Name Change, Part 3
Going through with a name change requires many different kinds of hoop-jumping: a court appearance, five or six mail correspondences with the courthouse and a newspaper company, anywhere from two to four months time, and a few hundred dollars. Once the change is legal, I’d also need to contact a few state and federal agencies to update paperwork.
The change will still happen, but uncertainty about how long the process will take means that I’m going to wait until after graduation. On the plus side, I’ve:
- renewed my distaste for legal forms and jargon
- learned that adding “-site:com -site:org” to a Google query does wonders to filter out junk when searching for official government information
- decided against going with only one name - it may have worked for Gordon Matthew Sumner or Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre, but it’s not for me
I haven’t settled on a replacement last name yet, but this extension will give me some more time to consider alternatives carefully. Thanks again to everyone who’s made suggestions.
