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wordplaySee how I am not at work! I just can't focus today; I got some pretty upsetting family news this weekend and the place is dead for Columbus Day and my boss is out sick so concentration? Just really not happening. I can write up IRB paperwork from home - RIGHT?!
Let's talk about baby names. SEBASTIAN! What a great name. It was on our short list, because I saw "Neverending Story" WAY too many times during my formative years, and the way the princess says "Bastian!" with heartbreak in her voice as the island is crumbling beneath her feet made quite an impact. But we were already saddling our kid with four names (FN MN MyLN Marc'sLN) and both of our last names have three syllables and that was just way, WAY too much name for one small kid to bear. And A came thisclose to being named "Eleanor", because Marc liked Ellie and I liked Nora and, you know, WIN. She ended up with her name because she goes by a v. common nickname that's a short form of her name and from birth on, she just LOOKED like the name fit her. She still does.
The best thing about not having another baby might well be not having to choose another name. Boys are HARD to name for me, and if we had another one, he might be Baby Boy Marc'sLN for a long, long time. I seem to remember that we liked Evan and Jasper and Finn a lot at the time, and this was 8 years ago before all of those names were overused quite so much, at least in the US.
Tell me your names!
Let's talk about baby names. SEBASTIAN! What a great name. It was on our short list, because I saw "Neverending Story" WAY too many times during my formative years, and the way the princess says "Bastian!" with heartbreak in her voice as the island is crumbling beneath her feet made quite an impact. But we were already saddling our kid with four names (FN MN MyLN Marc'sLN) and both of our last names have three syllables and that was just way, WAY too much name for one small kid to bear. And A came thisclose to being named "Eleanor", because Marc liked Ellie and I liked Nora and, you know, WIN. She ended up with her name because she goes by a v. common nickname that's a short form of her name and from birth on, she just LOOKED like the name fit her. She still does.
The best thing about not having another baby might well be not having to choose another name. Boys are HARD to name for me, and if we had another one, he might be Baby Boy Marc'sLN for a long, long time. I seem to remember that we liked Evan and Jasper and Finn a lot at the time, and this was 8 years ago before all of those names were overused quite so much, at least in the US.
Tell me your names!
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