From the VISTA in the purple hat (Or, How I May Have Blown It With The New VISTA Leader)
I am documenting this kerfuffle simply for remembrance and enjoyment. A word of advice: When in doubt, double check, and always think before you speak.
This morning myself and the other area VISTAs took part in a webinar to meet the new VISTA leader based at the state office. I was tinkering with the technology and chatting with my 2 fellow VISTAs, fiddling this way and that. Not long after that our VISTA leader's webcam came into view and we were able to see him. With complete disregard to the fact that this was a web conference, my immediate reaction was "Oh, he's cute!" Let me repeat that: OH. HE'S. CUTE.
Not sure if I was muted. Jury's still out on that one.
Definitely had the webcam turned on.
Bottom line: This new VISTA leader may have heard me, and he definitely saw me. Of course, stupid me didn't register the aforementioned catastrophies until about a beat or two later. "Oh crap, I don't know if we were muted or not!" All three of us completely lose it laughing! I would have been just fine with that, but here at Grow Appalachia, we roll with things, and we not only laugh with you, but probably at you as well. And so my story continues...
Not too long after the conclusion of the webinar our on-site VISTA leader stopped by the mothership to sort of debrief us and give us a small project. I mentioned to him this blabbermouth slip-of-the-tongue, and he sort of offhandedly slipped that he had a feeling I was "checking him out", in his words. Aaaaaaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. One INFJ to another, I reckon. Could have died right then and there of embarrassment. Lucky for me, I know how to laugh at myself, so we all had another good laugh at that. Like I said, jury's still out as to whether or not I was actually heard. I've been told that there could be some sort of conversation/touching base, in which my slip of the tongue may or may not be mentioned.
We carry on through the afternoon, and I share my story with my supervisor, who returned to the mothership late in the morning after driving all over God's creation in search of a projector adapter. Needless to say, I have become the butt of jokes this day, by all stretches of the imagination. During a break in activity, I overhear my fellow VISTA say, "Hey, what do you guys think about the new quote of the day?" (The quote of the day is something I decided to start, after the investment of dry-erase markers and a plain white fridge). Guess what made it today? Oh, you most certainly guessed it!
As I always say, You have to play as hard as you work to stay sane. Knowing how to laugh at yourself certainly doesn't hurt either.
This morning myself and the other area VISTAs took part in a webinar to meet the new VISTA leader based at the state office. I was tinkering with the technology and chatting with my 2 fellow VISTAs, fiddling this way and that. Not long after that our VISTA leader's webcam came into view and we were able to see him. With complete disregard to the fact that this was a web conference, my immediate reaction was "Oh, he's cute!" Let me repeat that: OH. HE'S. CUTE.
Not sure if I was muted. Jury's still out on that one.
Definitely had the webcam turned on.
Bottom line: This new VISTA leader may have heard me, and he definitely saw me. Of course, stupid me didn't register the aforementioned catastrophies until about a beat or two later. "Oh crap, I don't know if we were muted or not!" All three of us completely lose it laughing! I would have been just fine with that, but here at Grow Appalachia, we roll with things, and we not only laugh with you, but probably at you as well. And so my story continues...
Not too long after the conclusion of the webinar our on-site VISTA leader stopped by the mothership to sort of debrief us and give us a small project. I mentioned to him this blabbermouth slip-of-the-tongue, and he sort of offhandedly slipped that he had a feeling I was "checking him out", in his words. Aaaaaaaaaaagggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. One INFJ to another, I reckon. Could have died right then and there of embarrassment. Lucky for me, I know how to laugh at myself, so we all had another good laugh at that. Like I said, jury's still out as to whether or not I was actually heard. I've been told that there could be some sort of conversation/touching base, in which my slip of the tongue may or may not be mentioned.
We carry on through the afternoon, and I share my story with my supervisor, who returned to the mothership late in the morning after driving all over God's creation in search of a projector adapter. Needless to say, I have become the butt of jokes this day, by all stretches of the imagination. During a break in activity, I overhear my fellow VISTA say, "Hey, what do you guys think about the new quote of the day?" (The quote of the day is something I decided to start, after the investment of dry-erase markers and a plain white fridge). Guess what made it today? Oh, you most certainly guessed it!
As I always say, You have to play as hard as you work to stay sane. Knowing how to laugh at yourself certainly doesn't hurt either.
New VISTA leader, who I will keep anonymous, if you ever happen to read this: Please accept my sincerest apologies, both for my blabbermouth, and the fact that I work with a bunch of goobers. Perhaps one day, many many years from now, if our paths cross, we can have lunch or coffee or something and chat and repress and deny any mentions of THIS.
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