Yet another reason I do not need to drink...

Sometimes my friends wonder why I don't drink anymore...well, this story of humiliation should clear up any further questions:

I went to pick up my husband from work today. It had been a very long day - with three loud children in tow the entire day. So we get to his building and we dash in to let him know that we have arrived. I decide that it is going to be a long drive home, so I best duck into the restroom before we all pile back into our car.

So far, so good.

I go to the lobby and turn right and enter the restroom. Having to pee pretty darned badly, I head straight for the first stall. I do my business and flush the toilet, just as a couple others join me in the bathroom. I open the stall door and immediately see the reflection of two MEN facing the opposite wall. At first my brain did not register this - I was like, "Um, why are there two guys in here?" A split second later the sound of the two men peeing, and their position facing the wall clicked into my pea-sized brain: I WAS IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM! Further more, I was in the men's room AT MY HUSBAND'S PLACE OF BUSINESS! Adding insult to injury, only a thin metal stall wall separated me from one of the men now peeing next to me.

I did the only sane thing a person could do at this point, I slammed the door to the stall shut and hid! LMAO I doubt they saw me. I can only imagine what these guys were thinking though. They see my feet, they heard the toilet flush and then the door open - but then BAM it slams shut again and there is total silence. (My daughter offered up this gem: "Maybe they just thought you were a guy who had diarrhea!" My mother said: "They probably thought you were a cross-dresser.") I'm not sure what is more embarrassing - the reality of the situation or the thoughts crossing their minds in those excruciatingly slow moments it took for them to finish and wash up.

As soon as they left, I booked it out of there. I am mortified - now that I have shared my story, however, perhaps it can do some good by lifting your spirits. At least this did not happen to you. It's OK to laugh - I'd be laughing if this was in your blog! :o) The sad thing is that it isn't the first time I "almost" went in there! I aways think that is where the women's room ought to be for some reason and go there first nearly every time I am there! This is the first time I actually did though. So, how did I miss the tell-tale signs (re: urinals) that I was in the wrong place? I guess all I can say in my defense is that I really had to pee. LOL

Music of the moment: Regina Spektor "Begin to Hope"

Looking Forward to: Going to see Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix tomorrow afternoon and the premieres of Psych and Monk tomorrow night (9PM/10PM est) on USA!