When things go...

I was 30 minutes late to my Dreamweaver training class today. Provided free courtesy of the Utah Educational Network, a support organization for Utah educators. Since I work for the University, I get to take courses for free (whoohoo!!).

I found an empty seat next to a cute girl. I guess I shouldn't use the word girl as she was a high school teacher. She looked overwhelmed and had a lot on her plate. It showed in her demeanor. I tried to strike up a casual conversation to hopefully add some sunshine to the storm clouds surrounding her but she wouldn't go for it.

So I decided to focus on the work instead but could not in the world figure out why the computer wasn't turning on. She saw that I was having difficulties and asked, quite abruptly I must add:

Did you turn it on?

Yes, I did.

IS the monitor turned on?

Yup.

Now for many of you, I'm sure you would have done the exact same thing I did next had you been in my situation. When everything else fails, there's nothing else to do but to reboot the computer, right? Of course I'm right. I'm Jerome.

I found the red button and turned it off--next thing I see is the whole row of computer screens going black. I believed this to be the turning point, or should I say "boiling over point", for the girl next to me-- WHAT DID YOU DO?!!!!

I sheepishly replied-- I just turned the computer off...

The other girl in my row laughed! I was laughing too but I believed it aggravated my seat mate even more. I bit my tongue.

There's nothing more attractive than an angry woman...(I'm being sarcastic by the way). I did feel bad for her. It seemed that it only added to her already doomed world.

This happened this morning. Here's what happened this afternoon:

I went to Smith's Marketplace on 400 South in Salt Lake City. They have a houseware section that I enjoy going to. I was looking through the cooling racks when I grabbed one hanging on the higher shelf. Needless to say, everything fell over and hit me on the head. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't do anything but laugh. I replaced most of them back and as I picked up the last one off the floor, everything fell off again. This happened about 3 or 4 times. Everyone was looking at me. I think they were trying to avoid the aisle I was in to avoid being contaminated by my silliness. Then and there I realized why so many get embarrassed when they're with me.

I seem to attract attention wherever I go whether I want to or not.

As I was leaving to go to the cashier, a guy walked past me and scraped his hand on my basket. He looked at me--"OWWW!" He gave me that look-- expecting me to do something. All I could say was-- Sorry. I pointed to my basket expecting that the blame would shift to the basket instead of the guy holding it. I bowed my head and walked away.

Today, to say the least, was a memorable day. Filled with laughter, and events that are--uniquely Jerome.