“John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt,
His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout,
There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.
Dah dah dah dah, dah dah dah”
almost three in the morning, and i was thinking about names. my friend kelli ferris married rob nieweg but she didn’t change her name. THEY DON’T DO THAT ON THE EAST COAST, FOR GOD’S SAKE.
when she found out that i was abandoning smith and changing to hughes she said YOU’RE KIDDING ME.
fortunately, i am an adult human being and can have any name i want.
but here’s the thing – rob and kelli have a girl named katie. so her name is katie ferris-nieweg.
but let’s say she gets married, to a guy who also has parents who wouldn’t dream of giving up any names at all. let’s say his name is john Jingleheimer Schmidt. and say they have a baby. named Petunia. (why don’t people name children after flowers so much? i’ve always liked the name rose, for example.) but so then is Petunia going to be Petunia ferris-Nieweg-Jingleheimer Schmidt?
and on and on, and then pretty soon everybody will have names that are combinations of twenty or more?
at least at almost three in the morning i’m not worrying about the clutter in our house, or the fact that suddenly we bought all kinds of plants and seeds and trees and they ALL NEED TO BE PLANTED VERY SOON. because it’s not like i can go out and start planting them right now.
and there’s no good reason, really, why i haven’t written in a week. lethargy, apathy, nothing terribly exciting to write about, maybe i temporarily forgot how to type.
the camouflage-theme wedding was…interesting. i didn’t take a picture of any of the camouflage vests that the groomsmen wore because i just didn’t feel like going up to them and asking if i could. i’m sure they wouldn’t have minded, though. the vests weren’t nearly as awful as i thought they’d be. funny thing is, the groomsmen couldn’t seem to bear to wear such formal attire for long, and soon one of the groomsmen was wearing jeans and a big t-shirt with the sleeves ripped off.
i did take a few photos of the cake, however. in the camouflage theme, it was white with dark green trim and on top was one of those “humorous” cake toppers, the kind that kevin and i saw when we were looking at wedding stuff and he thought it was funny and i said OF COURSE WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT ON TOP OF THE CAKE. it was a bride chasing a groom.
but on this cake, they cleverly painted the groom’s jacket so it looked like camouflage.
in back of the cake table was draped some of that mesh military hunting stuff.
here, even though i should GET BACK TO SLEEP NOW BECAUSE THERE’S LOTS OF FENCING AND THEN PLANTING TO DO TOMORROW, i’m going to shrink down then upload a cake photo for you.
while i’m at it, and since i’m not doing anything else, here’s a photo of kevin playing in the band.
ok, now, seriously, i have to get back to sleep. many many things to do tomorrow.
but what if it’s raining? we can’t plant in the rain. i hope the plants will be ok if they’re not planted. yesterday some arrived in the mail, in a plastic box, and i’m really worried about those little plants.
but not enough to lose sleep over.
goodnight goodnight goodnight,
grace HUGHES.