multiple personalities

In addition to speaking Spanglish, when I come home I will also have a habit of answering whenever someone says "Vanessa." Good thing it isn't a horribly common name. "Vanessa" is my new assumed identity since nobody here can say "Heather." My roommates and I consider it fitting since it was on my mother's list of baby names, it goes with sassy hoop earrings, and the Dominicans pick it up quite well. It does get confusing though to remember which name I am supposed to go by depending on the company we are in, but it's a fun game. Oh, and I also have started responding to "Helen" since that is the closest approximation to my actual name that many people can manage.