One Of The Gang
Mood:  silly
Now Playing: Fan on High
Today was my last day of review classes and therefore my last day seeing any of my classmates until we start our next year of school. So, to celebrate while we were all still in the area (a lot of people are going home for the summer, some out of state), I went out to lunch with the people I sit with in class. It didn't dawn on me until we got to the restaurant that I was the only "Guy" attending. No one else seemed to think anything about it. Just me and 6 other girls. I suppose it's not odd if you consider that I'm transitioning to female that the people I relate best to are all female, but what I do find strange is that this wasn't the case before I consciously made the decision to transition. As if I was avoiding becoming too close with other women before. Was this because I was worried about what it said about me (remember I was sort of in denial for a long time about all this)? Was it because I didn't want to be treated like an outsider by a group that I felt I should naturally be able to integrate into? Was it because I tended to be asocial because it made dealing with my GID easier? I couldn't say, but I do know that today was a wonderful day. I didn't feel out of place in the least and lunch was very nice.

When we got back to school (isn't car pooling fun?) and just before we all took off, they finally noticed for the first time that my ears were pierced. I had been doing a good job covering them in class (just to avoid questions) but outside in the wind it was impossible. That set off a million and one different questions that I'm not sure I answered to their satisfaction, but eventually they let it go. I wonder what they'll be thinking down the line when I come out at school? Hoping they'll be as great about it as everyone else I've told so far. Guess we'll see eventually...

TGIF