Thread by @2014ORTOY

So...underwear dad is not even my worst experience in online meetings this past week.

My husband is also working for home, doing his serious university job, with their serious meetings.

I have a habit of breaking into song. Not humming...but, you know, full on
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opera singing. Opera Chorus was my paid job in college. My voice is so big (like a trumpet, I've been told) I've never needed a microphone...even when the rest of the cast has one. This boy can sing.

Mike doesn't like musical because they aren't realistic. People just don't
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In the real world, break into song and dance. But, I point out, I do those things all the time...usually singing to a pet, and making up new words as I go.

Earlier this year I embarrassed myself by grabbing up Ribi and singing some made up song about fluffy cats... During (more)

One of the those stuffy meetings. Mike squeaked out in horror, "I'm in a meeting."

So, I way, WAY outdid the fluffy cat song.

Our dog likes to drag the fluffy cat around by its scruff, and she ran over to me with a big old slimy string of dog drool up her back. So I
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swept her up into the air and broke out into a full voice song:

UP UP AND AWAY WITH MY FURRY CAT SPITOON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPIT ON MY FURRY CAT SPITOON? SHE CAN FLOAT AMONG THE CLOUDS, COATED IN PHLEGM... (to the tune of Up Up and Away in my beautiful balloon)...

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And I turn around with the cat, and see Mike, BEET RED, sitting at his computer and realize he's in a meeting he forgot to tell me about, and he doesn't so much as look at me. He just stares at the screen.

The Dean of Education just honored me in a big speech last week...

And... well.

I'm hoping they will all be just like Mike and pretend that it did not happen so the next time I'm on campus I'm not...

well, yeah. I guess whatever, it will be humiliating no matter what.

Cat had fun though.

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