Mortified Monday....School Dayz

Sooo another mortifying moment in the life of Tressa....
For this moment we have to go back to Jr. year in HS.... Oh yes... I was the new girl... a Texas transplant sent to a Catholic H.S in Delaware.... mom & dad thought that it would be a good idea.. never mind we weren't Catholic...
Things were fine... You could barely pick me out of the crowd as being the "NON-Catholic" until our first assembly of the year...

I can't remember what is was for.. it was probably a pep rally/Mass... who knows...

What I do remember was that they were giving communion.... "Holy ¤&%/" Each student had to walk up on stage & take communion, in front of the entire school....

Luckily my best friend,
Song for Whoever (the CATHOLIC) was sitting beside... with beads of sweat running down my forehead, I asked her what i was supposed to do.... (I figured if I faked it & took communion I would probably end up going to hell....) Kelly calmed me down & told me to walk up there... tell the Priest I wasn't Catholic & ask for a blessing.....

OK.. I could do this... I could walk across the stage, in front of the entire school and ask for a blessing... I could do it....

So when my time comes, I walked up to the priest (did I mention he was wearing a mic?) I had myself sooo worked up, afraid of saying the wrong thing... I BLURT out...almost in tears


"FORGIVE ME FATHER, I'm not Catholic, may I have a blessing anyway?"




The priest started laughing... the nuns passing out the crackers & grape juice started laughing


at ME... (did I mention this was in front of the entire school?)




Anyone wanna share?




Comments

binks said…
Ouch!

Is that like when my husband let me walk around the entire rest area with streamers of toilet paper sticking out the back of my pants?
Jen said…
Oh that is awful but too funny.
Stephanie said…
Oh thats just bad. Baddd.
Janet said…
LOL, the Molly Shannon picture just made the whole post !
You have the best stories! I went to catholic school. St. Thomas More. Where they had both the rectory and the convent on site. My family became Catholic that year. I think for the discount. :-)
Cristin said…
That's awesome.

I was a non Catholic at an all girls Catholic High School... I never took communion... I just stayed in my seat...

I shared last week!
Mary Ellen said…
Well, I was a Catholic at a non-Catholic high school, but if it makes you feel any better, I have any number of horrifyingly embarrassing moments I'm unable to forget no matter how hard I try!
Anonymous said…
I'm not Catholic either and wouldn't have had a clue what to do....

Love the picture though...please tell me you didn't do what she's doing in the picture!!!
Kelli Nørgaard said…
admit you... you were a SUPERSTAR!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous said…
Oh - that's hilarious! Not at the time of course, but funny now looking back on it... Right?

Well, I did go to a job interview once and the elastic on my knickers broke so I had to spend the entire time holding up my underpants with one hand and trying to act normally...
Treff said…
Hee Hee! I was raised Catholic and went to a catholic school (we are lapsed now).

Now, whenever I bring my husband to a family function at the c. church, I have to keep explaining to him when we sit, stand, kneel etc.. He thinks it is nuts and is always the last one done and grumbling... :) Great story!
Anonymous said…
Dropping by from sits. It's funny. Embarassing but amusing. It always is after the fact.
The Blonde Duck said…
That's so sad! You poor thing!
Debie Napoleon said…
That is tough...no wonder you took to the high seas!
Connie said…
I decided when I was about 11, to not be Baptist. I told my mom I wasn't going to go to church. So, before she let me quit, she made me attend mass with my Catholic dad. It was all in Latin with lots of standing and sitting, etc. I sat. When communion time came, dad just told me to stay sitting. I liked being with my dad, but he didn't push me to continue. I'm still not Catholic, but can appreciate the comfort that the traditions and rituals must bring.. but to be dropped into it in such a sink or swim manner... eeek! It is so complex!
MuseSwings said…
Hi stopped by via SITS! Your story is a hoot! Mortification comes at ya like meteor showers in Catholic school. Thanks for sharing!
larkswing said…
LOL - Bless your heart! that was bad . . .mine were naive things like asking a teacher what a sexual term meant, in front of the whole class. Not wise!
Yarni Gras! said…
OMGosh, that is the FUNNIEST story EVER! Okay, here is one. I've never told ANYBODY but we are sharing here, right?
So, I am a singer....and in High School I was in 3 different singing groups. Well, the elite of the elite of us went to a competition. We sang acapella (means to sing without music or any other accompaniment). We were doing great, we were on a roll. Then, right before the next stanza, we all had to take a good breath because it was a looong stanza. So what do I do? Little ol me? yeah....I FARTED. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh yeah. Now HOW embarrassing is that! The only good thing is that we all stayed composed with just a few giant eye balls and grins but noone missed a note :-)
The housewife said…
Bwahahahahaha........sigh....bwahahahaha
Teri said…
Oh my! That is such an awkward age no matter what you say or do. Ack!
Leah said…
When I was 14 or 15 we had an assembly at my Junior high and I had to get up in front of the whole school and walk into the middle of the gym to accept an award. On the way back to my seat a mother waved me over and told me I had started my period. Apparently I was leaking on the back of my pants! I went to sit back down not knowing what to do... and my boyfriend said to me "Did you sit in coolaid or something?" Everyone in the whole school saw my 'cool-aid ass!
Lacy Kline said…
Ok that's just funny and I'm not sure I have a story to top it! Love the Superstar picture.
Nicole said…
Oh how embarrasing. I think I blocked out all of my highschool years. I can't remember anything too mortifying.
Mammatalk said…
Yet another fabulous story! :-)
Love, love , love it!
Heidi said…
Shut UP! That's hilarious. I don't meet to just drop in on you and then laugh at a moment you shared. But girl, it was funny. Don't worry I have TONS of those moments....
Kelly said…
Oh, I am so happy!!! I love this story!! And for those of you commenting...it was funny at the time (at least for us) - Did I mention what supportive friends Tressa had in HS?!

The Molly Shannon pic is perfect for this post!!!!!!!

LY!!!
Hepburn Hilton said…
Hahaha! That is almost enchanting though, the boys must have found you adorable.
Lizzie said…
the picture is just perfect for this blog :) "I'm a SUPA STAR!"
Bethany said…
Ohhh my gosh, that's awful but soooo funny. I love the pic, that made it so much better! ;)

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