I liked Smith Better.

Today I changed my url link to "I liked Smith better".

I did this for a few reasons, one- privacy.

But mainly, I like the last name Smith alot better than Gresham.

When I got married, I knew that I'd be saying goodbye to "Smith" and hello to "Gresham". I did not, however, get excited about changing my name. Yes, I would sit there and doodle the name Chelsea Gresham before we were married and I wanted to figure out to sign Gresham... but in my heart, I knew I was going to miss the depart from Smith.

I miss it alot more than I thought I ever would. What a silly thing- to miss a name. First off, with anyone who has a simple name (Jones, Smith, two being off the top of my head) you know how nice it is to be on the phone and say, last name, Smith and not have to spell it out. Actually I didn't realize how nice it was until I became the "half to spell last name" person. I have people who can't even pronounce Gresham.. I mean, obviously I give them the "your a moron" look when they give me the "I have no clue how to say your last name so I'll just say Gre... look" loook. You know the looks I"m talking about. Work with me people, I'm missing my old last name, I'm tired of spelling it, just please pronounce it without me having to.

I actually deliberately delayed the name change. I know that most females, the first day after they're married, go get their name changed. Not me. In fact, Drew was secretly worried I'm sure that I was going to bail out of the procedure. The first time we went, I was confident and ready. But I was shuttered away for not having the right paperwork. (Yes, you know me, I'm thinking that's a huge sign which makes me hestiation stronger!) The second time though, I was alone. I had no one to grab my sweater when I tried to run out of the door. So my name was called: "Chelsea Smith" and I sighed knowing, that was the last time i'd hear that without having to correct them. But I did it. I changed it.

But I guess thats just another sacrafice us women have to make. The change of our last name. I mean, you think that since we have to change everything our in our lives for family (our bodies for pregnancy, the amount of candles we have because for some reason men get headaches when a candle is in a 100 meter radius of them, our pink decorations..) Do you think it would have killed the man to just take on the last name?

It's only been 3 months since the big change. Ask me in 20 years if I'm use to it yet.

& not to mention my old last name use to be in the title of my favorite movie. Not anymore. :\