So I found out today through Twitter that today is National Coming Out Day. I took this as an opportunity to post on Facebook that I am bisexual, but more importantly I am transgender. Now, I didn't tell everybody, actually maybe only told 10 people on FB about this. A couple of which already knew. But some of my family live up in Michigan so I won't really have the opportunity to tell them in person. So if they see it on FB then they'll know :) There's also a few friends I told too who I don't really talk to as much, but I know that they'd be fun to hang out with and could also teach me a few things. But anyways, this brings me to my next point.
3 weeks ago I decided to tell my cousin. This is the brother of the cousin I have already told. We were going to go to dinner and watch the Bears-Steelers game. Unfortunately he was in Bloomington that weekend and didn't make it home in time for the game. I was a little upset, but knew I'd have other opportunities. So the very next week we met up at Bdubs for the Lions-Bears game (Oh my!). We talked for a bit just in general, and then came a moment of silence and we just sat and watched the game. So I just came right out with it and told him that I'm transgender. He's luckily got some friends that are transgender and was totally fine with it. Honestly, I felt awkward telling him, because even though it was a helpful thing for me to do, there's not really much he can do to help me ya know? But anyways, a couple days later I met with my aunt for a haircut. I had trouble telling her last time so I told my female cousin that she could tell her. Well, I wasn't sure if she had or not until I got there. I sit in the chair to get my haircut, and she comes down and says "She told me about what you're doing" and such. Huge relief! She was incredibly supportive and had plenty of questions which I both love and hate answering. But anyways, it's nice knowing I have a quarter of my family on my side. And I have another person who can not only show me some things about makeup, but she can also style my hair. And I'll definitely be getting my hair styled next time! I only got it trimmed this last time. But yeah, it feels great having people know and be on my side.
So now let's talk briefly about what I've been up to. Mostly school, but now I'm pretty organized. I started doing To-do lists and that's been helping me along. I've given 2 speeches in my speech class, got a B- on the first, B on the 2nd. So hopefully that'll give me some confidence to pass this damned class lol. Really I've been focused on school, but there are some really great tv shows that have started up this fall that are a nice break from reality. I'll list my faves;
Agents of SHIELD
Sleepy Hollow
The Goldbergs
The Micheal J. Fox Show
The Crazy Ones
And then there's the returning shows like, South Park, Parks and Rec, The League, Always Sunny, American Horror Story (Awesome btw!), and Walking Dead starts Sunday!!!
It's always nice to have a break from reality, and you should always take that time to escape reality, but don't do it for too long because then you get bored with real life and do something you may regret. Anyways, Life Lesson #1 huh? lol
So lastly here, I had the house to myself last weekend and totally took advantage! I threw on makeup and even tried eyeshadow for the first time. Was a total disaster! But I'm a newbie and I'll get better with time and practice. But thankfully it's not noticeable in my pics. I'm just gonna go with the two I really liked.
Anyways, that's about all I have to say for today. My next therapy appt is Nov. 4th so look for a post about that shortly after. But hopefully something else will come up that I can write about. I'd love to be able to write about Halloween, but unfortunately I will have class that night and don't know exactly what I'll be able to do, but I'd love to have my cousin help me make me up and maybe go to a bar for a party or something. But that's just a wish right now. A girls gotta have dreams and wishes :) Love you all an thanks for reading!
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