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26/6/2017 0 Comments VacationI spent the last week on my first vacation as my true self. I had a wonderful time. The only thing that could have made it better would have been having my wife with my. Here is a recap of the trip. After the fun with security in Minneapolis, the rest of the flight was uneventful. My brother and niece picked me up at the airport and we headed off to Bellingham. It was late in the day, so we stopped for some Mexican food before seeing mom. Of course I had a jumbo margarita to get my courage up. It was around 9:00pm when we finally got to moms place. She finally got to see me in person. One of the first things she said to me was about me having a pot belly. I reemed her for that. It is NEVER appropriate to criticize someone's looks. I went to bed shortly after that, feeling like shit. The next day, we had a family party and my aunt and her boyfriend came. They were wonderfully supportive! I wish I could see them more often. Things seemed better with mom today and she told me later that day, or next morning, "After spending time with you, I realize you are the same person just with different clothes." That felt like a big step forward. I went shopping one morning and got myself a new, locally made dress and a pair of cool earrings. Tuesday, my brother, niece and I went to Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America for a formal visit. My wife and I have been members there for a very long time and it is a highlight of our trips. This time I had a ceremony done to acknowledge the changes in my life and also for our sweet Kitaro who left us recently. It was a very moving ceremony. Wednesday was my moms birthday and we took her to a nice place by the docks. It was delicious. Thursday, mom, my brother and I headed to Seattle. We did the underground tour which was pretty cool. After that, I was left to later meet up with my friend Pam. We were going to spend the next couple days together. We met at a Korean place near Pike Place Market. It was pretty tasty. Friday a spent the morning in the International District poking around like I like to do. Instead of taking the bus to meet Pam for lunch, I walked so that I could look at stuff. It was a lot of fun, but my knee wasn't too happy about it. After lunch I sat in a coffee shop for a couple hours to relax on my was to our dinner venue. Dinner was at a place on the pier called The Crab Pot. OMG, was it ever delicious. The shrimp were so good! After dinner, we headed black over towards Pam's house with a stop at a local gay bar. It was a nice little place, but it was apparently underwear night. As more and more guys were stripped down, I became more and more dysphoric. We left for a cheesy Chinese place for a last round.
Saturday was a slow day slowly heading to the airport. Getting through security was much easier this time! The flight got in early but it turned out the car was dead so I had to face a ton more walking to get to the train station and then home. I was completely wiped. It was great seeing my wife and the cats. Opal wanted nothing but pets all night long! She missed me a lot! I am happy to say that there wasn't a single misgendering the whole trip! I also noticed a few other transgender people out and about on the trip. All looked great.
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