To shake things up a bit during a sluggish time of year, I thought I’d host a summer contest to reward those who are still reading. (Thanks to some fellow bloggers who inspired this non-original idea!) Here’s how it will work: You can have your name entered more than once by doing any or all of the following:
1. Leave a comment telling which Jamie Jo post or article is your favorite or most memorable story.
2. “Tweet” your preference.
3. Link your favorite post on Facebook.
4. “Follow” this IRL blog by Google and/or through Networked blogs.
5. We’ll also put your name in twice if you leave a comment with an embarrassing incident that happened to you in the country where you serve.To possibly trigger a memory, here’s my most recent humiliation on the field.
Earlier this month, dh and I took the kids to a movie in the city, one of the few that was actually in English with Spanish subtitles. After it was over, dh made a trip to the restroom. Thinking that was a good idea before the drive home, I mindlessly followed him into the men's room! Two little boys started waving frantically at me before I got all the way in, and still it didn't click. I smiled, thinking they must have known me, and tried to think where I might have seen them before. Realizing they were in serious distress, I leaned down to hear what in the world was the matter.
By then they were practically jumping up and down trying to communicate non-verbally to this spacey American lady, frightening me into thinking some bad person was after them. (Remember I had just come out of a very action-packed movie.)
Eventually they resorted to speaking in Spanish to me, "You can't go in there!"
When I realized my error, I thanked them quickly and spun around to face my audience. If I had to make such a silly mistake once in my whole life, why did it have to be on a crowded Saturday in the big city?
IRL*Your prize for participating…$15 iTunes card!!
