If you could think of a different name for me...

Back after a long period of dormancy are......(*drumroll please*)....ACE AND JAMMIE!! (*crowd goes wild*)

So, last night, after a hearty dinner of spaghetti and meatballs, Ace and Jams went on an adventure to Macy's and Barnes and Noble. Now, these could be quite exciting events...except for the fact that we drove all the way to Macy's to buy makeup...and not just any makeup...the kind of makeup that costs $15 for one stinking color of eyeshadow (Jams openly admits her eyeshadow addiction at this point). Then, we went to Barnes and Noble for not just any book....we went for the 6th edition of the APA Style Manual. Yes, we are that cool. Jams was quite disappointed that they did not have the complete style manual and reluctantly spent entirely too much money on the "Concise Rules of APA Style."

Now, I know that you all think that this is quite enough excitement for one blog post, but it doesn't end there. On the way home, Ace turns to Jammie and says, "My brother wanted to name me a Russian name like Sasha or Natasha...can you even imagine that being my name?" (Ace at this point starts to say Tasha and Natasha in various versions of a Wisconsin Russian accent (yes, there is such thing)). She then asks, "If my name weren't Sarah, what would you think would be a good name for me?" (Note: I did not point out the randomness of either of these comments but definitely thought about the randomness quietly to myself)

At this point, Jams immediately starts to rack her brain as she realizes the importance (and potential disaster) of answering this question. Jams quickly cut out the first three options that came to her mind as they were inappropriate and started to go down the list of other potential names. Ace had also started to think of alternative names for Jams, so the next 3 or 4 minutes in the car would involve silence, followed by us looking at each other to see the fit of the name that we had in mind. Jams arrives at Ashley...Ace says, "Oh, Ash for short...that could work except I only know stuck-up Ashley's." Ace then shares her idea and says, "I could see Jasmine being your name...." After this, Jams exclaims, "Jasmine?!?! Seriously, you couldn't think of anything better than that?!" To which, Ace replies, "We could call you Jazzy for short." Jams can only think of the word jezebel associated with Jasmine for whatever reason and is quite taken aback. :) Ace quickly recovers and replies, "Or, we could call you Ann." So, Ann and Ash it is...