As many of you may know, school started again last week up at Utah State. Everything has been going well except for the fact that my classes are super hard and I have no idea how or why people do accounting..... Anyway, I was running late to institute this morning and had trouble finding the right room in our extremely confusing building. After minutes of aimlessly wandering through foyers with doors in all directions, the light shining from one obscure room at the end of a dark hallway flickered into view. I picked up the pace and my backpack began furiously bouncing up and down on my tailbone. All eyes were fixed on me as I grabbed the doorframe and let out a sigh of exhaustion and embarrassment. In spite of my frantic efforts, class had already started and the room was completely still. I panted a few times, shrugged my bag back onto my shoulders, and began walking the silent gauntlet over to the empty desk right at the front. As I walked, I realized I was still slumping a bit from my jog down the hall, so I quickly put my hands to my sides and straightened my shoulders. POP!!! My eyes bulged in horror as my scarf exploded out of my coat and one shiny button catapulted outward into my new-found audience. I stood there until 40 glassy-eyed students began uncovering their heads and looking around the room trying to figure out what had been shot at them. I fell to the floor and began groping the carpet in hopes that I would recover the lost piece of my obvious fashion statement. After what seemed like hours of searching, one of my classmates placed the button into my hands and gave me one of those "you poor, oblivious soul" smiles. I graciously thanked her as I gathered the various pieces of clothing I had unknowingly dropped on the floor during my frantic search. I scrambled over to the empty desk, plopped down, and sat in silence for the rest of the class period.
I guess the morals to this story are as follows:
- Don't ever buy a coat from Burlington Coat Factory (the buttons may or may not all fall off at some point)
- Don't be late to class
- Don't run in the institute building
- Slump when you walk
- Run to your desk while everyone's eyes are closed and heads are covered.... then no one will know it was you.
