Tuesday, June 3, 2008

magnificent monday

yesterday was simply amazing...i guess i should start from the morning.. itll make more sense that way.

:) - i had gotten a package notice in my mailbox on saturday with a pickup time of 9am. after dropping everyone off in their respective places monday morning it was still only 8am. i KNEW it was my new M1700 from t-kingdom. i called the post office and the guy said i could come now - i zip over the post office and *"aaah" clouds open/angels sing* it hath arrived. got breakfast at the mrs. winners next door and headed home to change clothes. aaaah...good binding. *big smile* now i can nap in peace.

:) - yesterday around 11:40am i saw Jack (my talkdoc) and we pretty much spent 2/3 of our time complaining about the economy and how hard it is to get a job as well as touching on how he's billing my insurance and whats gonna happen if they dont cover me. its a risk im ready to take cause this is something i need. then he asks what's up with me and i told him i wanted to talk about hormone therapy. he asked if i felt more ready and i answered yes. i even told him about the convo i had with my mom's wife - i had found it a bit rediculous that she wanted to "make sure this is something wanted for herself" blah blah. No, this ISNT something i thougth up to do Last Week.. Ive been running from it for the majority of my life and now Im facing it!
so Jack starts on about Standards of Care and how i need to be seeing him for at least 90 days before he can write me a letter. he pulls out my chart and his calendar and says.. ok so thatll be July 14. he then tells me that if i want to, i can go ahead and schedule an appointment for a work-up for any day after July14/15. SuWEEEEEEET! he gave me directions from his office to the clinic that a couple guys he sees uses and asked if i had time after my appointment - and i did. Im STOKED! i go to the clinic where they let me use my chosen name and make me an appointment for July 21, 2008... dude! 2 DAYS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY?! Happy re/birthday to ME!!! they told me that i need to have had an annual (sigh) within 12 months so i made an appointment to have one (if i havent cause i couldnt remember) in a couple weeks. aww man.. good isht.

:) - last night i was feeling so good from the day having gone so well that i kinda struck up conversation with my daughter - she's eight. i reminded her of the conversation we had had with her about how i was going to change and how people are going to see me as a man. i told her that we should start thinking of something new for her to call me, instead of Mom. (I was Mom and T was Mommy.)
when id asked T about what the kid would call me she had talked about how she didnt want the kid to call me Dad. i didnt particularly like that - but her opinion was because she thought it would be disrespectful of the kid's father. i disagree. i am her male figure, i help take care of and raise her. the appropriate term for that, is Dad.. PERIOD. however.. T has her feelings so.. we deal. my conclusion to that conversation was - lets see what the kid comes up with.
so i asked the kid what she wanted to call me and she said, "how about Dad? *smile*" i of course couldnt hide the smile on my face, but i asked her if she was sure. she nodded emphatically and said that she liked it. i told her we'd have to ask Mommy tomorrow. then i put her to bed, read a story, and hung out with her for a good half hour before pleading with her to lay down and go to sleep. she was way hyper last night for some reason.

*whew* it was a big day.
good stuff.

that was kind of a lot. there's more to talk about but.. id hate to ruin such a happy post with anything more drab.. so.. i'll talk about the other stuff next time. HAD to get THIS stuff out to the world though..ya know?

back soon. you too i hope.

Ray

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