I Don't Do Awkward

I couldn't find a picture of awkward so this will have to do.

I hate awkward situations. I hate feeling awkward.
All because of my ugly stage . . .being insecure and bad self-esteem.
I was AWKWARD.

So to this day . . . I do not do awkward things.
Example.


(I'm not having good picture luck today)

I was carrying one of these around for work.
Not a baby but a BYU bag

I was walking across campus when all of the sudden I heard a voice.
"What did you buy at the bookstore?"
I was thinking about other things. . . . (Like the amazing guy i get to marry in 2 months 3 weeks and 3 days)

Then I heard a guy speed up his pace so that he was walking by me.
"What did you buy at the bookstore?" he asked while he tried to peer into my bag.

I'm going to be honest here. . . . I was disturbed.
Instinctively I pulled the bag closer to me. "I didn't buy anything. I'm just returning some movies to the library".

He looked at me for a second. I looked at the ground and kept walking. . . . so did he.
I was hoping that he would leave. He didn't. I was feeling extremely awkward. I had no idea what to say to this kid now.

". . . . DVD. . . . should. . . . . packaging. . . .blah, blah, blah"
Amazingly enough he started to talk again. Except he was talking really quiet. I only caught a few words that he said.
I smiled at him, laughed, and nodded my head. (I don't like to ask people to repeat themselves)
This seemed to be the right thing to do because he started to smile and started to talk again.
"Yeah. . . . . video games. . . . . packaging. . . . downloads. . . "

I think I was just staring at him. I had no IDEA what he was talking about.
I just wanted him to go away. I wanted to say "look I don't know what you are saying . . . but I'm engaged. Please stop talking to me NOW!"

Then he said, "so what movies are they?"
I opened my bag to look down at them. He decided he should look as well.
"They are just movies" I told him.

I kept looking towards the building I needed to get to. It was not getting any closer.

FINALLY I was there. I was feeling so extremely awkward that I didn't know how to leave him. (Jonathan will laugh and agree. . . when I feel awkward it is like my brain just shuts down and I have to flee as fast as I can)

Do I tell him "It was nice chatting with you"
No! It wasn't

So I just figured that I would start walking away.
I turn and start to go left. Boy realized that I am going a different way then he is. He turns "blah. . . blah. . . .blah"

AH! Kid I don't know what you are SAYING!

He takes a few steps forward. He looks like he is coming into the building with me.
STOP! Oh please stop kid!

"Blah. . . . blah. . . DVD. . . . packaging. . . ." he laughs and then walks away.
I just stood there. . . . I could not understand why a guy would just walk up to a girl and demand to see what was in her bag. (Well I felt like he was demanding)
Is that how he starts conversations?
Strange

I don't know what he said but I felt awkward.
I also know that he is somehow obsessed with packaging.

Woe is Me

Set alarm for 6:15

alarm didn't go off until 7:15

my bus comes at 7:30

I needed to shower

I got ready

(I looked pretty nasty)

caught the 7:45 bus

I was walking to my seat when the bus driver

decided to floor it and whip away from the curb

I lost my balance

I fell onto a guy's lap

I apologized and got off of guys lap

my seat was right by guy's seat

Most awkward, long bus ride of my life

guy got off of bus and decided to glare at me

Woe is me

Welcome Back. . .

FACT:

I ride the bus to school.

FACT:

I have not been on the bus since school ended.

FACT:

I see very interesting things on the bus.

FACT:

Even more interesting things HAPPEN to me on the bus.

FACT:

Homeless people scare me. (I have been attacked 2 times by homeless men)

These facts combined = not a good thing.

Today I was going home. I sat down and there was a homeless man talking to himself. (totally scared me out of my mind) He was two seats away from me. He started telling some interesting things.

1. He just recently got robbed (his Bible, Book of Mormon, fishing net, and his nudist magazine were all stolen)

2. He lives on the river. He has lived there for 3 1/2 years.

3. He likes to ride bikes

I could go on for a while about the things I learned from him, but I wont.

I was so uncomfortable. I was just waiting for him to come up and attack me or something.

I started to text Shantel for comfort. I had papers on my lap.

All of the sudden the man across from me starts talking to me.

Man: (smiling creepily) so you already have a science test the first week of class? (referring to the papers on my lap)

me: yeah (how does he know it is a science test? oh what a creeper. How long has he been staring at me?)

Man: that is too bad.

me: yeah (Oh please stop talking to me)

Man: so is it for your major?

Me: yeah

Man: which is?

Me: Clinical lab. science

Man: oh cool. . . .

then he said something and I couldn't hear him.

Instead of asking what he said I just assumed he asked if I liked my major.

(F.Y.I. I hate asking people to repeat themselves)

Me: it is a lot of science but I like it so far.

Man: thats not what I asked.

I felt pretty stupid. So I just stopped talking and pretended that I was texting.

Right when that happened . . . we stopped at THE longest red light ever.

Somehow I survived the next ten minutes.

The bus stopped at my stop and guess who got off with me?

My new bus friends.

Welcome back to Utah's public transportation.

One time I was at the movie theater. I was standing in the lobby when I noticed that some rude person had just thrown their gum on the floor. . . .and it was now attached to my shoe.

I was totally creeped out.

I tried to get it off of my shoe by sliding my foot across the floor.

I was doing this when all of the sudden a door, that was not noticeable, swung open .. . . . BAM! It hit me and it hurt. Like I wasn't already embarrassed to have gum on my shoe. . .

Nooooooooooo!

I wasn't going to tell this story. . . because it is kind of awkward and embarrassing to me. But it was so funny so I am going to do it anyway.

This is my phone:

The other day it fell in the toilet (No, I was not using it while I was going to the bathroom)

When it started to fall everything seemed to go in slow motion. I could only watch in horror as it splashed into the newly cleaned toilet and sank to the bottom.

I was so in shock that this happened that I just stood there. . . . not believing my eyes. Then I decided that I really did love my phone. . . and that sitting in the toilet could not be good for it.

I bravely stuck my hand in and pulled it out.

Since then I scrubbed my hands raw and sanitized the thing like crazy. (i'm a germ freak. . . . and yes the toilet had already been flushed)

It even stopped working for a day. But it loves me so it turned on again.

Right after this happened I was so mad. . . . then I couldn't stop laughing. How horribly embarrassing yet so funny at the same time.

Cleaning Checks 2!

Well the cleaning people were taking a very, very long time to get to our apt. and I needed to shower really, really badly . . . . so I decided to jump into the shower really quickly.

I said to my roommate "watch, now that I'm getting into the shower they will come".

I jumped into the shower. . . oh my heavens it was wonderful! Well right after I wrapped my towel around myself the bathroom door swings open and there stands the cleaning check lady. AWKWARD! (but just in time!)

Poor thing was more embarrassed than I was! Haha! She did not really look at our apartment after that . . . she left very quickly.

I think I have just discovered the trick to cleaning checks!

(We all passed!)

Adventures @ Graduation

My little sister, Miriam, just graduated from Alta High on Wednesday! It was so weird to see her completing that important phase of her life. It was even stranger were the events that happened that day. . . .

First I woke to the sound of Amber, and my mom running around the house. I had no clue what was going on so I got out of bed to see. There was a big, ugly, brown bird in our house! It kept trying to fly through all the closed windows. My cat also happened to be inside. . . . She was very interested in that bird. Luckily, I grabbed her and put her outside before she could get it. I grabbed a bucket and my mom finally got it . . . then released it outside.

After we scrambled to get ready we piled into the suburban and headed to Orem. We were late so we were running across the parking lot when my mom said, "Camille! Your shoes don't match". I looked down and sure enough they did not match. I forgot to bring down some high heels from college, so I had just grabbed a pair from my mom's closet (my sisters feet are way bigger than mine). I should have checked to see if they matched. Well it was too late so I just had to wear them.

We walked into the auditorium and saw empty seats at the very top of the bleachers. We climbed up and then sat down. Then the bleachers started swaying! I was so scared that it would fall down. By the end of the program I was ready to throw up from all the rocking it did.

Miriam's graduation wasn't as boring as mine or Clint's, but still it had its boring moments. My parents were smart and brought things to do. Hehehe (both were playing on their iphone)

There were so many graduating students that it took at least an hour and a half to announce all of their names.

Well, since I didn't have anything to do during the speeches, I decided that I would take a picture of my mismatched shoes. BAD IDEA! I put my feet up on Clint's lap to take a picture. There was an old lady sitting in front of us but was leaning forward at the time. I decided the lighting was too weird to take a picture. As I was swinging my legs around so I could put them down. . . the old lady leaned back! I ended up kicking her in the head! How embarrassing! I wanted to die.

I Have Never

Today Shantel, Tony, Jonathan, and I went up to play games with the girls of 303. What were we playing?

I have never. . .

It is a game where everyone sits in a circle with one person in the middle. The person in the middle will say something that they have never done. If the people in the circle has done that thing then they jump up and run around trying to get another seat. (seats on your right and left don't count)

What happened during this game?

Two different guys at different times sat on me.

I feel violated.

Well I Feel Stupid!

Today I got up late and was rushing to get ready. I got to school and just did my thing. After two boring lectures I stretched and ran my fingers through my hair. Thats when I felt it. . .

My hair had a huge bump in the back. When I was doing my hair I forgot to straighten the back! AHH! I still had two more classes to go. I felt stupid!

Just when I thought my day was going pretty well .. . . I was attacked! I was just walking to the bus .. . . minding my own business when . . .BAM! I saw something coming towards me out of the corner of my eye. I jumped. It was fast so I tensed and closed my eyes. . . waiting for it to hit me. It never came. That is when I realized my attacker was. . . a leaf! Ugh!

Of course when I jumped and closed my eyes there were three guys right there to witness my stupidity. They looked at me like I was mental. Hahaha. . . oh what a day.

AH! My Hair!

Yesterday while I was getting ready for church. . . three things happend:

1. My hair started to let off a large cloud (of what I thought was steam) when I ran my straightener through.

2. After that I saw something "clumpy" in my hair

3. I could smell something burning . . .

Yes my hair was burnt. It fell out in huge clumps. It is now a strange orange-ish color. Of course it is right by my face so I can't hide it. I still don't know why that happened.

Awkward!

Most awkward thing. . . when a guy comes up to you and says "I used to have a crush on you". Like seriously what do you say to that? I was totally stumped. . . good thing I don't blush anymore

Temple Night!

It seems everything weird that happens to me in life only happens right before, during, and after I go to the temple. I walked across the hall to get Shantel and Kleresa. Coming out the door I was walking backwards and tripped across the bottom thingy of the door. Luckily I caught myself. I said I would drive so we got in the car and took off. All of the sudden Kleresa goes "Camille did you only have one nail painted?" I looked at my hands and I only painted my left hand. It was too late so I was just going to have to look like a dork. (Hey I just got busy and forgot to finish) We were close to the temple when we got stuck behind this guy on his moped. HE WAS SO SLOW! Finally we made it to the temple and we were walking up the side walk when Kleresa says "Camille what is wrong with your foot?" I looked down to see my foot and saw nothing wrong. She then told me it was on my heel. I didn't stop to look but turned my head to look. I guess I looked really retarded doing that because Shantel started laughing at what she calls my "dance". I had black stuff all over my heel. Don't know how but I have bad luck with anything ink. Since I was scrap booking I apparently stepped on my ink pad? Who knows but with my luck I just knew I would trip down the stairs or something next. Fortunately I didn't and it wasn't until we got into the confirmation room that my next bad luck hit. After being confirmed I turned around to shake hands with the men. The first two smiled and the last one gave me this horrible look. (Like I had food on my face or something. I didn't like that at all!) We were on the front row waiting to be baptized when Shantel leans over and says "If you were married to Blake and he started going bald would you still love him?" I said of course and asked why. She pointed to the guy in the font and sure enough he had a bald spot on the back of his head. Shantel then goes "They must be in love" I asked who. She replied "the couple in the font". I gave her a weird look and said there is no couple in the font. But there is a father and his son in it. We started laughing. (We try hard to be good in the temple but today it didn't work out). Turns out the guy's wife had short hair and was the next in line and Shantel didn't have her glasses on.

After I was done with my shower I had to stand shivering in a towel waiting for the girl in my locker to get out. Shantel got out of the shower and a girl was in her stall too. We stood there feeling really awkward when Shantel looks at us and went "Hey we are both in towels!" (Thanks Miss Obvious). We both just started cracking up it was so funny! We got out of the temple and we were driving home on University Ave. and Riverside by Buy Low and Cafe Rio. We got through the first set of lights right when it turned yellow. It was on red before we could make it through the intersection.. . . so I stopped.

Now this picture is hard to see but that first car is where I stopped. There is a designated place for you to stop. So no I wasn't an idiot by just stopping in the middle of an intersection. As we sat there I began to feel really really stupid! Everyone was staring at me so I started sinking down into my seat. Shantel and Kleresa were laughing so hard they couldn't breathe. I begged somebody to hurry and change me seats. After saying this they started to laugh even harder. I swear that was the longest light I have ever sat at in my life. To make things worse a good looking guy was totally staring at me. As soon as that light turned green I slammed on the gas and made my escape. Last time I try to not run a red light.

Softlips

I walked into the computer room and saw some Softlips Chapstick. I love the stuff so I started putting it on. Miriam looks over and goes "I wouldn't use that if I were you". I must have had a confused look on my face. She then goes "that is my friend Mikey's chapstick". Mikey is a guy and was at my house the night before for Miriam's party. Yuck! Maybe I shouldn't be going around using random chapstick anymore.

Stake BBQ, Carnival, and Dance

My singles ward was invited to the stake activity on Friday. Shantel, Kleresa, Tasi, Shayna, Ashley, Keith and I got in the car. We made it right before the prayer. After the amen two guys turned around and started flirting with Shantel. They left awhile later to get food. After we got food and sat down on a brown plastic picnic table the same guys come back. Their friend in a red polo sat down by me. I had just opened my can of root beer and was talking when BAM! The kid on my left slammed his hands down on the table which caused the root beer to spill all over my lap. (Luckily I changed out of my white shorts). Shantel screamed and then we all started laughing. I was so sticky! I had root beer all over my jeans and in my shoes. Shantel had some all over and in her purse. I asked the guy to get some napkins and he never said sorry! After was pretty fun I was winning arm wrestling but lost to Shantel. There was cotton candy, popcorn, a dunking booth, and musical chairs. Besides being sticky it was a pretty fun night.

Mother's Day at Church

Today the bishop had all the women 18 years and older stand up at the end of sacrament to get a Mother's Day gift. I didn't want to, I felt really weird. My mom made me stand up and I'm glad too! The men came out with chocolate covered pretzels! They were so so good. I was a good girl and waited until I was walking home to open it. I was trying to get the bow off when a lady asked, "oh did you steal that from your mom?" I didn't know whether I should be offended or what. I told her that I was 19 so they gave me one too. She laughed and then went to find her family. Another lady who sat in front of us turned around when Miriam exclaimed "you are turning 21 next year!?" The lady somehow thought I was pregnant and asked, "oh is this your first mother's day?" Wow. . . and I thought the singles ward was weird!

Back Scratching Man

The first week I was down here at BYU I went to a devotional with Shantel and her sisters and my roommates. We got there late and had to sit on the benches at the very top of the Marriot Center. A group of guys were sitting in front of us and they happened to be very cute, well from the back at least. Half way through the speakers I got this "urge" to start scratching the guy's back that was sitting in front of me. I shook it off thinking that would be weird. The feeling kept coming back several times. Finally I turned to Janelle and asked her what I should do. She said I was crazy and shouldn't do it. So I turned to Shantel and told her what was going on. Jokingly she said, "well maybe its a prompting and a test to see if you listen to the Holy Ghost". Not knowing she was joking, I totally freaked out I didn't want to ignore him. So gathering my guts I totally went for it and started scratching this guys back. He jumped and turned his head to the side and I asked him if he minded. He said "no, go for it". So this is what I did for about the next 45 minutes. The whole time all the girls I came with just looked at me like I was insane. After the closing prayer, the whole situation dawned on me. I felt like a total idiot for touching some random guy. He turned around and I was so embarrassed. We made some awkward conversation for a little bit and I guess he sensed I wasn't interested so he left. Ashley came up to me afterwards and asked me why I would barely look at the guy, he looked very interested. So for all that hard work I ended up without a date/phone number and just got an interesting story instead.