I recently was dragged to the local pool by my mother. Now a little background. I'm TS. I've been non-op for over 15 years due to being massively overweight. I am FAT, balding, bad skin (psoriasis) don't do the makeup thing but do do nail varnish and I usually dress casually... stretch pants and a simple t-shirt. In spite of all this I 'pass' easily in the women's change room.

So here I am having spent an hour in the pool swimming laps and I'm walking around topless and drying my hair under the blowers. I happened to glance into a mirror and saw myself. (something I regularly avoid) and I realised I was smiling. I felt so damn nice I couldn't keep it in.

I'd previously been feeling down and ugly and wondering why I don't do more to feel femme instead of lazing around in strech pants and a tshirt when here I realised that even half naked I _AM_ femme. It was a nice feeling to have that restored to me.

I got dressed and went home... I was floating for a few days. I even bought a 3x magnifier mirror and did my eyebrows (I have einstein style brows).

Sally Hansen has this new nailpolish that dries in seconds. I recommend them whole heartedly. It not only dries fast it covers in one coat and dries hard enough that you can get dressed. Most 'quick dry' nail varnishes I've tried are dry to the touch but underneath they are still liquid. So getting dressed can lead to your favourite blouse getting ruined by smeared nail varnish.

Its been a good week. I feel better about myself and my appearance.

Thanks for listening,
Dayna.