The past week has been quite the mix of highs and lows.
Couple of rough patches with partner.
Having a very affirming experience in Ann Summers, getting my first lingerie under her guidance.
Having my referral to the gender identity clinic confirmed.
Because you’re focused on the visuals from a single user perspective…
It’s not been a good week tbh…
Had a very rough patch with my partner that we’re trying to work through, but it’s tough.
A lot of tears, some minor self harm, emotions on an erratic seesaw.
Weekend plans are some shopping, see my new nephew, some time with my daughters and preparations for vacation next week.
Way down the street at the moment…
I’ve had a lot of cats as pets over my life to date.
Three of my favourite were all black kitties.
Then there was my dark tortoiseshell who will always have a special place in my heart.
Have a lovely break! ❤️
Honestly, I’m usually cuddling my little round kitty or Blahaj as I’m drifting off to dreamland…
Very much ups and downs here…
Had my assessment with my private medical cover over my gender identity wtf
Counselling sessions start this week.
Saw friends at the weekend which was nice… apart from the actual bbq being a pretty heavy disaster for my partner and me.
It is a fun game, but if you know what you’re doing it’s so exploitable to get powerful components early.
The amusing thing here is that since coming out, I find panties to be way more comfortable than any of my boxers…
Yes, when I’m out with my partner I have a preference to wear my collar.
I’ve never had anyone comment about it or actively noticed a second glance scenario.
I did have a staff member in hotel reception call me by my pet name instead of my actual name when they looked at it once…
That said wearing it more often than not over the past year has incurred a fair amount of wear and tear.
I recently picked up a couple of cute chokers to wear out and about instead though for casual use, with the collar explicitly for kinky events only.
Less risk to my collar, and still have the same secure feeling of the binding around my neck.
Back when reddit premium was a thing I was quite happy to sub to that to pay towards costs, and make use of the benefits like X gold to give people per month and increased sub limits etc
Then they messed about with all that and I dropped my sub …
And I haven’t been back since the protests started so 🤷♀️
Mental health is extremely important and often overlooked.
Thank you for everything you’ve done to date.
Take your time and we’ll all be here when you’re ready ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Prepare for a rabbit hole… but this ought to get you started…
Just an FYI on the NOLF bit…
Had a lovely time at a Pride event on Saturday.
Then fell a bit poorly, to the extent my partner just pointed me at the bed and I passed out the previous two nights without raising any fuss.
This is just insane…
Yes the DoD has war plans on how to attack anyone at need… Heck there almost certainly are plans for how to handle an insane UK.
The President can ask for these plans at any time.
That doesn’t mean the DoD wants to actually carry out those plans… but then why did Donald ask for them?
Was a an enjoyable evening on Friday or drinking with my partner and one of her friends.
Then yesterday was the Edinburgh Pride march which was a heck of a lot of fun.
I think it also important to note that it wasn’t just the pricing itself, which was indeed already heinous, but that the rate calculation changed. It used to be a rate per user per app (apikey+oauth) but they changed that to just the per app … that then has a multiplicative effect on the costs and makes the “free tier” they were talking about especially pointless…
It would be easy for an app to start at free tier … not have much growth through word of mouth but enough given the per app rates to push it over boundary points … and then be due a significant and unavoidable invoice in a couple of months…
Don’t… the comments by our (UK) minsters yesterday were appalling and very concerning…