A Place To Say Something

[Charlize]

Gosh, Students....we kind of get them at the farm at a beginners farmer class whicch NOFA runs (organic association). i always get scared but you will do fine it just comes when you need it especially if they are interested and trying to learn.

Jamie i remember seeing myself in a skirt and a beard. I would set the mirror so i couldn't see my face and feel ok. I grew a beard early to try to put myself on a shelf somewhere. I guess it fell off and i wish the facial hair would as well. It would be easier.

You look great!

Megan i'm glad your back in a skirt. I wear a long jean skirt almost all the time. My chore skirt is covered in formula from when i feed my young goats and manure because the keep jumping on me. It is such fun to have these babies. The ones with moms couldn't care less about me but these guys would follow me anywhere. i was thinking about walking them through town. That would stir things up! I'm afraid they would browse on other things as well. I guess we'll have to stay in the barnyard and i try not to wear this skirt to town.

Hugs,

Charlie

[Guest Jamie_cd]

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm 26 and have had some type of facial hair for about 6 years now. It's time for a change tho!

[mara13]

@ Charlie, That being the case (with the goats that is) Perhaps you should change your name to Mary!

But in all honesty, baby goats can be quite adorable! I helped a neighbor take care of theirs when I was young, and I absolutely fell in love with them. Even when they decided to nibble my shirts.

[Guest JazzySmurf]

I made it! :-) Teaching was intenssse (two straight hours of lecturing, and the second section was at 150% capacity), but the students seemed really nice! Even had some students from other classes. :-) Did 35 minutes on the elliptical to de-stress... you know, after standing for two straight hours and being dead tired, you'd think doing a standing up exercise for half an hour would be lethal, but it's the exact opposite! One of the great wonders of mankind :-)

Anyways, cooking some pasta... going to watch a re-run of SoYouThinkYouCanDance, then seeing if I can get some more school-work done before bed. Byeeezz!

ps: thank you all so much for the encouragement :-) :-) xoxo

[Guest Amber Lynn]

Wow, that does sound intense, Sam! Sounds like you did an awesome job, though, I knew you would! And nothing better than unwinding afterwards, I say.

Except now I feel like pasta...

Gina

[Guest -guest-]

A few wild turkeys arrive here each day.

From where I sit, I can watch them walking around the yard, trying to find whatever it is that they eat.

When Martha, my Great Dane, goes outside, she makes them seek refuge in the trees. But they always return and resume their search.

I'm struck by their perseverance. First, they dig. Then, they step back and look at the ground. There are no guarantees. More often than not, it takes a lot of scratching to quell the hunger And then they have to do it all again the next day and the day after that. There's no free lunch for turkeys.

You have to keep going. For the most part, life won't give you much unless you make the effort to get it. In the end, success comes from hard work and determination.

It isn't always easy, but using your own skills and talents to get what you need and want is far more rewarding than having it all laid out for the taking.

[Guest JazzySmurf]

Thanks Gina :-) hugsss (ps: good luck with the pasta )

[Guest Bellexia]

I finally got my deathcharger mount on wow I've been farming for it for years now.

[Guest Bellexia]

Oh and I feel much better. Don't feel as bad as I did last night. I guess I am just over it now Life goes on and I have so much to do!

[Guest Claire-G]

I'm still on a high from earlier today.

Went to group therapie totally as Claire.

On the train in the metro to Amsterdam and it felt good.

Was a bit nervous offcourse.

Was funny that some of the group didn't recognize me.

[Guest JazzySmurf]

Couldn't decide what to cook for dinner tonight... so we decided to just go out (Indian food). If only all other things in life were this easy :-D

[Guest Robin Winter]

Couldn't decide what to cook for dinner tonight... so we decided to just go out (Indian food). If only all other things in life were this easy :-D

You should have come here, we had roast turkey with herbed potatoes, homemade stuffing, and carrots with a lake of gravy!

[Guest Amber Lynn]

Go Claire! That's great!

I'm only recently warming up to the idea of going to Group Therapy at all (I get pretty nervous with bigger groups in general), though I suspect I'll go in the not-to-distant-future. And I can;t help but think about how great it would be (after a fair bit of time going, of course) to finally get to be Gina around other people.

[Guest JazzySmurf]

Couldn't decide what to cook for dinner tonight... so we decided to just go out (Indian food). If only all other things in life were this easy :-D

You should have come here, we had roast turkey with herbed potatoes, homemade stuffing, and carrots with a lake of gravy!

Ooo that sounds delish :-)

[Guest Jamie_cd]

Couldn't decide what to cook for dinner tonight... so we decided to just go out (Indian food). If only all other things in life were this easy :-D

You should have come here, we had roast turkey with herbed potatoes, homemade stuffing, and carrots with a lake of gravy!

That sounds great!! Gotta love home cooked meals!

Just got told at work that I was written up for covering for my coworker. He and I (I thought) were friends. Turns out I've been covering for someone who talked pretty badly about me behind my back. Ugh some people really frustrate me

[Guest JazzySmurf]

Jamie, I'm so sorry that happened :-( It's the most annoying thing when it does happen. I had somebody at work who I thought was a friend, but she ended up mocking my transsexuality behind my back (or so I heard). It's no fun.

[Guest Jamie_cd]

Jamie, I'm so sorry that happened :-( It's the most annoying thing when it does happen. I had somebody at work who I thought was a friend, but she ended up mocking my transsexuality behind my back (or so I heard). It's no fun.

I'm really sorry to hear that Sam. Some people are just jerks. It amazes me that your "friend" would mock you, especially if he or she knows it will get back to you.

[mara13]

Sadly, Some people do it BECAUSE it will get back, and because they didn't say it directly, they have some very small amount of plausible deniability, at least in their eyes they do.

[Guest JazzySmurf]

Yeah, the girl has issues, it's okay though; I never bothered confronting her, I figured this really was not a friendship worth having.

[Guest JazzySmurf]

Today, I just got my first ID that looks like me. It was my school ID :-) The whole experience was surprisingly anti-climatic: I told the clerk that I was transgender and my old ID doesn't look like me anymore, she asked me "So you'd like to take a new picture?", I said yes, and she did.

[Charlize]

I loved it when i got a new drivers license and they laughingly asked if i wanted the old photo or the new one. The lady had a big smile as she said "we are supposed to ask".

Hugs,

Charlie

[Guest Bellexia]

I got something to say, it needs to be said so when it comes from my mind to my fingers to this board, you are going to see me says it. I forgot what I was going to say...

[Guest JazzySmurf]

I loved it when i got a new drivers license and they laughingly asked if i wanted the old photo or the new one. The lady had a big smile as she said "we are supposed to ask".

Hugs,

Charlie

That's really neat :-) I'm glad you had a great time; I've mostly heard horror stories before this, so this definitely gives me hope that my DMV experience won't be too painful either :-) Hugs!

[Guest Jaques]

I loved it when i got a new drivers license and they laughingly asked if i wanted the old photo or the new one. The lady had a big smile as she said "we are supposed to ask".

Hugs,

Charlie

....thats funny

[Guest Tamar]

That's lovely to hear Cynthia.