HI! If you are reading this you are probably wondering why I have a new blog. Well, there a few reasons.
1) I was tired of Xanga and I don't think any of my "Xanga Friends" are on that site anymore
2) Tara and Lisa use Blogger and so now that I have an account I can comment on thier blogs which make me weep with laughter all the time
3) Blogging is going to be my Lenten Discipline. People have been encouraging me to 'journal' my thoughts while out on internship and since I am on my computer all the time it makes sense that I would have a blog instead of a pen and paper journal. So for Lent I will be writing everyday - except Sunday because it's not part of the 40 days of Lent ;)
So you might be wondering what the title means. Well, here in Bristol, CT on internship the people (mostly the youngin's) have decided that saying "Vicar Annemarie" all the time will just not fit into their busy lifestyles so they have decided to call me VAm. I have accepted this name amiably because it's better than "Hey you", "That Girl", "Pastor-Lady", and "Chick from New Jersey". One Sunday evening during confirmation the kids were talking about VAm and one of them asked if I would be VAm forever - I said that I hoped not and if I was there was definitely something wrong with me! So they were trying to figure out what to call me when I was a pastor and decided that since PAm was not cool enough because it was already someone's name they decided that I will be SPAm for Special Pastor Annemarie. Gotta love 8th graders!
This has of course launched their imaginations into all kinds of ideas. My car is now the "VAm-mobile" that they think should be fitted for a bible launcher for evangelism. They also make "the VAm signal" whenever they see me which consists of YMCA-ish dance moves that spells out VAm...
So I hope that those of you who will read this blog over Lent and beyond will appreciate my adventures in internship and wedding planning because it really has become an adventure.
