Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 03, 2018, 12:14:59 PM
Cassi,

Congratulations on your one month mark, as well as your bargains.


Chrissy

Thanks Chrissy!

I'm sure that all the Walgreen's have the leggings at the price.  I snatched up all the Large-XLarge at 3 stores, lol.

Did you get want you wanted at the warehouse club that you came into town for?
They can have good prices.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 03, 2018, 01:59:05 PM
Did you get want you wanted at the warehouse club that you came into town for?
They can have good prices.

No, I didn't buy anything.  I try to do things with my daughter and she works two jobs so it's tight time wise.  I did look around though and was impressed.  We had Costco memberships when her mom was alive but that was a long time ago.

One word: vodka.

So my wife had postponed our trip to Florida due to my parents being sick. (We were supposed to visit my mother after her 2nd hip replacement surgery.) So we wanted to swim somewhere so we did a quick trip to Harrah's in Atlantic City and they have an awesome indoor pool under a huge dome that is always 82 degrees with one large pool and 5 jacuzzis. (We went there for the pool, not the gambling and the rooms were inexpensive but very nice.)

This was the first time I went swimming since GCS and OMG it was amazing. I no longer had to worry about tucking or anything and it was wonderful and felt so free. After we spent the day swimming I changed in the women's locker room afterward. I'm shy about being naked, but went ahead and changed into dry clothes (the hallways were too cool to wear a wet swimsuit.) I faced away from the two other woman besides my wife changing out of their swimsuits and after I had mine off and about to put on my dry panties, another woman needed to get into the locker right in front of me and she ended up seeing me totally naked. (Thankfully you can't see any scars unless my labia is spread laying down.) Nothing happened, just as it shouldn't have, but it was such an affirming experience. I wasn't planning on showing it off, but it just happened.

I'm competing in a two day shooting match and have no issues getting gendered correctly by everyone except by a couple of people who knew me from way back. (Mental imprints and all)

I'm also stomping over half my squad. I overheard "holy crap she can shoot" after one stage.
An old acquaintance of mine whom I've shot many matches with saw me and has been asking a friend if I'm my own sister. He has no clue I transitioned, I'm not planning on telling him, and it's a nice confidence boost.

 I believe congratulations are in order for both Sydney and Colleen.

Hugs to both,
  Laurie

Quote from: Laurie on February 04, 2018, 01:23:38 AM
> I believe congratulations are in order for both Sydney and Colleen.

Wow - yes!!

Quote from: yayo on February 03, 2018, 06:27:45 PM
One word: vodka.

Hello Yayo, I can relate... in my past.  Vodka and similar things did boost my spirits (yeah bad pun) followed with increasing unhappiness unless I was partying or at the local bar.  Some people can manage it just fine but I can't, I had my last drink in 2003.  Turns out I'd been self-medicating to mask deep-rooted issues which I finally tackled head-on.  I wish genuine long term happiness for you.  If you ever need a hand please don't hesitate to ask directly, PM, etc. 

Quote from: Kendra on February 04, 2018, 02:28:52 AM
Hello Yayo, I can relate... in my past.  Vodka and similar things did boost my spirits (yeah bad pun) followed with increasing unhappiness unless I was partying or at the local bar.  Some people can manage it just fine but I can't, I had my last drink in 2003.  Turns out I'd been self-medicating to mask deep-rooted issues which I finally tackled head-on.  I wish genuine long term happiness for you.  If you ever need a hand please don't hesitate to ask directly, PM, etc.

Aww, thanks hun. I was mostly joking, but I should cut back on the drinking. I've been using it to cope with stress lately and that's no bueno.

Thanks everyone. Here goes day two.

Quote from: Colleen_definitely on February 04, 2018, 07:32:00 AM
Thanks everyone. Here goes day two.

I hope you score well today in day two, and again "pass" well (no misgendering) with flying colors! 

Chrissy

Quote from: Colleen_definitely on February 04, 2018, 07:32:00 AM
Thanks everyone. Here goes day two.

I hope you win the whole shootin' match!

- Stephanie

I got the courage to go out to the shop in an all female look. High waisted skinny jeans, a cute t-shirt, a dash of eyeliner and a handbag it was really quite lovely. I felt like my loving, caring and playful self got to go outside instead of gruff manly exterior I normally have to put on! Xx

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Quote from: MollyPants on February 04, 2018, 07:57:07 AM
I got the courage to go out to the shop in an all female look. High waisted skinny jeans, a cute t-shirt, a dash of eyeliner and a handbag it was really quite lovely. I felt like my loving, caring and playful self got to go outside instead of gruff manly exterior I normally have to put on! Xx

Sounds like it was a good experience for you!  Great!

Chrissy

Quote from: Laurie on February 04, 2018, 01:23:38 AM
I believe congratulations are in order for both Sydney and Colleen.

Hugs to both,
  Laurie

Thank you 

Visited my daughter at her new house (nice) and looks like I will be a grandparent again 

Davina, congratulations!!

my hair looked awesome last night

Well I didn't win the whole thing, but I finished and didn't "par out" on any stages which is better than at least 1/3 of the shooters in attendance can say.  Each stage had a 5 minute time limit, and with the kind of technical shooting combined with physical stupidity a lot of people ended up hitting that time limit.  (physical stupidity included but was not limited to: throwing 29 kilo kettlebells, crawling under things, running 200 yards while shooting, etc...  Just look up Desert Brutality match on youtube in the next few days and you'll find lots of videos)

So while I wasn't in the top 3 for my division, I honestly don't know my actual rank but I'm pretty confident I'm in the upper 1/2 to 1/3.  The match ran late and they took shortcuts on posting scores so nobody knows exactly yet other than the top 3 in each division.  I know that I did crush a lot of egos and even the guys from the Camp Pendleton shooting team that were on my squad started commenting on how well I was doing.    No misgendering at all other than the old friends who just slip once in a while, and all in all it went great.  But now I'm covered in bruises, and have to catch a flight home in the morning, so I'm going to go collapse in bed with my girlfriend who was my official cheerleader all weekend.

Watching the EAGLES win from Disney World, and going to see the parade today. Never in my wildest dreams did I think they would win a Super Bowl in my lifetime having lived through their failures last time around. And finally starting to blend in and not get sideways looks.