Awkward Moments...Saying Stupid Stuff

I am not in the habit of blogging regularly.

Yet.

The operative word here is yet.  But I want to blog more regularly, to gain more traction, to spark more ideas, to find my voice better, so someday I can grow up and have a real blog.

A real blog.  One that works like a real website.  Where I have sections for each primary interest in my life.  Family.  Cooking.  Baking.  Or maybe Cooking and Baking.  Faith and Community.  Even SAP cause I'm a geek like that. 

It will have a new name, too.  Instead of Deb's Dissertations, it will be called Deb's Dessertations.  Get it?  Combining 2 things I love to do - write and bake. 

I have to give credit where credit is due for that name.  Paul Allen, yes I just used a full name and not initials, because I'm giving credit where requested, and no, this is not THE Paul Allen, but it is The Paul Allen, who sends me more emails in the company we work for than any other individual, bar none, came up with it one day.  And I liked it. Immediately.  It fit.  But he said that if I ever became an internationally famous bloggest someday, I had to give him credit for the name.

I'm far from being an internationally famous bloggest, so this isn't full credit.  Yet.  But it is credit.

I'm far from being a nationally famous bloggest, so this isn't full credit.  Yet.  But it is credit.

I'm far from being a locally famous bloggest, so this isn't full credit.  Yet.  But it is credit.

I'm far from being a famous bloggest in the family, so this isn't full credit.  Yet.  But it is credit.

Cause Paul Allen is "sensitive" and likes credit.

But wait, the title of this post is Awkward Moments...Saying Stupid Stuff.  I need to get to that, because it's already 6:15am, and I need to start getting ready for work soon!

I've been thinking some lately about awkward moments.  Have you ever noticed how awkward it is to spell the word awkward?  It doesn't flow off the fingers or pen well, does it?  It sorta spells like it feels.  I wonder if there's a word to describe that phenomenon when it occurs.  WKW - when else do those 3 consonants stand up next to each other in a word?

That whole paragraph reminds me of the "I like the word bookkeeper" incident, which I blogged about back in 2011 here .  Here's hoping that link even stays...See how much I have to learn about blogging still?

Was that just an awkward moment?  If that link doesn't work well, then you can accuse me of saying stupid stuff here.  Or of doing stupid stuff.

Do you ever say stupid stuff?  I want to believe we all do.  We say stuff without thinking. We say stuff that at the time we may even really mean and then later go, "Why did I say that?  What WAS I thinking???"  Am I the only one who does that?

Help me here.  Tell me you do that.  Or you hear others say stupid stuff and suddenly there it is.  The Awkward Moment.  Only the person speaking (i.e., ME) is clueless that they've just created one.  All others nearby are aware, but the one doing the speaking is clueless.

Oy vey.  That's when everyone just sorta wants to sigh and say "bless her heart."

And they'd be right. 

But they don't.  So often, they don't.  They let the moment pass.  They graciously and patiently let the moment pass without saying anything and making it worse. 

Cause sometimes the person (i.e., ME) wouldn't get it anyway.  At least not yet.  Not in that moment.

Cause sometimes we remember when we've said stupid stuff and didn't realize how stupid until we thought about it again a long time later.  Long time being a relative term lasting anywhere from a few seconds to a few years or even longer. 

Cause sometimes the better part of wisdom is to let something go.  Or maybe that's the better part of love.  Or maybe that's the better part of grace. Or really it's the better part of wisdom, love and grace.

I'm grateful when people are gracious and patient.  I like it when I get that right every so often.  Life is happier when I exercise grace and patience with people.  Whether those are people in my family, or my work family, or my community or even the customer service/tech support folks at Best Buy.

But I will blog about that tomorrow.  Or maybe I'll blog about a dessert, cause I made a really good version of this cake the other night with some crushed peanut brittle/toffee in the middle and  some chocolate sour cream frosting instead of the ganache called for by King Arthur . 

If those two links work, too, then it will be a good day cause I learned and practiced something new!  Happy Friday all!!