Today was a better day at work. My manager is still being a pain but that will go on for at least another month. I got a call from Rose. She just left a randomly cheery message. I called her back to thank her and told her we must be friends because only a friend would know when a call like that is needed.
We deal with alot of patients who have unusual names. Some have the same first and last name-Ruby Ruby, Harb Harb, etc. Today we found a patient named Queenangelica. NO KIDDING!!! How sad the parents thought that would be a name to bestow on their child. Another person named her twin daughters Orangelo and Lemonagelo (Orange jello and Lemon jello). People are definitely weird at times.
But, everyone knows someone like that. Dad was named after the doctor that delivered him. Since our last name is Wood is name was William Sherwood Wood. Grandma definitely had a sense of humor. Mom and Dad named my sister's and I after entertainers they watched as teenagers. Annette (Funicello-Mickey Mouse Club and Beach Blanket movies), Sandra (Dee), Karen (Valentine) . My sister Rita was named after my aunt. Still not original. LOL
When Mom was little her mom used to get her and my aunts confused when she wanted to yell for one of them. So they became known as Beluabarbararita (Beulah, Barbara Jean and Rita).
Carol at work is always being called 'Carol Ann-come toward the light.' Anyone named Carol after Poltergist movies came out doesn't stand a chance. ;) My friend Todd and his twin brother have their dad's name. He used their middle names as his first and middle name.
It is interesting to see how or why people get their names. Someday maybe I will have children. It will be interesting to see what names we choose. Until then I can just stay in AWE or SURPRISE at what other people do to their kids. haha
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Glad you had a better day! I find names so interesting too. At my job we do a ton of data entry for alumni and one day we had twin brothers, one named Patrick Michael and the other Michael Patrick. I stared at the names on paper for about 10 minutes before I realized that they weren't the same name (sometimes i can be a little deslexic).
I get asked all the time about my name too, as it's rather unusual. I am named after my great-grandmother...so that's kind of cool.
Love ya!
Trudi Rose
Yes, I'm very glad you had a better day. I think after horrible days, the good days seem all the better. :D
And working at a summer camp we get some odd names as well. There are countless ways to spell Margo, and Hannah. Once we had a boy named Blaze. Thats the name for a facial marking on a horse's face. That poor boy, every time we did our horse colors & markings lectures. And he came back every week, too. :P But he was one of my favorite campers, and apparently I was his favorite counselor, because he clung to me like a leech. haha.
I still have the baby name book my parents had when they were looking for my name. If I had been a boy, I would have been named Jacob. But my parents chose Christina so my name would be 3 syllables, 2 syllables, 1 syllable. And I was like... well, that'll last till I get married. ^_^ Unless I find a husband with a 1 syllable last name.
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