coming together

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i went to camp trans. it was such an amazing experience. as apprehensive as i was about going and anxious about the whole thing, i am so glad that i went. i learned so much, met so many people, discovered so many things about myself, my identity, my ideas about relationships and bodies and love, that i feel like i learned more in the 6 days that i was there than i did during my entire 6 years in college. it was enlightening. there were so many different types of people and people identified in so many types of ways but at the same time, there was a singularity about it all, and i felt interconnected to everyone at the camp. we all were there to celebrate people, bodies, queers, women, men, and everyone in-between that stifling binary. i feel so refreshed.

on that note... i got a new position at the clinic. yeah!!! i can't wait to be doing something different than crunching numbers all the time. i also scheduled my surgery!!!!! october 23rd at 11am baby!! san francisco, here i come! i can't wait. my name change is official. it became official on monday, august 14th, 2006. i wrote my sister a letter, telling her of my decision to transition. i hope she takes it well. i emptied out my retirement account so i can use it to cut off my breasts. i don't care if i have to work until i have one foot in the grave. it will be so worth it.

yup, things are coming together.

and betsy and i are doing the best ever. she really loves me that girl.