My Life--the Documentary

The other day I was dining out with some girlfriends and we were talking about whether or not our lives would be interesting to other people. For example, what if my life was a reality TV show? Would it be interesting to anybody? I do have some interesting, yet sometimes embarrassing, things happen to me.



In fact, just today I had somewhat of an out of body experience where in the midst of the event I felt like I was watching myself from a distance wondering, "Hmm...what will Marci do in this situation?"



I was working with a couple of high school students today. We were playing a game and both of these kids are bad losers--just like me. Both of them had already expressed negative emotions when not performing well, but it humors me, so we went on with the game. One of the students was way behind the other, however, he had the opportunity to switch places with his opponent if he just answered the question correctly. Of course he missed the question and I must say I was not prepared for his response. I see his face contort and I thought--"ooh, he's mad." Then he slams his hand on the desk and says "!#$%it!!! I'm sick of this sh#$!" I look at the other student who is looking at me with horror written all over his face, and I look back at the emotional student and calmly said, "I sense you're upset (which was a little difficult to say with a straight face--but I managed)." He then hit the desktop computer, where I responded, "It's okay to be frustrated when things don't go your way. But this is just a game, it's really no big deal and I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't hit my things." After a few minutes he was able to calm down and we were able to finish the game.



I love it when things like that happen! It just makes my day a little bit more interesting. It was also fun telling my mom that story! Tsk! Tsk!