Well, towards the end the Principal/Administrator (yes they are the same guy... that is how Charter Schools work) asked me to get up and introduce myself and tell the parents a bit about what the PFA (aka a fancy acronym for PTO... oh, wait, that's another acronym!) was doing and what we need.
I knew that I would be doing this for a couple of days, which probably made it worse. I have never gotten up and talked from any other position than "hi, I'm here, and I have a question" in a largish meeting before.
I was nervous.
I think, and I may be wrong, that most people don't think I'm the type of person that gets nervous. I'm loud, I like to talk, I have no problem walking up to strangers and saying "Hi!", heck I never had much of an issue at church with giving talks (though they never asked me to! Some people just have luck. Mwhahaha ... or it could be a distinctly "I say what I think" attitude that scared them off... I dunno.)
Anyhow, on my Facebook status I put something up about rambling when I get nervous (which I do...among other things, like saying "um" waaaaay to much!). I always hope that when I do that ... you know... broadcast any feeling other than uber happy, that people don't think I'm fishing for compliments, cause I'm really not. I was nervous.
My stomach was even upset over it.
So the time came for me to get up and talk, and I did, and I took a friends advice... "just pretend that you aren't nervous" and everything turned out okay. I forgot one thing, but it was kinda minor... and my hair is admittedly unnatural so I wondered the whole time if people thought I was a nut, or if it made me more approachable.
How many people do you know with punk colored hair that aren't teenagers? (oh I hope people don't think I'm trying to be a teenager... ugh... NO THANK YOU!).
Anyhow, I think I got done what was needed... and hopefully soon I will get over my nerves.
P.S picture of the "hair"... I just had it done on Monday, and yes, anything dark in the picture is actually purple. (and no, I did not get a neck tattoo... that's an earing!)
4 comments:
I really, really don't envy you as the PTO Pres. UGH! I think once upon a time I would have liked to have done something like that, but now? No way! Good for you! And I'm sure you did great.
Like your paisley background, BTW.
That isn't a tatoo? Dang...it would have been pretty sweet if it was.
Your hair looks fabulous! The purple is the perfect shade, a little punk, but nowhere near gothic :D It looks great on you.
I'm so happy to hear that you are challenging yourself and surprising yourself by your ability to rise to the challenge. Huge accomplishment. So many people become stagnant in their lives, not trying anything new, just staying in their safe little worlds. It says wonderful things about you, and your character.
It takes courage to admit vulnerability. I admire you. I respect you, and I love you!
~Sister
I love the purple. I love that you put bright colors in your hair. And I ALWAYS love your earrings. You have the best taste in earrings ever. I get really nervous in front of people in that type of situation, too. I used to not. But now, yeah. At my ten year reunion, I was supposed to make all of these announcements, and I got all flustered and passed the microphone to Emily W. It was weird.
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