Embarrassing Moment

Talk about embarrassing. After Levi and Allison left the house this morning, I was gathering my stuff to go to work and I decided I would ride my bike.

Now it's ridiculous hot here in the city. I dare say the heat and humidity in NYC, though not as continuos as other places, is so hard to deal with because you are forced to be out in it more than other places. Then factor in the reflecting heat from the buildings and concrete, it gets insane.

Anyway I decided that I wouldn't wear my shirt while I rode my bike so that I wouldn't get it sweaty. So I folded it neatly in my bag and headed out to the elevator topless and oblivious. As soon as the elevator door closed I thought "what if someone got on this elevator right now, how would I explain this?" Sure enough, one floor later the door opens and in steps the woman who lives below us - I barely know her.

I made a little small talk and explained I was riding my bike, and we had a good laugh. I commented how I rarely ride on the elevator with anyone so of course this would happen.

Two floors later, the elevator stops again and two more people get on. It's a married couple (a little older than me) on the fifth floor and as they are stepping on the elevator the wife says "hey, sexy!" Of course she said that because me standing without my shirt on in a hot sweaty elevator, holding my bag, is anything but sexy. Even though I am related to these guys I am well aware of what my 31 year old, gluten free body looks like (I've gained almost 35 lbs since I cut wheat, barley, and rye out of my diet, food absorption is an amazing thing!) I am weighing in at an intimidating $1.47, I am not any taller though.

There I was the only person in the elevator without my shirt on trying to act like it was no big deal. Everyone in the elevator was really cool and laughed about it, but I know they were thinking "Glad that wasn't me!"

PS: Some of you out there might be saying, "I've hardly known you to ever wear a shirt anyway, so this isn't surprising." It is true that the Isbell's are notorious for shedding clothing for any reason (Levi is already this way), but I hardly know these people and an elevator is a pretty confined space. It was too much, even for me.

PPS: I wish I had said something funny to the woman who called the situation "sexy". Something like "That'll be a dollar" That would have been great! I'll stage it tomorrow.