i spent this past weekend laughing, talking, crying (well not me, but i'm abnormally unemotional), and eating good food in a beautiful home with 8 amazing g*twein girls. isn't it funny how the girls that actually have gut*ein blood have other last names and the girls who come in to our family through marriage get to have our last name. okay...i know...you are wondering why i would say "get" because you think gutwe*n would be a terrible last name. but granted how i feel about my family...my last name is important to me. even if people tend to pronounce it as it's spelled. first day of classes, professor calling names off: emily (hesitantly) gutt-ween? unless they know about german of course.
i haven't always liked my last name because growing up in a small town being a gutwei* meant being stereotyped into the group of "ACs with money" whether it was true or not. if you're wondering how i felt about that stereotype...not good. but i've grown to appreciate my heritage to the point that i'm rather dreading the day when i have to change my last name. it's so odd to me that girls just change the last name they've been identified with their whole lives. it's so sad to think that anyone who meets me after i get married will only know me as emily _________. i'm thinking about hyphenating it...but i think that annoys a lot of people. actually in that case, maybe i will. societal norms annoy me anyways. speaking of 'norms'...who got to decide what is normal? i would LOVE that job.
it's amazing how easily you can lose touch with close family. girls that you grew up around and saw all the time...now we have to set aside a weekend to catch up. and seeing as TONS happens in a years time...there was a LOT of talking! it was great...i love each one of those girls!
well friends, motivation is low right now. i've been doing some organizing and putting away...but procrastination seems to be hovering close these days. 2 more work days and i get to head off for a long weekend at the lake with more GIRLS. this time...friends. watch out bass lake, there's 7 crazy girls invading in a few days...
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OH BASS LAKE!!!! I can't wait to behold the beauty of thy shores. Oh sizzling seven....... I can't wait to see the wonder of yous!!
Em this post cracked me up. Not to make you jealous or anything, but I actually decide what normal is........ I thought you knew that.... :)
No really, though, I have found myself wondering that a lot lately. Mainly when I thought "This summer is just not normal" and then thought "well, neither was last summer, for that matter" and then I just came to the conclusion that normal must not even exist.
Hmmmmmmm....... so much to contemplate.....
p.s. I think it would be easier if we all just called you emily good wine. eh?
hahaha....chrissy you're hilarious....this is quite a funny thing this changing last names. Em, I think if you start a fad not to change your last name it could catch on like mad.....unless everyone else appreciates these so called societal normal that dear old chrissy makes up:) And speaking of craziness at Bass Lake...should I bring my blue suede shoes (aka dance party attire)?
oh tricky, you should ALWAYS bring your blue suede shoes. :)
crissy, we need to have a talk about some of these norms you're creating.
love you both so much!
GP, EM (as in Good Point!)
I have always liked saying 'beer...like the drink'. Or you can use Patsy's version. She says 'beer like root beer'
Emily, Molly stated this exact discussion with me back when we were roommates in Apt. #5 at Parkplace.
On my diplomas I put Jenny Leanne Bahler-Gutwein. Luke still asks why :)!?! I like the hyphenating bit, but it usually falls away. I still think it would be cool to name one of my children with Bahler as the middle name. I also know girls that change their middle name to their maiden name. I would have done that if I had heard of it then.
Best wishes in the new school year :). Love, J
Em - you need to move to the south! My sister lives is Georgia and there alot of mom's name one of their sons their maiden name.
So my nephew's cole's best friend's name is Murphey.
Hey - I still have people call me "bahr" now and then. It never leaves. : )
That's true Jen, I'll probably get sick of hyphenating eventually. I love that you did though...for some reason when I wrote this I even thought to myself "I bet Jenny would have an opinion about this." :)
Amber, can you imagine if I named my child 'Gutwein'. Poor kid...
yea, I have to admit when I threw it out there I didn't think you'd bite.
but I thought I'd try! : )
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