Awkward Moment Thirty: Umbrella's

Maybe it is just me but I think umbrella's extremely awkward. I know I have already done a blog post of umbrellas in the wind but I decided a whole post needs to be dedicated to umbrella's. Umbrella's themselves are not particularly awkward but they do cause a heak of a lot of awkward moments.
1. They like to flip inside out (which I have already discussed)
2. They have problems opening
3. They have problems closing
4. They sometimes do no stay closed
5. When they are wet they could cause awkward wet marks on your pants, particularly in the crotch/ butt area.
6. If they are broken you could poke someones eye out which would be extremely awkward.

Well a couple weeks ago I was walking to the bus and it was pouring rain. My old, nice umbrella that I loved, broke! Guess where? In the wind storm from my last umbrella post!! So I was using this umbrella that is rusting and broken. I have my bus ticket in my hand and my binder and 4 textbooks in my arms. I usually put 2 textbooks in my binder so they are not falling but I didn't today because I thought I could handle it. Apparently not! As I get to the bus stop I see the bus coming. I waited until the bus was about 1 minute away and then tried to close my umbrella. Key word tried! I am struggling to close my umbrella, books falling, when I decide to ask the guy standing at the bus stop. He is about 3 years younger than me. I quietly say excuse me. Too bad he has his music blasting in his ears so it looks like I am talking to myself. The bus finally comes and I am still standing there hunched over like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, struggling to hold my books, while getting soaking wet. I finally get it closed when it pops back open. I try a couple more times, while the bus driver is waiting for me, looking annoyed. I finally close it and go onto the bus. By this time my hands are shaking and I have issues putting my bus pass into the holder. The umbrella is getting me soaking wet and books and pretty much on the ground. The bus driver drives and if you know me I cannot for the life of me walk on buses. So I am falling all over the place making a complete fool out of myself. Georgie is just sitting there laughing. So AWKWARD!

-Mia

Awkward Moment Twenty Nine: Seeing old friends.

Any normal person can act normal around an old friend that they haven’t talked to in a while. Me, I’m not normal. I suffer from social awkwardism. Symptoms include: flushing of the face, loss of words, embarrassment, paranoia, and last but not least, awkwardness. Let me tell you, it’s not a pleasant thing.

Anyways, I had an awkward experience at the bus the other day. I was standing at the bus stop waiting patiently as I always do every Monday. There were a bunch of kids from my school standing around me, everyone silent. It’s really awful because technically, I should have my drivers licence. But instead, I stand at the bus stop every Monday, and every Monday I watch kids from my classes stare at me, as they drive themselves home. So I’m waiting, and I see two girls walking towards the bus stop, one whom I used to be really close with and the other whom makes me very uncomfortable. This friend used to drive me to school every day for four years! And there I was standing at the bus stop. It was quite obvious that they were staring at me, but they were far enough away that I could pretend I didn’t see them. I already feel awkward at bus stops, so I know I must have looked so sketchy! I waited until they were just across the street from me until I finally looked. Yup. They were staring all right. Then my old friend started yelling at me from across the street. She’s yelling, cars are whipping past, and it’s loud. I had no idea what she was saying. Then I figured it out. She was asking why I was bussing. So I’m trying to act normal while trying to yell back ,“ I have no ride home on Mondays!” No one at the bus stop knew who I was talking too, and my friend couldn’t hear me. Awesome. I tried to yell louder but it wasn’t working. So she takes out her phone and signals to me that she would text me. Then, while trying to balance all my books, I had to rummage through my purse to find my phone-I might add that I hate me phone. It’s so ugly. The whole situation was just very awkward. I know it’s really not a big deal, but because of my social awkwardism, everything is a big deal. AWKWARD!

-Georgie

Awkward Moment Seventeen: Bus Stops!

I don’t have a particular story about bus stops, I just find them ridiculously awkward. I have to take the bus to school everyday. Everyday, I wait, standing awkwardly, for the bus to come. For some reason I feel the need to leave 10 minutes before the bus comes, when I live about 30 seconds away from the bus stop. Why? I don’t know, I’m paranoid. So I stand there by myself on a busy road. There are always tons of cars passing. I must looked so thrilled…. I mean I love waiting! Anyways, I always see the same people, and the same cars. First, there are the people who go to my school who can drive themselves. They are the worst. I get the stare down from them. Then there are the creepy men. Actually, they are tied with being the worst. I can see them staring. It’s not like they have tinted windows, yet they continue to eye me. I can feel my face flush, and look like a complete idiot trying to look everywhere besides the creepy man car. It doesn’t help when they honk. Then when I finally see the bus coming I have to check my ticket to make sure it’s not used, although I’ve already checked 10 times while waiting for it. Also, I don’t know where to look! Do I stare at the bus while its driving up the road? Do I look around and just wait? Should I look forward and pretend I don’t see it until it gets closer? I tend to do all three so it looks like I have some weird twitch going on. When I finally get on it seems like everyone is avoiding eye contact. No one talks, it’s odd. It’s especially fun when the driver starts to drive before you are sitting down. I usually stumble and smile to myself. People must think I’m nuts. Oh well!
Even though I have taken the bus numerous time, I still find the situation extremely AWKWARD!

-Georgie!