I know, it's been a while since I blogged last... Honestly, my life's gotten pretty boring of late. It's the same story day after day, I go to work, eat, play some games, read some stuff on BCTS, occasionally try to write my stories that I'm really horrible about updating... And I'm getting absolutely no where with my transition goals. I'm not getting any closer to being able to afford health insurance (that covers transition), and my family and close associates still insist this is just some "phase" at best. At worst, they're like my mom and are refusing to believe it's happening at all.

However, today something really really cool happened... again, it was at work, again, it was a snippet of conversation from the kids on property. The middle schoolers had just gotten off the bus and a bunch of boys were walking past me when one of them said "hi" to me, I returned his salutation, and he turned to one of his buddies and was like "was that a guy?", his buddy firmly stated, "that's a girl", and then a third guy is like, "hey dude".

I was literally on cloud nine for like an hour afterwards. I mean, I wasn't even trying, I mean, I wasn't trying to disguise my slight breast development or modest curves, but at the same time I hadn't shaved my face that morning, and I never do use anything to try to hide my stubble or shadow anyways. I don't think I did anything special with my voice or anything when I said hi either... But still, the second boy had absolutely no doubt in his mind that my gender was female. Further, the first had doubts that I was male. Whilst the third apparently was certain of my masculinity, I don't really know, maybe "dude" is gender neutral anymore? I honestly don't follow childrens slang. Still, two of three, that's batting pretty good for not even trying.

Kids...