nicknames, specifically mine

Brian W. brought up a good point...how in the world did I get the nickname "Sudie"?

It's a Dawson thing (as in my family...sometimes I was "Susie". mostly, though, I was "Sudie". )The girl part I added for the BLOG to make it distinctive, as if I need it...

What other nicknames have I had through the years?

Well, besides the mean ones ("Su-eee", "Sewer", "Su-eee, ewwy, gooey with chocolate", "bitch", etc.), I have had some fun ones. Including:

• "Sueford" - courtesy of my friend back in IA, Brenda W...she just started calling me Sueford one day, so when I call her now, I just tell her husband Sueford's on the phone.
• "Sheena" - short for "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle". I started calling myself that in high school, and I'm not sure why, but all the musicheads I hung around with seemed to take to it OK. As a matter of fact, Kandace S. still calls me that to this very day, and I call her "Circe" because of the spell she casts over my boyfriend Doug. He thinks she's cute. It's funny, really, and I'm not offended by it at all...it gives Kandace and I more ideas of how to mess with his mind. (haha just kidding, Doug...)
• Quack Quack - this is a long one, so hold on to your hats...my oldest niece, Courtney K., had a speech impediment when a toddler and kind of made up her own language. You had to be family to really understand it. Anyway, most women were grouped into "zaggies" (young teens) or "mommies" (women her mom's age and up). Not me...I was Quack-Quack. Nobody knows why she picked it...not even Courtney. It was something special between she and I, and when she finally was able to say my name, it made me kind of sad b/c the special nickname was gone. She calls me Quack Quack now and again, and I sign my name "Quack Quack" sometimes when I write to her. I'll always be her favorite duck.

Well, that's all the exposure you get for today...until the next time I'm inspired, I remain...

Sudiegirl