Just thoughts - nothing more

I thought about something weird on the way home yesterday. Yesterday, someone asked me, "Your name is Andrea, right?" and it was kind of weird, because I started thinking about how my name is not used very much. I have "other" names. Of course, I'm "Mama" to my kids, I'm "baby" to my husband (that's what I usually call him too) and to the rest of my family, I'm "Gigi". My neice bestowed that name on me when she was just a wee one, and couldn't say "Andrea". She actually said, "Gi-gi-uh" and then her younger sister shortened it to "Gigi" and so it was. Said neices are now 14 and 15, so it's stuck for many years now. In fact, this morning, my older neice said "Bye Gigi" when I left for work, and its so natural, I don't even notice it. Its funny, though, to hear grown men call me by that name. My sister's fiance says it, my brother says it, guys I used to date said it...funny. But the point of all this jabber is that I really don't hear my real name said too much anymore. At work, occasionally, if my co-workers are trying to get my attention, or if a doctor's office or someone "official" calls me on the phone...but other than that, not too much. Weird. But I like it this way.