A week and a half ago I started a new job ... It has been a complete 180. I literally went from having absolutely nothing to do (not a joke) to working 10-12 hour days and weekends. It has been quite an awakening - wedding planning just got a bit more challenging.
Despite the work load, I'm confident that I've made a good move. I'm hopeful that I will have a more regular work schedule in the near future, and I certainly enjoy the people and the work one million times more than I did with my previous employer. That has truly been an added bonus so far.
There has been one minor detail that has really thrown me for a bit of a loop though. Since Brian and I will be married in August (in 2 and a half months...oh, my gravy! Time is flying by!), my employer has essentially already changed my name. I'm not kidding. My business cards, my email, my username, etc. They are all what my married name will be...if I choose to take Brian's last name. (I may let him take mine.) He figured it would make the most sense rather than ordering new business cards and changing everything around again in a couple months. So, I get the gist. I'm all about efficiency, so it does make sense...I guess.
The weird thing, though, is I can't say my full married name. It's crazy. When I introduce myself to my clients, I just say my first name. When I hand them my business card, a huge part of me wants to explain that 'my last name is actually blah, blah, blah, but I'm getting married in August so blah, blah, blah', but then I realize there really is no point. It kind of feels like I'm cheating, or that I'm not really that person, yet, because I guess I'm not. Half the time, I don't even recognize what my name really is. It is quite strange, if I do say.
I wonder if it will still be strange once we are actually married. I suppose I would actually fit the bill then. For now, I will just have to keep quiet and pretend, but every time I see my 'married name', Changes replays through my head...over and over and over again! (And yes, once again, I was born in the 80's. Don't hate.)
Despite the work load, I'm confident that I've made a good move. I'm hopeful that I will have a more regular work schedule in the near future, and I certainly enjoy the people and the work one million times more than I did with my previous employer. That has truly been an added bonus so far.
There has been one minor detail that has really thrown me for a bit of a loop though. Since Brian and I will be married in August (in 2 and a half months...oh, my gravy! Time is flying by!), my employer has essentially already changed my name. I'm not kidding. My business cards, my email, my username, etc. They are all what my married name will be...if I choose to take Brian's last name. (I may let him take mine.) He figured it would make the most sense rather than ordering new business cards and changing everything around again in a couple months. So, I get the gist. I'm all about efficiency, so it does make sense...I guess.
The weird thing, though, is I can't say my full married name. It's crazy. When I introduce myself to my clients, I just say my first name. When I hand them my business card, a huge part of me wants to explain that 'my last name is actually blah, blah, blah, but I'm getting married in August so blah, blah, blah', but then I realize there really is no point. It kind of feels like I'm cheating, or that I'm not really that person, yet, because I guess I'm not. Half the time, I don't even recognize what my name really is. It is quite strange, if I do say.
I wonder if it will still be strange once we are actually married. I suppose I would actually fit the bill then. For now, I will just have to keep quiet and pretend, but every time I see my 'married name', Changes replays through my head...over and over and over again! (And yes, once again, I was born in the 80's. Don't hate.)
(turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-changes
Don't wanna be a richer [wo]man
Ch-ch-ch-changes
(turn and face the strain)
Gonna have to be a different [wo]man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
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