On life's bumpy road

Sarah_P · January 22, 2018, 05:39:45 PM

Quote from: Roll on January 22, 2018, 03:40:04 PM
I want those problems.

Soon enough you'll get to enjoy all this fun. Bwahahaha.....

Cassi · January 22, 2018, 05:41:47 PM

Quote from: Sarah_P on January 22, 2018, 05:35:51 PM
It's that the lobes are still sore, and any kind of pressure on them hurts just enough to wake me up. They're not feeling too bad right now though, so hopefully they won't be a problem tonight. I'll take some aspirin or ibuprofen before bed, maybe that'll help, too.

Oh, I hope you feel better tonight. Mine tend to push against my head next to my ear(s) depending on how I'm sleeping and as I tend to sleep on my side most the time I'll wake myself to the point that I even remove them as much as I don't want to just to get back to sleep.

Roll · January 22, 2018, 09:00:20 PM

Quote from: Sarah_P on January 22, 2018, 05:39:45 PM
Soon enough you'll get to enjoy all this fun. Bwahahaha.....

Ah, a good natured, entirely non-evil laugh!

Sarah_P · January 24, 2018, 08:36:31 PM

My first day of work as Sarah was GREAT!!!! All my worries about this town seem so silly now.
For the most part people didn't really say anything one way or another. There was one guy who walked in & said "That's the weirdest thing I've seen today". He seems to have some weird idea that this is just a prank or costume or something. He'll learn soon enough. I still got 2 or 3 sirs, but those were regular people who have said that to me forever, so it's still reflex for them at this point. Plus I'm still convincing myself they're saying 'Sarah' too quickly.
On the bright side, I had many compliments. One woman said I looked fabulous and was very happy for me. I wanted to hug her. After she left I had to step aside and hold back some tears. Best of all, our courier guy that I see every day (who, by the way, is SUPER cute!) said I looked very pretty.

I may or may not have been flirting with him for the last couple months.

Clumsily, I'm sure - I've never flirted before!

EDIT: Oh yeah!! Plus another woman said 'I know the man that's normally at that desk, but I don't think I've seen you before.'. Nope, you've not seen me before.

Yet another woman asked a coworker if I was <deadname>'s sister.

Bring on day two!

Laurie · January 24, 2018, 08:53:18 PM

Awesome sauce Sarah. Indeed "Bring on day two!"

Sounds like you had a pretty darn good day for having to work.

Hugs,
Laurie

Jayne01 · January 25, 2018, 01:05:23 AM

Sarah, I like your new profile pic.

Jayne

Megan. · January 25, 2018, 01:08:31 AM

Yay, wonderful news Sarah, so glad it went well for you. X

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Sarah_P · January 25, 2018, 07:13:01 AM

Quote from: Laurie on January 24, 2018, 08:53:18 PM
Awesome sauce Sarah. Indeed "Bring on day two!"

Sounds like you had a pretty darn good day for having to work.

Hugs,
Laurie

My work is rarely all that difficult. In fact, I usually spend most of the day working on my coding lessons / projects.

Quote from: Jayne01 on January 25, 2018, 01:05:23 AM
Sarah, I like your new profile pic.

Jayne

Thank you! I so rarely am able to take a decent selfie, mostly due to my older phone. And the selfie camera is like way worse quality than the back camera.

Quote from: Megan. on January 25, 2018, 01:08:31 AM
Yay, wonderful news Sarah, so glad it went well for you. X

Thank you!!! I'm sure eventually it will all feel routine, but it's pretty exciting right now!

Sarah_P · January 29, 2018, 11:22:05 PM

Saw the doctor today, everything's going great. Best of all, she wrote up a letter for me for my name & gender marker change. Later this week I think I'm going to wander over to the courthouse and get that started!

After that I went to see Shape of Water (by myself - I had time to kill). That was so good!!!

Then I met up with a couple guy friends and we got some dinner after hanging out a bit. Went to a Chinese resteraunt, and the very nice woman working there really liked my necklace & asked about it. She wondered if there was a diamond in it - I had told her it was probably cheap plastic.
Edit: Just remembered, it's actually the same necklace I'm wearing in my current avatar.

Roll · January 29, 2018, 11:24:52 PM

Quote from: Sarah_P on January 29, 2018, 11:22:05 PM
After that I went to see Shape of Water (by myself - I had time to kill). That was so good!!!

Haha, I just did that on Saturday.

Was bored, no one else was around and it was just plain dreary, so I ate chick-fil-a and watched one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen (and that is saying something).

My constant reaction throughout the movie: "Awwww, that's sweet. ... Oh, wait, god, and really messed up."

Laurie · January 29, 2018, 11:34:32 PM

Hi Sarah,

Name change huh? sheeesh another girl zipping past me and off into the sunrise leaving me in her dust. cough cough gasp cough.

Congrats girl!! cough cough. I'm gasp cough Happy for you.

Hugs,
Laurie

Cassi · January 30, 2018, 09:22:53 AM

Quote from: Roll on January 29, 2018, 11:24:52 PM
Haha, I just did that on Saturday. Was bored, no one else was around and it was just plain dreary, so I ate chick-fil-a and watched one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen (and that is saying something).

My constant reaction throughout the movie: "Awwww, that's sweet. ... Oh, wait, god, and really messed up."

I was really impressed with the movie too. Gills grow on you

Sarah_P · January 30, 2018, 01:43:27 PM

Quote from: Roll on January 29, 2018, 11:24:52 PM
Haha, I just did that on Saturday. Was bored, no one else was around and it was just plain dreary, so I ate chick-fil-a and watched one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen (and that is saying something).

My constant reaction throughout the movie: "Awwww, that's sweet. ... Oh, wait, god, and really messed up."

I didn't say it wasn't weird, but it was still great! The musical number really topped it off.

Quote from: Cassi on January 30, 2018, 09:22:53 AM
I was really impressed with the movie too. Gills grow on you

Right? And for some reason I was hungry for hard-boiled eggs.

Sarah_P · January 30, 2018, 01:46:38 PM

Quote from: Laurie on January 29, 2018, 11:34:32 PM
Hi Sarah,

Name change huh? sheeesh another girl zipping past me and off into the sunrise leaving me in her dust. cough cough gasp cough.

Congrats girl!! cough cough. I'm gasp cough Happy for you.

Hugs,
Laurie

Thanks Laurie!! We'll see how well it goes, this is Kansas after all. I don't think I'm kicking up all that much dust... but again, Kansas. We're pretty dusty sometimes. Just dodge the tumbleweeds.

Laurie · January 30, 2018, 02:44:23 PM

Quote from: Sarah_P on January 30, 2018, 01:46:38 PM
Thanks Laurie!! We'll see how well it goes, this is Kansas after all. I don't think I'm kicking up all that much dust... but again, Kansas. We're pretty dusty sometimes. Just dodge the tumbleweeds.

Dodge them? No you stop and make neato forts out of them.

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Sarah_P · February 05, 2018, 10:51:43 PM

I've been sick for the last 3 days. Started with nose running on Friday (still trying to catch it), then sore throat & all-around feeling miserable. What's worse it's not even the 'helpful' kind of sick where I can't eat - I'm just as hungry as ever but spending 90% of my time lying down, so I'm definitely not losing any weight from it.
I just had a flu shot last Monday. I know they say 'It's not the shot that made you sick!', but I can only imagine it's part of it. I'll probably be back at work tomorrow, though my voice is really froggy right now.

Laurie · February 05, 2018, 10:57:41 PM

As long as it ain't that nasty flu going round. Awwww there there hun, you'll be okay soon. But you're young and would probably beat it easily.

Hugs,
Laurie

Sarah_P · February 07, 2018, 01:27:43 PM

I don't know if it's the same thing or not, but it definitely put me down for several days. I did go to work yesterday, but I became mildly oblivious to the world as the day ran on. I'm feeling much better today, but throat is still not great. Makes it harder to sound feminine when I'm still trying to find exactly where that is.

On to today's news though:
SQEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! My court date for my name change is next Monday!!!
The unfortunate part? I've got electrolysis that morning. OK, 2 hours of pain (10:15), should give me enough time to get back home & clean up before the court date (2:30), with a 90 minute drive in between.... it might be close. I may have to shorten my torture session to 90 minutes, just to be safe. Or, just reschedule for the next week, which may be better because I have plans this Sunday, too. Plus I don't want my face to look all puffed up & red at court. Hmm....

Jayne01 · February 07, 2018, 02:23:18 PM

Yay! for the upcoming court date. I would reschedule the torture session. One week won't matter in the grand scheme of things. Better to not risk being late for court, and you don't want to be putting makeup on a freshly zapped face, not good for healing.

Glad you are feeling better.

Jayne

Laurie · February 07, 2018, 03:15:50 PM

Quote from: Jayne01 on February 07, 2018, 02:23:18 PM
Yay! for the upcoming court date. I would reschedule the torture session. One week won't matter in the grand scheme of things. Better to not risk being late for court, and you don't want to be putting makeup on a freshly zapped face, not good for healing.

Glad you are feeling better.

Jayne

Oh darn Sarah, I'll have to agree with Jayne on the postponing of torture and for thr same reasons. Dang how I hate hhving to do that!

Oh btw.... Squeeeee!! on the court date.

Hugs,
Laurie

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