That's a New One

My dad has often said he and my mom had three criteria when they were choosing names for their children.

1. Something that did not have a nickname and/or couldn't really be shortened
2. Something everyone could spell and pronounce
3. Something that would easily identify the gender of the child

I'm so happy my parents named me Kate.  I think it suites me well.

I had a long hiking day for work on Saturday.  It started to rain on me as I was approaching the trailhead on the way to the car, and then it hailed!  Fast, hard, pellets of hail!  From Saturday to Saturday I calculated I'd hiked about 65 miles.  The last thing I wanted to do was go home and cook dinner.  Plus, I desperately needed to grocery shop.  I decided to do something I have never done in my life just for myself.  I went two miles down the road to one of the hotels' restaurants and ordered a pizza.  The server asked for my name.  Apparently, criteria 2 was not met and Kate is hard to spell.

Kaiht.  That's a new one.