um, embarrassing.

So, yesterday, I was coming back from a meeting.  It was a formal meeting so I was in the full professional ensemble - suit, button down, heels.  And, since the meeting was over, I decided to read a magazine - actually it was an interior design magazine on how to use flea market finds, very interesting.

And, I know that not all of my blog world friends live in NYC so I decided to show a photo of how this particular subway was set up and where I was standing because you kinda need to know what I'm talking about for this story to make sense.

First, there was the side pole:.

 image (my edit)

And then there is the top bar:

image (edit by me)

But this subway was crowded.  Crowded enough that, despite my best efforts, I was unable to get a seat for my trip into Brooklyn from Midtown.

Okay, the scene is set!

So, there I was.  Holding my magazine with my left hand and holding on to the side pole with my right hand.

And the subway lurches.

It throws me off balance but, no biggie, right?  I'll just grab that top pole to balance myself out.

Except... I missed.  But this is a problem because I'm off balance and inertia takes my body in a place that I don't want to be.

Specifically, into the laps of people sitting in front of me.

Guh.  Just guh.  I'm telling you, just thinking about this story is making my face turn red again.  And all I could keep saying was, "I am SO sorry.  I am SO sorry."  And it's not like you can walk away from the multitudes of people that just watched you fall into the laps of strangers.  Guh.

Have you ever done anything like this??