Name lottery

Okay, so we are probably going to give our puppy a different calling name. Still not 100% certain, but it seems very likely. Yesterday evening, during dinner we were trying to come up with other names than Mindy. We had a list of 3 or 4 names and started voting. After a while, Reto wouldn't vote anymore and we divided his vote, so that Tina, Lorenzo and I all had one and a third vote to give. Hahaha!

Finally, we had only 2 names left:

Mindy and Ruby.

Tina wrote those names on 6 pieces of paper. Each name 3 times. She then folded the pieces of paper and put them into a bowl. We let Reto draw (with his eyes closed). He drew Mindy! Tina was disappointed, as Ruby had been her idea and her favorite name. So she drew too, just to see what she would come up with. She came up with.... Mindy! And then Lorenzo thought he should draw too. He drew... Mindy! Finally, the kids wanted me to draw a name too. I first refused and told them that it was cosmically decided already... our dog will be a Mindy. But they kept pushing me. So in the end I relented and drew a piece of paper. From the way it was folded, I could see that it hadn't been opened yet. I unfolded it, and it was .... as expected... MINDY! Hahaha!

At that moment Tina almost got a fit! Told us that we had cheated! LOL! I couldn't do anything but laugh! I think it was just meant to be.

We are not going to decide about the name until we have visited the puppies a couple of times and until we know which one will be ours. And maybe, by that time, we will have gotten used to the names Nicole gave them. And if not, we will still have to see whether Mindy suits the dog.

We can hardly wait until the first visit!