I Am Totally Embarrassed

Boy, was I embarrassed! I mean really, really embarrassed.

First, a little background. Over the years I’ve had two back surgeries, including a fusion. Overall, both surgeries were successful and brought tremendous relief.

However, on occasion I have severe pain in the lower back, the left hip and down the left leg. This is brought on or aggravated by long periods of sitting in the same position, especially when driving a long distance. It is also aggravated by walking while toting heavy items.

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I was involved in sitting in the same position for a long period as well as walking while toting heavy items, so I spent most of Thanksgiving weekend in excruciating pain.

By Saturday night, I decided to take something strong for the pain. This wasn’t late at night; it was only about 8 pm or so.

I zonked out – totally.

When I woke up again, it was 11:28 am on Sunday!! I slept through two alarms and a phone call.

I also slept through Sunday School and church. Usually I get up between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m., so 11:28 was like a whole extra night’s sleep.

So, what’s the big deal?

Well, the deal is that I’m the Sunday School teacher! And I slept through Sunday School!

If there’s a positive side to this, it’s that I teach a class of adults, not little children. There wasn’t much chance that class members would leave and run in the road or cause other problems or harm to themselves.

Still, I was totally embarrassed. I e-mailed class members to apologize and got all kinds of responses.

At least if they cut my pay in half, it won’t make much of a difference. After all, half of zero is still zero.

Just the same, I am embarrassed!

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