joanna banana

and now it's my turn to tell a funny story!

as many of you are aware, it is homecoming week here at the university of alabama. it's a week that we all love to hate... a week of delirium where sorority pledges are required to participate is a plethora of "fun" activities, pomping hours are at the top of your to do list, the machine gets to utilize their power, and all school work is ignored. fun for all! right?

well anyways, last night i was at the chi omega house pomping, just as an good chi omega would be. however, let me define pomping for you according to my terms: sitting on the computer in the chi-o kitchen laughing with lizzie and jane. i know, it sucks!

so we get in this conversation about names. we discussed both liz and jane's last names and how they would make such cute names for little boys. brazeal got thrown around, but i made sure to shut that down real fast! then jane decided to share with us what she plans to name her children. being the good friend that i am, i tune her out and begin to read katie k's newest blog post. while in my own little world, i heard jane say something about the name joanna. at this point, i figured it was time for me to say something. why you ask? because i have a big mouth...

i begin with, "have yall ever heard the name johannah? i just really don't like that name. what an awkward combination!" there were minor agreements from liz and jane with my comment, but of course, i didn't take notice. then i continued with, " and because my cousin is named this i feel that i have to right to say it, but i don't like the name joanna either." liz wanted to stop the train wreck, but it was unsalvageable. awkward silence.

yes, jane had definitely just been confessing her love for the name joanna and how she is without a doubt going to name her little girl that. there was no way to backtrack; thankfully, because jane loves me despite my stupidity, we laughed for 30 minutes about the whole situation.

along with a variety of other conversation topics that shall not be mentioned at this time, it was one of the better pomping experiences for me! and then i cleaned my room til 2:30 am. roll tide.

signed,

the girl with nameless children

***special apologies to those of you who are named either johannah or joanna (and to those particularly attached). thanks for taking one for the team!