I don't know what it is lately, but no one seems able to spell my name right these days. In the past week, I have seen many of the iterations of Kristin available, mostly Kristen, but occassionally Kirstin or Kirsten ... even a Kristy, which no one who knows me ever uses.

It's not a big deal. I usually answer to anything starting with Kris (and I give other peoples' names at restaurants so I don't get confused with the Kristy's, the Christine's, the Christina's, etc. also waiting for a table), but it's just strange that when people are responding to my email in which my name appears in the From field, the "Thanks, Kristin" part, and the .sig file, that they'll still spell my name wrong. I don't think any less of these people - although I do have something to say to the woman who responded to one of my emails and called me Karen - I'm just noticing the overwhelming number of people who are getting it wrong. Maybe it's the holiday stress.