his mouth was the very second Sean had decided to sit down at the table...right next to him.  Clearly, he had heard the comment not intended for his ears.  Chris was at a loss of words to say, so he said what came to him, "Uhhh, I hate you."  AWKWARD!

Those are just some awkward horror stories.  There are countless times that I have walked into a room at the wrong time, sent a text to the wrong person, received a text intended for another person, seen things I shouldn't have seen, overheard a conversation I shouldn't have...the list goes on.

Oh, well!  That's life I guess.

By the way, just as a side note, here is a list of overused words/phrases that have been coming up a lot lately:

1. Awkward
2. Random
3. P.S.
4. Are you serious?
5. This is too much, it's just too much--okay this is just at my office...
6. Oh, wow.
7. GOBAMA, NOBAMA, McCan't/Failin (anyone remember Sore/Loserman in 2000, now that was a classic...)
8. Random cussing
9. Crazy, out of control
10. There is no #10, I am so sorry.

And, yes, I am guilty of half the list.  So, GOAL:  Don't use any of the above.  Or, at least use sparingly.  Maybe I should make a word pyramid, like the food pyramid.  Hmmm, I'll think about that.  PEACE.