Hair bands

 

Hair Update

Well it's not magically grown a lot since last week, but I have started experimenting with hair bands, and also trying a centre parting too.  

Ann found me a selection of them on Amazon which I bought, all metal ones with different profiles. I've worn one out on my run this morning, it worked well, stopped it all flopping in my eyes.

Also bought some hair spray, which seems to work great in keeping the centre parting too. A lot less messy than wax or gel and it doesn't look oily or wet either. I've never really had long hair before, so it's all new to me.

I will need to look at dying it, it seems like more grey is showing the way I am wearing it now.  I shall investigate options, watch this space !

Monday

Took the Morris for a spin out to the local Sainsburys (in man mode) , and filled her up with some petroleum on the way back.

Had never driven it at night before, the headlights seemed to be pointing where they should, it was good to get it out !

Thursday - Chameleons 

It had been a while since I had done full makeup, and my left eyeliner wing did not go well at all, I
think I wiped it off and re-applied at least three times. 

I had chosen my outfit the previous night to speed things up, which was my Popsy dress - a firm favourite as it does well at hiding my tummy - I am feeling fat again. I paired it with my popsy chocolate tights, which are fabulous, I might order some more, and my flat black sensible boots. 

I was still ready fairly quickly, and didn't spare the horses on the way down, so I arrived pretty early. 

Ann was also there early too as she had been shopping at the outlet before coming, was good to see her again, it had been quite a while since had met in person.  

It was a very good night, well attended, my friend Danielle who I often see at LFF and Invasion turned up too, with a broken wrist though. I think she had come the previous week, but I had skipped that one due to covid. 

There was a new person who seemed very friendly, seems like she enjoyed herself and is likely to come back. 

I ate lots of biscuits which had been kindly purchased by Ann, but I had been pretty good that day with a slim fast for lunch, so hopefully didn't do too much damage. 

Did some photo's at the end for a few people, Lynn included, and managed to get a selfie of us both,

I gave Joanna a lift back on the way home, didn't end up needing to charge so it was a fairly quick journey, although I did stop at Woodhall has I was sure the car was making a weird noise - but nothing seemed awry. 

The Weekend

Friday I could have gone to Birmingham, but I was really tired still from Chams, so I decided it was too much. 

I've not done a lot over the weekend, a but of adulting and messed with my cameras. I want to do more video's for Insta / Youtube, but haven't had much practise. I think I will do a driving one first, in the Morris Minor, in my 50's ish polka dot dress.  

I've been a bit naughty and bought two more wigs, but they are the same as some I already have. I got a brand new version of the platinum blonde with blue highlights, and a slightly used version of my go-to brown one off ebay. It was a bargain, so hoping it is OK when it arrives.  Even with my own hair becoming an option, I still think I will want to wear them for going out.

Walked to Aldi yesterday, partly for exercise, partly for some variety on food, our local Asda doesn't really have much of a selection. I got some venison burgers to try. 

I went for a run this morning, my ankles were not that happy, but it was good to get out. 6.6km in total, but I maybe only ran 3km of that.

Ribbon Cutting

Hair update 

2/3rds of my ears are now covered. It's getting in my eyes a fair bit, and windy day's aren't too fun. 

I need to get something to keep it under control I think.

Thursday 

It was a bit of a busy day. My car MOT had meant to be on Friday, but they called it move it to the
Thursday due to the MOT tester being unavailable that day - this was the one already re-arranged due to snow.

I also had laser session around lunch time, and then Trans-Wakefield in the evening. 

The garage gave me an automatic Juke , which was horrible to drive, really hard to pull out of junctions fast compared to the leaf.

The laser went well, but again was very painful. I asked for a quote to get my torso done, and received a fairly cheap price £450 !

But it turned out she had got it wrong, as she sent me an SMS later apologising, it was actually £750 - which was more in line with what I was expecting.

So I start that next month. It will take my session time from 15 mins to an hour, so will be more difficult to fit around work.

Trans-Wakefield, I was going in man mode due to the laser, but I had a good time. Phoebe who had come for her first time a few weeks ago had returned, and I roped her and another regular into forming a quiz team. We did poorly, but had fun doing so.

I indulged in cheesy chips, and a Guinness to pre-celebrate St Patricks day :) 

It was a bit quiet a few missing, but still enjoyable. I felt comfy in man mode, which hasn't always been the case. 

It was mentioned that the LGBT community centre/café was having it's official opening on Saturday morning, and we were invited to attend to show our support.

Friday

This was my scheduled day off, and normally would have been an adventure day, followed by Nottingham Invasion in the evening, but with the laser being moved to this week I couldn't do either.

So instead I decided to make a concerted effort to replace the leaf springs in the Morris minor. I was successful  - managed one side, and started on the other, but managed to break 3 nails in the process. 

I ended up just trimming them all, but I have a few weeks before I will be going out so they will look OK by then I expect.

Saturday

I got up early to ensure I could get to Wakefield for 10am to be at the ribbon cutting ceremony. 6 or 7 of us from the group turned up. We got one free coffee, which was quite strong, they had teamed up with a company to get a proper machine. 

At 10:30 we were ushered outside to see the group leader Christine and the centre manager cut the ribbon together - both did a short speech. 

They took a group photo afterwards with everyone who wanted to be in it, I think I was the only one to abstain.

Went back in and had another coffee, and spent until midday chatting to the others. Sam who had visited with Trans-Leeds one time was there, had a nice chat with them. 

Had a nice chat with Christine on leaving, she seemed pleased we had shown up to support the event.

My wife was nipping out to McDonalds for lunch, so I drove back home to get my McPlant. I was on a bit of a caffeine high from the proper coffee, so I took advantage of this to finish off the other leaf spring on the Morris in the afternoon.

Sunday 

Today I've got a slow cooker chicken casserole on the go, and been for a run. I did forget to wear sun cream on my face, but it wasn't too sunny, so hope I didn't do any damage. 

Post LFF Covid

 So it seems I likely got infected with the covid the previous weekend. This was rather unfortunate as I had laser scheduled for Tuesday, and a nice visit to Chameleons planned for Thursday - although I would have been looking a bit non-binary due to not being able to shave.

My dress while working

It also decided to snow heavily on Thursday, meaning my MOT for Friday was cancelled. Both things have been re-scheduled for next week, but it will have a follow on impact of preventing me glamming up for the Nottingham Invasion on the coming Friday. Or adventures out during that day too.

I did manage to dress a bit during the week - well, I knew I was dressed but my work didn't as I put a male jumper over the top to hide the female clothes. It did feel nice to be dressed though. I might do it more often. The benefit of working from home, I only have what the camera can see to worry about. 

There was some positives though, I finally got around to organising a trip to Pink Punters in Milton Keynes for the 2nd Friday in April. Got a hotel sorted for that, and it's on one of my free Fridays so no holiday booking required. Really looking forward to that. It could be a busy month, LFF, PP, Invasion, and also possibly the 1st Whitby Goth Fest of the year too !

I also spied some Green Ginger Wine in Asda, which sounded intriguing so I got a bottle of that. A bit like ginger sherry I suppose, I quite liked. 

Did go out for a long walk yesterday, and a shorter one to Aldi this afternoon - I am going to attempt to go for at least a short walk every day going forward. 

  

Rapturous Lasagne

I've completely forgotten what I did at the start of the week, so can't have been too exciting.

So let us skip ahead to Thursday :

Trans-Wakefield, AGM - 'Our House' LGBT+ Centre

Apparently we hadn't had one for several years, due to covid and other matters. We needed to get one
done so that we could make things more official, and start applying for the funding that is available to our group.

This was a very quick process, with the chair resigning, being nominated and accepting within the space of a few moments. The the other officers were suggested and seconded and such. 

We also had to anonymously provide our real names (bits of paper in an envelope) so we could record who had been there and voted and such. 

There was a document with the aims and rules of the organisation that also had to be agreed. 

There was only one position that I could have perhaps gone for, which was to help liaise with the other Wakefield organisations over our pride involvement. I got some looks from people which suggested that may have hoped I would have gone for it, but I don't consider myself a brilliant people person. It went unfilled for the moment.

This all only took less than 30 mins or so, and we progressed into the usual chatting after this. I had a nice hot chocolate, and a can of Pepsi max , which was a bad idea as I didn't sleep too well.

Got chatting to a slightly older trans woman who I had only seen briefly at a couple of other meetings. She was really nice, and it turned out she was also an LFF attendee, so I would perhaps see her the following day at that.

There was also a new person from over my way, who had come out of the house for the first time, she seemed really nice too - I walked her back to her car as they were parked very near me. I think she will be back. I've forgotten her name already, so will have to hope she signed onto the group discord server.

It was a very pleasant evening, perhaps one of the best so far for me. They have tended to be less fulfilling, but a lot more convenient to get to. 

Leeds First Friday - Daytime fun

I'm feeling in a verbose mood, so grab your milk and settle on the story rug for a needlessly long
account of a day and a bit:

I got ready at a fairly relaxed speed, because I wasn't actually due to meet anyone until the afternoon really. Which was fortunate as the mail man turned up with four new dresses for me from Everything5Pounds.com !  Once again I had painted nails, but no makeup or wig so had to hide behind the door a bit. He's never phased.

I put on my evening eye makeup, as I have a habit of losing motivation, and lacking time between the day and evening events, so better I get it done in the morning.

Tried all the dresses on, only one was a bit of a disappointment, a bit big - but the one I ended up wearing on the night was gorgeous. A sort of patterned velvet, with pearl details. 

I got into Leeds around midday, and sent a message to Alice to ask if she had any lunch plans - she's always there early.  Turns out she had only just had a big breakfast, so I nipped to Flamingo's for a coffee and a bagel. I'm a creature of habit, had the pastrami and Emmental again. 

I had forgotten to bring any perfume - realising on the way in, so I popped into New Look and got a bottle of cheap 'Scarlet Velvet' perfume. It's nothing special, but is a lot smaller than my current, might leave it in my makeup bag.

After this I headed to the pub to find Alice, she was in the 'Head of Steam' with Cindy, having already been in the Weatherspoon's before 12 ! 

Had a nice chat in there for a bit, then we went to the 'Bankers Cat' where Jessica joined us. Alice and
Cindy left after a while to check in. Hannah had arrived and checked in, so we went back to the hotel so I could too, then towards the bus station to meet Hannah's girlfriend who had come by coach. We were a bit early, so we browsed the expensive shops next to John Lewis for a bit.

Jessica and myself went for another drink while Hannah and girlfriend got sorted, it was the 'Bowers Tap' in the freedom quarter - was quite nice. A CD lady who I had met at Nottingham came in and we got talking to her and her wife. We got some gossip on who to avoid, and we talked about Blackpool as a venue. They also recommended a nearby Italian restaurant too. The lasagne was meant to be "Orgasmic". 

Having been told of this Lasagne, and being bereft of orgasms that day, we met up with Hannah and
proceed to the restaurant - it was just past the Bridge Inn, but before the bridge, Viva's I think.

Three out of four of us had the lasagne, but it didn't seem to have the effect as advertised :( - it was really nice though, thin layers. Best I've had for a while for sure.

Then we all headed back to the Travelodge, to get ready for the evening.

Leeds First Friday - Evening fun

I got changed fairly quickly, I did shave again but possibly didn't need to, more out of habit I think.

Didn't need to touch the eye makeup thankfully. Then we met in the foyer and headed to the Viaduct. 

I was meeting an Insta friend Bennie, who had come on her own - I hadn't realised for the first time, but she seemed in need of escorting to the viaduct from the Marriot, so I did nip back out to collect her after a little while. 

We spent a few hours in there, I spoke to the lady I had met the previous night at Wakefield, and to a few other Insta people who I try to catch up with. One who only get's out very infrequently, so was fortunate to see her - I did definitely miss a few though. 

We seemed to collect a young cis woman in there who had been chatting to Jessica for a while, and invited her to join us - but she was getting the last bus so didn't stay with us long.

We tried Fibre, but the upstairs was closed off again - or seemed to be. Really not sure what's going on with it. So we headed to 'The Bridge' as Hannah had expressed an interest in Karaoke. We stayed in there for one while she did 'Shotgun' by George Ezra - I think.  She has a lot of confidence, very envious of this. Don't think she will be giving up the day job though :)  

Then we did 'The End', which was a bit busy and had pants music, but we sat and chatted for a bit. Benni had chosen her shoes badly, and was in real pain by this point, but she just about managed to walk the short distance to the Smokestack. We ended up on the middle floor as the music upstairs wasn't too great this time.  Hannah and girlfriend left early, but I stayed with Benni and Jessica until about 1am. 

We had to take it really slowly getting back to the hotel as Benni's feet were fubar by this point, it wasn't fun for her at all. We walked her back to the Marriot and said our goodbyes. Then we went back to the Travelodge.  

I had mainly been on shandy so wasn't really tipsy at all. 

Saturday

I had not booked breakfast, so after getting up and showering I messaged Hannah and Jessica to see if they wanted to meet up, and told them of a nice café on the other side of the bridge I had been recommended by Alice. Hannah had been up a bit earlier to drop her girlfriend at the coach station. So it was just the three of us going there.  I checked out and put my bags in the car then met them both back at the hotel.

It was a short walk over the bridge and down a cobbled street, really nice place. They were taking table
reservations so was quite popular. We had a pleasant breakfast and conversation,  it wasn't a speedy place so we were there an hour I think. Wasn't that cheap, but tasted very good. 

After this we headed back towards the hotel, and I bid them both farewell - they were going to the train station, and I headed to my car. I got back just before 12.

I remained dressed for the rest of the day, but with the wig off, my hair is actually not looking too bad when I have the makeup on, so doesn't feel like I am a bloke in a dress as much as it did when it was short.

A very nice weekend overall, and great to get to know a few more people, and spend time with Jessica and Hannah too.

Today

Not done a great deal, I booked the Travelodge for the next two months. Signed up with a new social media app 'MeWe' as there is a trans social group on there - recommended by Benni. Seems very friendly, may give me access to some events in Manchester I didn't know about.

I went for a run, did a lot of catchup of comments on Insta, that's about it :)

Tingly feelings

It's not been a bad week, work has been fairly relaxed, no major problems. 

Thursday: Chameleons

As per the previous time I attended I was really looking forward to going. Some new boots had been delivered that day - chunky low ones, over the knee but not by lots.  I was struggling to find a dress that was suitably short so as to enable the top to be seen, but not covered. One of my cheap
Everything5Pounds one came to the rescue.

I got down a bit early and met up with Ann and someone who had been to a previous one in January. Another newbie turned up shortly afterwards, and we all had a nice chat about transition status/plan - or not plan.  The first lady had a lovely voice - had professional coaching, and I managed to get the details from her over Instagram the day after. It was really very convincing. She also mentioned another hormone provider I had not known about, so I've added this to the list of potential options I am gathering.

There was general chatting for a while, and we did observe a minutes silence outside for Brianna Ghey. We had written notes which were burnt as a bit of ritual to enable our private thoughts to be expressed. It was nice that we did that as a group.

We did some more chatting and it was getting towards 11pm before I left, I got home around 00:30am. Was very tired the next day. 

Friday: Catch up with a friend

I was really tired, and my digestive system wasn't being too great for some reason. I didn't get a lot done at work, but not many people needed anything, so it was an OK day.  I had arranged to meet up with an old friend after work, and figured I would probably feel better after a drink, so headed out after I had 'clocked off'. 

Met at his and we walked up to his local working men's club.  I am not that keen about going out in man mode any more, especially somewhere very manly, but it's got a pool table and the beer is cheap. I had taken my earrings out, so as not to appear to be too weird. Probably not necessary, but I didn't want to stand out. I feel the hair does, but not much I can do about that.

Not really been out with him too much since coming out to him, and had not talked to his wife at all since then either, so was a little nervous.

Beat him at pool, two games out of three, I had a Johns Smiths then a Coke as was driving, and we wandered back to his, as he had offered dinner too. 

It was really nice was just him and his wife, the kids had eaten, we had a lovely chat as if nothing had changed. It was getting quite late before I departed. It was just nice that it obviously hadn't changed anything between us, and that his wife was also very friendly too. 

It was a very pleasant evening , two in a row, and was feeling very happy when I got home - and still am :)

Saturday: Playing with makeup and outfit try-ons

My wife is busy with her hobbies this weekend, leaving me at home with the kids, so I took advantage of the extra free time to have a bit of a play with items bought but never used / worm.

Gold lipstick for instance, had this ages, but never used it, doesn't seem to come out well in photos, but the shimmer up close was nice.

I also did some glossy blusher, but the shade I used isn't really popping, I might try a darker one next time.

After tea I decided to get rid of the gold lipstick and give some 'Pout Bomb' lip gloss a go, this had been purchased at Chameleons before xmas I think.  As I type this my lips are tingling, they perhaps look a little bit more pouty, I don't look like I've had lip fillers or anything drastic though. They are nice and glossy at least, it's a sort of hot pink colour I think. The tingling is somewhat strange, but not majorly off-putting. 

I also took a load of photo's for Instagram of course, I think I did 6 outfits. It's nice to mess around and see what works well together without the time pressure of having to finish to go somewhere. It does relax me, and I have fun doing it.

I should really practise my makeup more, I get in a rut with things and stop learning, it's not really advance a great deal recently.

Tommorow, I hope to get out for a run, I need to keep up with regular excercise !

Observation of emotion

Thursday Trans-Wakefield

Due to family visiting, working late and my usual TV watch-along on Skype with friends I didn't get chance to dress until Thursday evening - 12 days.

It's been a while since I had such a gap. It was very nice to be able to do so.

It was a nice meeting, I spoke to a nice trans guy who I had seen briefly at a previous one, and also caught up with Nicole.

She had been to a play in Leeds that sounded good - trans themed, something about and angry inch - botched gender surgery was involved. I need to look it up.

It was just nice to be out after so long, I treated myself to some cheesy chips :)

Friday - Brianna Nottingham vigil / Pre-Invasion

I was always intending to do Invasion, but I was checking the group Facebook page around 4pm and
saw there was a vigil for Brianna  at 7pm and some would be going to that before hand , so I rushed to get ready early to make it down for that.

My outfit and wig choice was not ideal for 'blending' , but I have become less bothered by this in recent times.

Knee high boots and the platinum blonde wig do make one stand out a bit. I was in such a rush i forgot to apply mascara !

I managed to get down and parked at the shopping centre in Nottingham for 6:50pm , got the car charging and made swift progress to the Brian Clough statue with the assistance of google maps.

On passing a club with three bouncers out the front, one of them started chanting in a low , but audible voice "it's a man, it's a man"

Which I sort of found amusing at the time, but I was on a mission to get there on time, and had no pre-scripted witty retort at hand, so kept on motoring. I mention purely for record keeping purposes than being majorly offended - outfit choice, walking pace, probably couldn't have been more obvious without carrying my flag - which I didn't bring.

There was quite a large crowd there, I circled the periphery looking for anyone I recognised, but failed so found a spot to stand. The people leading were speaking for bits, but I really couldn't hear a word they were saying. 

Did eventually see two Invasion people who I briefly spoke to before they headed to the pub.  I stayed a bit longer, and we did a minutes silence.

I left shortly afterwards, didn't end up walking past the bouncers in the end, probably wouldn't have said anything to them if I did.

Decided to go get a Mc Plant , as had also skipped food to get there early.  Chap in the next booth asked me to look after his stuff while he nipped to the loo, he was nice and called me 'love' 

Then figured would see if anywhere was still open in the shopping centre to find mascara - tried the Tesco express, couldn't find any so found a female employee to ask - they didn't sell any makeup though, she was trying to think of any other shops that would, but didn't think there would be.

She was really nice and said my eyes looked great and I didn't need any :) which was lovely.

Invasion

There were quite a few of my regular friends not attending that evening, which is bad in some ways, but good in others. It forces me to try and make new ones :) 

Was very successful I think, there were a few periods where I was on my own chatting on my phone, but also plenty of interactions too. 

On arriving I joined Danni who I had seen at the vigil and had talked to briefly to at the previous one, and then again at the last LFF.

She is really nice, full of energy - looks and acts a lot younger than she professes to be. She read out a poem she had written about Brianna too. 

Sounds like she lost her phone last night from messages on the group chat though.

Got talking with a lady who I had met before, turns out she organises group meetups in Blackpool, so I gave her my number as I would love to do Blackpool, she said she would send details of the next planned trip.

Had a nice compliment about my hair from a young cis girl in the loos - was tempted to tell her where I got it from :)

I was mainly on Old Mout alcohol free cider, but I did also have a 'weak' free shot of something red. My mouth tastes like I've been on a session, and I don't feel too fresh today, I think probably due to the late night rather than anything else.

Towards the end of the night I got chatting to with a girl who was also driving and parked in the same place as me. 

She has a young child so doesn't get out as much anymore, but used to be very active on the social scene and turns out she had been influential in getting one of the other I knew out for the first time.

We both left at midnight to go back to the carpark together and swapped numbers, she seemed really nice.

I left a bit after midnight and because the car was fully charged I treated myself to a 70Mph journey and having the heating on, such decadence.

Saturday - Leeds vigil

I decided that it would still be good to get to Leeds, and with it being the last weekend of half term it would also be good to get the family out of the house for a bit too. So I enquired if they would like a lift into Leeds to go around the armouries, while I was at the vigil.

Although I wouldn't be with them for a lot of the time, I guess it still counts as being out with me, in which case this is only the third occurrence, so still pretty rare.

As it was going to be in broad daylight, and on a busy shopping day, I went with the brown wig this

time - I also remembered to do my mascara.

Traffic and a queue to get into the Trinity car park caused me to be marching at pace to get to the venue yet again - it was a 3pm start.  But I don't think I hadn't missed anything. 

It was in the park in 'Park Square', (we are very inventive with names around here). There were a lot of people there, a little gazebo with a PA system 

and sound guy. There were people floating about with very big camera's, not sure if they were TV people, or just pro video for social media etc.

It started with a bit of an intro going over her life, as short as it was, and history. Then a minutes silence with some singing - apparently they had circulated lyrics so people could join in, but I didn't see any. 

Then there was a long line of people wanting to speak. Some teens of a similar age sharing their experiences, an MP, a ex CEO of Gender GP, someone who I had seen in the pub at Wakefield but had never spoken to. The angels of freedom were patrolling too which was nice - they volunteer to look after people late at night in the freedom quarter. 

I'm a little deaf and some people were not that great at speaking into the microphone so I was straining to hear some - but there was a Scottish poet who came on, who took full advantage of the additional amplification (they would have been heard without it) to have their very heartfelt poem echoing off the buildings around the square, a memory that will stick with me for sure - really need to find who they were.

There were some strong emotions, "F*ck Terf's" was said by many people, and was also one of the song lyrics.

But there were positive messages, saying it was OK to be angry, but perhaps to try and use it for positive actions. 

I was there an hour, I hadn't worn my big black coat as it seemed a bit like funeral wear, and we had been asked to wear bright clothes - my leather jacket wasn't bright, but it did allow more of my pink polka dots to be seen, the organisers had requested pink and colourful to match her personality.

It had been spitting on and off, so I was getting quite cold, and the armouries shuts at 5pm, so I headed off just after 4pm. I think they said it was going on YouTube so I might see if I can catch the speakers I missed on there.

I met back up with the family and we drove home via KFC. 

It was good to go, as one of the speakers had said, it's a shame we have to all meet under such sad circumstances. I guess will have sparkle to look forward to for a more positive similar occasion. I wonder if she got the chance to go to any.

I am still dressed at the moment as I type which is nice, so often I am in man mode recounting Izzy activities rather than as me.

I've never been to a vigil before, it's a shame I ever have had to really. It was good to feel part of something, and to be with similar people and supporters though. 

I felt sad, and angry but clearly not as much as others there. I guess we all respond differently.

Cold Turkey

Tuesday - Laser

It was my 4th session, I shaved just before bed time on the Monday. 

My appointment went as normal, however I was told that she would be ramping up the power again this time.

It really did hurt a fair bit - she commented that she thought I was holding my breath through a lot of it.

My face stung a fair bit afterwards and was quite blotchy. I did apply lots of Aloe Vera gel.

Wednesday - CentreParcs Sherwood

This was a work event, we have a whole company gathering twice a year, plus regional xmas parties.

My face had seemingly recovered overnight and wasn't too bad, I had been worried it would be really obvious.

I made sure to put sun cream on as well as the Aloe Vera, you need to treat it like you have got sunburn.

My face did seem quite shiny due to all the creams, but nothing was said by anyone.

I was being fairly brave with my look, I had my black stud earrings in, and also the blue suede side zip female boots.

Along with the much longer hair I was about as obvious as I had ever been to a work do.

It was pretty good, we have some inspirational speakers, and a group team building exercise during the day.

Lunch was a buffet with plenty of healthy options.  The evening meal was similar help yourself, with lots of how vats of lovely food. This was followed by a quiz and then a disco. There was a free bar of course, I witnessed it roll over 5K on my last drink, I suspect it was a lot higher in the end.

Had a nice chat with the two female co-workers I had previously come out to, and was also sharing a chalet with. I even dragged one up on the dance floor for a few songs ! - dancing in man mode is a very rare event since I left Uni many decades ago.

I only had one comment about the hair and the earrings - from a chap who always notes any differences, nobody else seemed to care.

Was sensible with the drink, and we didn't get to bed too late. We had a cooked breakfast and I drove home for about 10:30am

I was fairy zombified for the rest of the day, I didn't sleep too well.

Friday - Family weekend 

My in-laws and my wife's brother and sister were up here to celebrate my father in laws birthday. It's fair to say I am not that keen on prolonged family events, so the last 4 days haven't been massive fun for me. We did have a nice meal out on Sunday night, but it went on a bit late. 

I was also full of cold that seemed to come on quickly on Friday, but fortunately seems to be improving just as quick.

I got the house back at 6:30pm today :) - they are nice people, not so sure they would be nice if they knew though.

So I haven't dressed since Saturday the 4th, I was tempted to tonight, but tomorrow is a better idea now.

Thursday is my Wakefield group, and Friday is a potential adventure day, with Nottingham Invasion in the evening !