It was morning at school and my friend and I were going to get breakfast. Yes, it’s that luxury of being at college when everything is made, you have a meal plan, and you really don’t have to worry/think about the whole process of “what to eat.” So it’s a buffet of all the assorted breakfast foods you can imagine and you tell the person working what you want and they pile it all on the plate for you. There I am, waiting, and I order some scrambled eggs with some hash browns, bacon, etc on the side. My friend comes up to me during me ordering and tells me to order the same for him so I think, “Cool, will do.”
Well, I have to admit sometimes I get caught up in my thoughts and either; forget what I’ve said out loud and in my head, remember only the vague specifics of what people tell me, try to say two words at once; in result making up new “exotic” and highly accented words, or everyone’s favorite: I think that I know what I’m going to say next, so I “zone out” from what to say next because my thought is, “my brain can fill in the blanks.” Yeah, if you have ever spent a good amount of time around me I am sure you have experienced one of these cases first hand…and you’re welcome!
Okay, so back to the story. I am standing there holding my plate, trying to remember what my friend had told me to add to his eggs and the man starts to hand me the plate. Caught up in my thoughts I look at all the breakfast choices thinking, “No, he didn’t say pancakes. No, don’t say sausage. Focus Ali, you can remember this!” And what do I say? “I want eggs?” The man stands there holding out a plate of eggs and just stares at me with the expression of “Seriously?”. My friend happens to walk up in this moment and cracks up at the situation and clarifies, “No, she meant to say add some hash browns, bacon, etc.” Yes, another classic moment for me, but that’s just how I am.
