CanBice

I have never been a huge fan of my first name. I don't HATE it, but eh. If you type the name "Candice" into google images, all it comes up with is a bunch of scantily clad blondes. Woof. It's amazing how many people have a hard time saying, spelling, and understanding it. Classics include Canvas, Kansas, and today, CanBice. WHAT?! Has anyone ever heard of someone named CanBice? I mean, it was a girl at the local hair-school who spelled it that way, so I'm not THAT surprised, but seriously. When I was making my appt to get my eyebrows waxed today and I said my name she's like "what? Can you spell that for me?"
Sometimes I wonder if I have some kind of speech impediment that makes it impossible for people to understand me. Last summer I had to say the word MILK over the phone to someone literally like 10 times before they understood me. I do kind of say MELK, but please. Anyway, speaking of the way things are pronounced, Craig and I are having a debate over the way you pronounce LAWRY'S, as in the delicious seasoning salt. I pronounce it L-AH-RY'S, and he says something like L-OW (as in ouch)-RY'S. Please do shed some light on the right way to say it.
Nothing much has been going on this week except anticipation of our glorious trip to the big VA (5 days...YAY!) and work. For the summer I am back at the assisted living place where I used to work because they will give me all the time off that I need. Lots of my favorite old people are still there, which makes it fun. Lots of them are dead or moved too, which is unfortunate. In fact, one of my favorite old men that used to give me a hug everyday was killed by another resident, who chased him down and knocked him over with his electric scooter. Sounds like an elderly soap opera, but seriously, it happened. Vehicular manslaughter with a Jazzy.This week I came home and Craig said he had a big surprise for me. He led me into another room and what did I see? A full-size-arcade-style PacMan machine. I stood there for a second like wow, that is so ugly. He said "it was only $200!" He had me going for a second, then told me that we were just storing it for our BFF. Good thing, or I would have made him take me on a shopping spree.
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