Mistaken Identity?

Lately, I've been a little off my game. Last week I had a few unfortunate events that have thrown me for a loop, and I'm only now getting my bearings. In that time, I've said and done a few things that were a bit...shall I say - airheaded? - more airheaded than usual??? I've just not been myself.

Well, today something happened that was just priceless. It was one of those moments, but it was really funny - really funny! It was as if God was giving me a moment to cancel out all those awkward moments of the past week. This was an airhead, awkward moment - but it was so amusing, every time I think of it, it cracks me up.

For those of you who don't know what I do, I write Bible studies for mom's groups called SAMmy's groups in the Midwest. I also run one of these groups in my hometown. Every week, before my SAMmy's meeting, I go into the copy shop in town and make copies of the worksheets for the women who attend my group. I go in, grab a key fob for the self-service copy machine and make my copies. They know me there and we usually chat while I'm making my copies. Well, today was different. There was a new girl - about 22-ish working, nobody else. All the self-serve machines were taken. She said she'd make my copies behind the desk, at their digital printing machine. I explained that I wanted "x" amount of copies, double-sided, stapled, blah-blah, blah - then, as I handed them to her, I noticed the title of the study "The Ten Virgins". (It is a parable in the Bible.) Of all the studies that somebody else has to copy, it has to be THE TEN VIRGINS?! REALLY?!
Her head snapped up, to look at me, like I handed her porn or something.
"It's for a women's group." I stammered.
She eyed me warily.
"I lead it."
I chuckled to myself as she went to the back and made my copies. She kept looking from the title of the study to me and back again. She was probably thinking I was the leader of an abstinence club or something. (To help you get the true feel of the humor of this, I am 42 years old...not that there's anything wrong with an older woman who is a virgin, because if you're not married, I'm all FOR that! It's just I AM wearing a wedding ring...)
You should have seen the look on her face! I could see the gears turning in her brain. She thought "The Ten Virgins" was the name of our group! What a Nosy Nelly! She kept stealing glances my way. What? You've never seen one of us before? Ha!
All of a sudden, my dark mood from the past week evaporated as I went from being horrified at the thought of this copy clerk misreading the situation to amusement at the ridiculous assumption. It took every ounce of strength for me not to whip her the peace sign and say, "This is our secret hand sign."
There was a moment when I felt like saying, "We have jackets, too. With the letter "V" on the sleeve."
She aprehensively checked me out when she was finished (she seemed to want to get me out quickly). It would have been funny if I would have asked her to join our group...we're always looking for new recruits. :)
A day in the life of me...