Oh, blog world. Do I have a story for you today...
I had an idiotic moment...and it was witnessed by multiple people...and it left evidence for everyone else to witness...
My day at work was pretty crazy...stressful. I am proud of myself, in that I worked very hard on one of my 2009 goals (to have a great attitude at work). It's easy to have a great attitude when everything is going swell...it's in those trying times, when the stress continues to build, that I want to lose it. I think I did pretty well today!
So, when 3:00 rolled around, I was more than ready for my break. I grabbed up my two clementines and my little jug of chocolate protein powder and headed into the break room for a blissful 15 minutes of staring out the window. I thought I would try my protein powder in some hot water, kind of like hot chocolate. Proceeded to pour some water from the boiling spicket on the coffee pot and added the protein powder. Hm. Kind of gunked up, and wouldn't dissolve. So, I poured it back into my little jug, placed the lid on, and shook it up, like I do with the cold water.
As I'm shaking the jug, I notice it seems to be swelling a bit. Right about the time it dawns on me and I'm about to remove the lid, WHOOSH!!!!!!!!!!! Did you catch that??? I'm talking huge WHOOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The steam had nowhere to go with the lid on, and therefore the lid exploded off. Protein powder in scalding hot water went flying everywhere.
Everywhere...as in all over me. All over the front of my crisp white work shirt. I had protein powder all over my face. In my eyebrows. In my hair. Floating in my EYEBALLS. Later, I found some in my ear! And let's not forget, all over the kitchen at work. Running down the stainless steel fridge. On the coffee pot. The toaster. The coke machine. On the WALLPAPER!
There were two people in the kitchen with me at the time, who may or may not have heard me maybe declare a very loud ugly word on reflex...and one more popped his head in to see what the ruckus was about. Just me. Covered in protein powder.
Once I removed the gunks of protein powder from my eyes, things were a bit better. You wouldn't believe how uncomfortable that was. I was lucky in that the scalding water didn't seem to leave any effects. I know it was hot when it hit my face, but there are no tell tale signs. My coworker was nice enough to lend me her sweater to cover up the disgusting shirt. I skipped the break altogether and just finished out my day. With a smile on my face no less...not a small feat.
Moral of the story. Pay attention in science class...oops! And don't mix protein powder with hot water because it does not dissolve. Oi.
5 comments:
A science lesson is always needed. Must say I was laughing through this post. Don't worry, we've all been there...just maybe some other flavor of protein power! Keep smiling!
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Oh Kelley!!! I sit here and laugh about this now. I didn't earlier when you told me, but now I a laughing my butt off. I am SOO Glad the hot water didn't burn you! (I know how hot it gets there)
Good lesson learned, even with a smile on your face!
Oh my word ... I'm so glad you weren't hurt by the hot water! Yikes! I'm sure you were a sight with sticky powder all over you. hehe! Glad you kept a smile on your face. I probably would have had a good laugh about it. ;)
Thanks for the laugh, only secure people can share embarrassing moments and laugh at themselves (even if you weren't laughing at the time)!!
ooohhhh nooooo! I'm so sorry! I'm glad you're okay! Good job on keeping a good attitude. Impressive.
a little secret...FDLIC is the place where I had my most embarrassing moment of my whole life...and it was disseminated via email to the whole office. :{
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