Oh M'Goodness!!!

Okay, so I had a pretty embarrassing day. Wanna hear about it? Sure you do! Andy and I just found the video we made of Landon's birth. It was in the garage, covered in dust and dirt. The tape was torn and hanging out of the top of the cassette. A mess. I couldn't let that precious footage of my baby's entrance into the world remain dirty and unwatched so, I decided to take it to a video production company ASAP to have the tape fixed and transfer everything onto a DVD. I had Andy drop the video off at the video store earlier this week and it was ready this afternoon as promised--No problem--It only cost $30 for the repair and the duplication (and the guy gave me five extra copies for free!) I was pretty happy with the deal and went straight home, anxious to watch my little lost treasure!....The DVD footage had so many details I had forgotten about and while I was watching the beginning, I was thinking our video guy must have been highly entertained by our clever anecdotes and playful banter while he was making the transfer. It showed Andy and I putting together baby furniture and talking about what it was going to be like to have a little one around (Interesting)...It showed us going to the annual Greek Festival that got my contractions going. My whole family was there. (Very fun)....It showed us counting the hours and centimeters in the hospital room when I finally did go into labor later that night (priceless)...Things started going downhill (quickly) when I saw myself pop up onto the screen swelled up like a blimp, huffing and puffing away, large and in charge like some crazy sumo wrestler...To top the whole thing off there were several straight MINUTES of head on, unapologetic shots of Landon's (a-hem!)"entryway" and trust me, you guys, IT WAS NOT PRETTY (There was a broken tailbone and a scary tear involved). The more I watched, the more horrified I became, remembering all of the people I had encouraged to watch the video when they came to see the baby at the hospital. I remember proudly letting everyone and their brother watch Landon being born. I had never seen it myself, of COURSE (didn't want to at that point), but my husband assured me that it was perfectly discreet, absolutely tasteful. Ummmm, no. There was nothing discreet or tasteful about it and I am not a modest person. UGH! And then it hit me...My poor, POOR video guy! Ha ha ha! Maybe he didn't recognize me, you say? Wrong! When I waltzed into that office this afternoon with Landon (the star of the show) in tow, the guy immediately said, "Hey! I've got your DVDs all ready for you!" without even having to ask who I was. Great. I'm sure there were lover-ly images flashing in his head at that moment. You're thinking he might not have actually watched the video while transferring it? Uhh, wrong again! While I was paying him, he was a little Chatty Cathy, recounting all of the things he remembered from the footage...Greek Festival, silly dialogue, even reminding me about a part where I was telling an embarrassing pregnancy story about a "happy trail"--(mid-push mind you). Super. I am fully humiliated. And I already promised this guy future business. Bah! I should call him back and see if he's blind after watching that tape (I might even have to "up" my contact prescription after seeing it!)...And what in the world am I going to do with FIVE EXTRA COPIES of this thing? Maybe I should offer one to my Father-in-law, one to my brother, and a couple to my sister's fiance since they all seemed to enjoy watching it so much the first time! (High pitched scream here)