I just did something that could be incredibly embarrassing. I have a bad habit of swearing. I do it a lot, but usually just to myself. (I'm pretty careful around my kids, but once in awhile something slips out.) Most of the time I don't think it's a problem, but today I might have been "caught."

Z is sick. She'd fallen asleep and I was trying to put her in her bed. I had my cell phone in my pocket and it rang and woke her up. I was okay until I tried to turn it off. A moment later, I put Z down by the TV to watch Sesame Street. I went upstairs to get her some water. Then I noticed my cell phone was still on. I picked it up and said, "I said, turn off you f*cking piece of sh*t," as I turned it off. Now, just before I turned it off, I noticed that the number 3 had been pressed. Now, on my phone, that's essentially a "short cut" to my older sister's number. I turned it back on and sure enough, it showed an outgoing call to my sister.

So the question is, did I turn it off before anyone answered? It's possible my niece or nephew answered the phone to hear me say,...well you know now what I said. Did I say anything else that may be incriminating? They have caller ID, so they'd know it was me. My niece is probably shaking her head right now. Technology makes our lives better, right?