I’m inspired tonight to talk about nicknames because apparently I have a new one.

Nicknames can be terms of endearment we give each other or maybe they are to mask the name of the person you are talking about. They range from the sweet like honey, sweetie, sugar lips to the strange like goober and well, some more inappropriate than others.

So, you know me as JJ, for my grandkids, Peaches was from the wasband, George is from high school and now Auntie George for Miss A and Auntie J for EJS and MGS and all the other kids who honor me with that title.

In grade school, I was part of “The Giggle Twins”, then because I wore those round “John Lennon” spectacles, both sunglasses as well as prescription, I started to be known as Lennon. The funny thing is, with some of these nicknames, I had friends who didn’t know my real name, they would just refer to me as one of the others. I had a cute experience with a dear friend from high school, she had told her daughter about me and how I was called Giggles and her daughter had a speech quirk at the time and called me “Diddles”, that made us chuckle.

When I got here, one night I wore that hat that SDL’s mom gave me and for some reason, one of the other trainers called me Smurf and someone else called me a gnome, not really my favorites, in the least. I know I’m short, but come on!

The reason for my post today is that apparently, I have a new nickname, T-cup. I have a wee bladder and after every section that we learn or teach, I take a bio break, it allows me to continue to work and teach for long days. I also just have to pee a lot! I can take T-cup, it’s cute and I can live with it.

So, what’s your nickname? Do you love it or loathe it?