So, I have a nickname and it is Sunshine. This name has a long and wonderful history back from I was bubbly and young. In college I had a friend who would often annouce: "And representing the Sunshine State, it's Amy!" This is because I'm from Florida and I was attending school in Louisiana. I'm sure there were other students from Florida, but I never met them and my friend seemed to get a kick of announcing my entrance into a group this way. So fast forward a few years to grad school. I am dubbed 'Sunshine.' I am not sure if this is a carry-over from the original Sunshine State connotation or a new invention all together based on the fact that my personality is like a big ray of sunshine. (I know a lot of you are probably snickering at this and you can stop right now).
The nickname is used by all of four people that I know of.
On a related note, I went to Birmingham this weekend. Actually most of my time was spent in Tuscaloosa. When I was younger my parents and I would go to Tuscaloosa to spend the day shopping at the mall and then eat at the Picadilly cafeteria. This mall was awesome for two reasons. They had a Gyro place in the food court and they had a Sanrio (Hello Kitty) store. I would save up a month of allowance just to go hog wild in that store. I have no idea if we went to Tuscaloosa 5 times or 20. I just remember that the mall was huge to my small eyes. Wow! Are things always smaller than how you remember them? On a rainy Sunday the mall took us about 35 minutes to explore. This did not include our 1 hour lunch at the Picadilly. I did not get liver & onions, my all time fave, since I didn't see it until after I had ordered the chicken. Oh well.
Driving around Tuscaloosa was a delight as I was with one of the four known people that refer to me as Sunshine. I had delish BBQ in Birmingham with Sweetie as well and got to see the Vulcan up close and personal. While talking pretty much the entire weekend ( I sound like Bea Arthur today)the Mz. and I were discussing other lovely sites to see in Alabama and we began talking about the Ava Maria Grotto in Cullman, AL. Then we started talking about this place. It looks like a beautiful place and so today I looked them up and due to a wonderful teacher my sophomore year in high school I learned about the Order of the Poor Clares and was thrilled to find them in Alabama of all places. These are by far the coolest looking nuns I have ever seen: Check this lovely lady out. It's amazing that I wanted to be a nun when I was little. I think I just liked the idea of having a bunch of girls that all lived with each other. Maybe it was because I never had a sister.
5 Comments:
I can never remember that you're from Florida -- you're Sunshine because you're Sunshine, you know? It's a personality thing for me, and so many folks don't want their real names on my blog (including the guy I'm married to and several people I share genetics with).
As for being a nun, I think it's the habit...:) Glad to know I wasn't alone in the obsession -- you should see my nun collection.
You are Sunshine definitely because of your Sunny disposition. It was so much fun seeing you on Saturday.
Am I the only person who didn't want to be a nun when I was younger? Although I will admit, as a kid I loved The Sound of Music and thought that nuns had fantastic headwear.
I was in that mall when Bear Bryant died--yep, right in front of the Hallmark card store! And that was a good mall---had a great Parisians too.
Sunshine fits, and even the movie "Little Miss Sunshine"--she looks like you, only you never had such crazy relatives--friends, but not blood relatives!!
You wanted to be a nun so you could live in the French Quarter near the Provincial Hotel!! And thought that was the coolest place on earth--New Orleans, that is.
I didn't say you had a non-sunshiny personality! :-)
Karen
Hey Sunshine!
Sorry I was the only one to miss out on the get-together! You'll definitely have to come back when i can run and play, too. Summers are good for me! The Shrine is wild and wonderful - definitely worth a trip! (so is the Grotto, but in a more kitschy way...)
-Ash
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