As you all know, unless you live in Bhutan (yes, that's my favorite random place - Google it!), today is St. Patrick's Day. Hurrah. Well, not so much hurrah for me because I have no hope of drinking anything alcoholic, which is the traditional way to celebrate this particular holiday (see left, two years ago). Maybe I can get a green iced coffee from Dunkin. Anyway, today is a pretty big deal here in Boston as it is crawling with descendants of the Emerald Isle. Bars have been open since 6am (I think they changed the law just for today - lots of Irish cops and lawmakers, I guess...) and that means people have been drunk since about 6:05am. St. Patrick would be proud. Actually, I have no freakin' clue - I don't know the guy.***
Most people think I'm Irish because I have red hair. And freckles. The truth is, I don't know if I have any Irish blood. And if I do, its not much - at best, my grandmother is half Irish, which would make me a whopping 1/8th Irish. The red hair, as it turns out, is simply a genetic mutation which means that people can make up irritating nicknames for me (Nikki Red, Fightin' Red...), I will have skin to match the hair if I stay out in the sun too long and I have a bad temper.
To this day, my father still points to anything red and says to me, "Hey honey, what color is that bag/shirt/toy?" When I ignore him, he yells "Red!!" like maybe I'm color blind and don't know. Or maybe I got amnesia and don't remember where this is going after 27 years.
My husband was worried that I would pass this genetic defect on to our son. Actually, he still isn't convinced that Sebastian is out the woods. He's waiting for that hair to grow in before he decides if we'll keep the boy or not. Do they make baby hair dye, you know, just in case? I'm kinda attached to the kid at this point...
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Erin go Bragh!!
Oh how I would LOVE to be in Boston on St. Patrick's day!! The bars here in Milwaukee also opened at 6:00am.
ReplyDeleteThat picture is very cuteo f the 2 of you!!! Go to McDonalds and get a green Shamrock shake!! :)
What's that movie? The Hunt for Blue October, is it?? hahhahhaha
ReplyDeleteHa! Our Colin is sporting a bronzy shade right now and still has blue eyes...we'll see if it sticks! We can trace it back to some of our family, but we had to think hard! We used to go on a bar crawl for St. Patty's Day..as if that's going to happen with our 2 rugrats hanging around now...well we could put them in the Bjorns...just kidding. ~Stacey
ReplyDeleteLOL. I love the red hair. I would just hate it to be called carrot top. Does anyone call you that?
ReplyDeleteHappy St. Patty's Day
Oh I just love your hair and complection. Beautiful!
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