Name Change!

I changed my blog name!

I posted on Facebook that I wanted a new name for my blog (and I promised a tasty baked consumable in exchange for a better name than the one I previously had), and my lovable sister responded within minutes with a long list of possibilities!
And all of them had "REL" in the name (I'll explain the origin of that later in this post if you don't already understand it). Even the one I chose to use.
It was a pretty entertaining list, so I've decided to share some of the funnier ones!

Aurora Bore-e-Rel-is
Are you for Rel?
Rellie, guys?
REL, Oh.
Tor-Rel-tial Downpour

Isn't she a fun one? Haha


So where did we ever come up with "REL?"
Wellllll. You know my name is Aurielle.
When pronounced correctly (although there are tons of way I've heard it pronounced, including but not limited to: Ariel, Oreo, Oriole, Anjrielle[when people somehow forget Anjoli's and my names and just mash them together hoping it works], and Arrelle), it sounds like "R-E-L." Yep, just say those three letters as one fluent word and you've said my name!

As a quicker, more text-friendly way of saying my name, my lovely twin started typing it "REL" and eventually other people started doing the same. It even transformed into just "Rel" in many cases (yes, it was sometimes even said aloud that way when reading texts out loud that included my name).
So that's the story. My "nickname" when typed is "Rel." Haha. I'll admit: even I sign "Rel" on messages to friends too. So I can't blame anyone else for doing it!

Although, between you and me, I always though "Auri" was a cool nickname when I was younger, but I have never been brave enough to establish a nickname for myself. And I do actually enjoy my full name. Oh well. Another issue for another day. Maybe when I'm 80 or 90 I'll start going by "Auri" just to switch it up sometimes. ;)


Back to the name change:
"It's all RELevant."
Now you know why "REL" is in the name, but the rest of the name was chosen because it represents what I post pretty well: whatever is relevant to the times and/or to me at the moment I'm writing it.

Maybe I'll even start posting more blogs. Who knows? I tend to forget to do these things.
I have a one-line-a-day journal (shouldn't be that hard to keep up with it, right?) and I'm about 6 weeks behind. No I need to go back through my schedules and everything to see what important and memorable things happened during the past 6 weeks so I can fill in those days. Wish me luck.