Hello Vi,
I am new here but I really relate to your story. I recently e-mailed a man who has a care giver organization and I was writing to ask him to review my book. He agreed. I was also e-mailing a friend who wanted to see a photo of my standard poodle, Beau. You have probably guess what happened. I pulled up a great shot of my 80 pound poodle stretched out on my couch, feet in the air and jaws flapped open. I wrote "This is Beau doing what he does best." The nano second that I hit send I realized my mistake. My friend sent an e-mail asking if I was going to send the photo of the dog and the very kind and understanding CEO sent me an e-mail which said "I love your dog!". Duh indeed.
(p.s. I use to be painfully shy but now I can't shut up). Nice to meet you.