Will I ever grow up?

Armed with my new found knowledge that I’m not introverted but rather racked by social anxiety, I decided to put myself forward when I saw the president of my medical college whilst out shopping this morning.
I introduced myself and we chatted amicably about the work dinner I missed last night, and then she asked me if I had travel plans. Since I was buying up large at Kathmandu, this was a natural question, so we segued onto overseas trips and COVID vaccinations, but all the while I was distracted. Was there something I’d been going to say? It nagged at the back of my mind until she left, and then I remembered what it was. I’d been going to explain that I was on my way to a yoga class which was why I was wearing tie dyed tights and no bra. Goddammit! And she was going straight to another college function, I can just imagine her mentioning the extraordinary old hippie lady she met that morning.
This is why my natural instinct is to stay quietly in the background. Zero risk of conversational blunders.