If you're friends with me on FB you'll have already seen this story possibly but I'm posting it here as well for those who want to feel better about themselves that they are not as awkward as me.
It was a beautiful day yesterday so I decided to hike at my normal place. At the first creek crossing, the logs I usually cross on were gone. There were three attractive young men hanging out on the beach. The beach was about 1.5 miles into the hike so I was surprised they walked that far just to be hanging out by the water (as there's a closer creek earlier in the trail) but whatever. Of course, this means I would embarrass myself somehow.
I had brought an extra pair of shoes (as I always do for cases like this) and changed into them to wade across. I carried my boots in one hand, my backpack and my dog's pack in the other hand. Halfway across, I attempted to throw my boots onto the shore to free up a hand for balance. The boots landed in the water and started floating downstream, so I had to chase after them but I had to scoot because there were places of slick rock (that grimy stuff on them). At least the guys got a comedy show. One of the guys had looked at me like he maybe thought I was cute, so I was gonna be all cool crossing the creek like "Yeah no big deal I do this every day yo" but then I had to turn into a flailing trout.
I still had the rest of my hike to do, too, and now both pairs of shoes were wet, so I did the last 4 miles in wet shoes.
Just adding that to "How I've majorly embarrassed myself in front of men" list... it is apparently ever-growing.