today in the mail i received my new social security card! i am officially jennifer douglas offutt! it feels slightly odd and not quite real at the moment. i am no longer a douglas. last week after we spent an hour and half at social security, i changed my last name. i called my mom to tell her i was no longer a douglas anymore and her response? was, "i guess i don't have a daughter anymore" ouch, harsh mom harsh! haha! i will always and forever be a douglas even if my last name doesnt reflect it. now i am a douglas offutt. i asked marsh awhile ago if he had any desire to combine our last names such as offlas or dougffutt but he was not going for that idea. i don't understand why not and i also don't understand why it's not the tradition to have combined last names. ya'll are becoming "one" and creating your own family why not create your own name? hmmm...... oh well i am excited as well as overwhelmed with the amount of work it takes to change your name. you also get stuck in this limbo because i couldn't go to the dmv without my social security card and i didn't have one till now but my debit card already said "jennifer offutt" but they ask for your drivers license with almost every purchase. its been a difficult life but luckily me and marsh have a wonderfully planned date for the dmv either tom or wed. it shall only take about half of a whole day but what a memorable date that shall be!
the hardest part of this transition is referring to myself as "jenn offutt". ooooh so weird. this whole marriage thing is crazy! thats why i don't think about it for too long, makes me feel too old and like i should have to grow up. just go one day at a time! and lucky for marsh i still think i will keep him around for now! ;)
anyways just in case anyone is slightly worried that jenn douglas is gone and a new person has overcome her you are wrong. same ole crazy nut jenn is here just under a different heading. i kind of feel like someone in the secret police force changing my name and going undercover. maybe i will change my appearance along with my name....as a disguise.
you never know what to expect the next time you see me, jennifer douglas offutt! ;) get ready!
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