Last night I went to a church activity with my friend Alicia, who is Mormon. (Is it PC to say Mormon or LDS, I never know.) Any how, I am not Mormlds, but I have a lot of friends who are and our family has crashed many of their get togethers, because whoo-ee those Mormons know how to party and cook good food.
Last night was like a girls night that involved a craft; making wooden signs to hang in your home. I have coveted these signs at many a friend's home, and was excited about having one for ours.
I was a little bit nervous, because, believe it or not, I am kind of shy, and meeting new people is intimidating to me.
I need not have feared, however, because clearly I am the epitome of social grace and elegance. To demonstrate, let me share with you the dialogue that ensued after I was introduced to the first of Alicia's friends. Like five minutes into the evening. It was something like this...
Alicia, to me: "I want you to meet my friend..."
M, the super nice friend: "Hi! I'm Melanie, what's your name?"
Me: "Melanie."
Ummm, maybe you are looking at this blog for the first time, but my name is not Melanie. It's Christie.
Alicia kind of looked at me like, huh? I telepathically read her thoughts that were, "Christie, you should not have been drinking before coming to Mormlds craft night." (Which I wasn't by the way. Just diet coke. Caffeine free.)
Then she said, "Errr, Christie ...?"
Melanie was so sweet, she said, "Oh your name is Christie?" At that point I did not know my name anymore, nor did I care, I felt like may face was melting off, it was so hot. I am not always good with names, but I should be able to remember my own. This whole exchange was bad enough, but come to find out...
Her name is not Melanie. It's Mandy. So she probably has no idea where I pulled Melanie out of, or why I cannot seem to remember my own name.
See? I'm all about social propriety and grace.
And if I crash your party, you can call me whatever you want to, too.
9 comments:
Wow.
Well did you at least make the sign? What does it look like? Does it say Howson House?
That's too funny. Well, it was sure fun to see you there and finally meet you outside of the blog world! And your sign turned out super cute.
I was thinking last night (which is never a good thing) and if I ever make one, I think I would do something different under Family. Maybe, "Distance makes the heart grow fonder." What do you think?
Oh, and I forgot to tell you, I love your new header! It's so cute! Did you make that or get it from somewhere? I need to spruce mine up, it's so boring!
Hey Mel! I don't have anything to say since we already laughed about it earlier today.
That's funny. Did she say Melanie when she meant Mandy? Or did you hear her wrong.
HAHA! I think I had a similar experience when I went to my first enrichment night. Although, I was lucky enough to have good friends around to help me snap out of it!
Now I'm a regular! Just ask around about the Catholic girl that hits all the EN's and they'll say,"Oh Jen, yes I know her". Now I'm even brave enough to ask questions.
Hey wanna crash the next together? Just Kidding!
So what does your sign say?
The sign says FAMILY and in the middle of that it says This home is filled with dreams and love. It came out pretty cute. I made six holes in the wall trying to get it hung.
Mikelle, I love your sign idea, haha!
Meggan, I think she probably did say Mandy, which makes it so much weirder that I told her my name was Melanie, lol. She was super nice about it though.
let's see a picture of the sign. it sounds cute!
xoxo, K
Melanie. Time for a new post. You are slacking....
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