{"id":647,"date":"2014-10-06T12:35:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T16:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/typingmonkeys.com\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:59:39","slug":"so-theres-that-day-14-lazy-sunday-in-girl-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/typingmonkeys.com\/blog\/so-theres-that-day-14-lazy-sunday-in-girl-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"So There’s That, Day 14: Lazy Sunday in Girl Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

So There\u2019s That: Adventures in Transgendering chronicled my transition in 2014. One hopes the gentle readers will forgive any awkward or anachronistic language within.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Sunday comes and I decide I\u2019d like to spend the day in girl mode.<\/p>\n

My youngest is cool with it (again), so I change into a long burgundy skirt. My top is another story. I find myself trying on a series of different long sleeve t-shirts. Too fat. Too tight. Too bright. Too sexy (!). I then put on the one that looks just right. The black one. Modest, slimming and appropriate for a lazy Sunday.<\/p>\n

Just like a girl, right?<\/p>\n

I come downstairs, no clogs this time, and my youngest smiles again. Skirt or yoga pants, I ask.<\/p>\n

Definitely skirt. This one\u2019s a charmer.<\/p>\n

We spend the day catching up on\u00a0Sleepy Hollow<\/i>. A normal Sunday with my youngest. But in girl mode.<\/p>\n

I am a lucky man. Or girl. Or whatever. Not sure how that works yet.<\/p>\n

In between episodes I decide to paint my toenails. Unfortunately, I\u2019m still at the stage of painting more than the just the nails and sheepishly scrape the excess polish off my toes. Not as much as on previous attempts, but it\u2019d be nice to master the art of toenail painting eventually.<\/p>\n

Night comes and my youngest votes pizza for dinner. Okay, let me change into boy mode for the delivery guy. No need to freak out the locals. Let\u2019s give that<\/i>\u00a0a few more weeks.<\/p>\n

My youngest gives me a look and says, no, let\u2019s pay cash and I\u2019ll handle it.<\/p>\n

For a moment I feel a little weird about that. As if I\u2019m hiding. And I\u2019m done with hiding. But they talk me into it.<\/p>\n

Pizza ordered, pizza arrives and it\u2019s all good.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s important that you know something about me. I am incapable of eating dinner without dripping stain-inducing blobs of food on myself. Usually when I\u2019m wearing a white shirt. But the burgundy skirt goes with the sauce, so it doesn\u2019t portend to be a\u00a0complete<\/i>\u00a0disaster. That said, I\u2019ve learned to drape a tea towel over my skirt when I eat. And shockingly no spills this time.<\/p>\n

We end the evening with me still in girl mode and it\u2019s wonderful. I literally have never spent the day with someone whilst in girl mode. Ever. And the best part is that it\u2019s starting to feel almost \u201cnormal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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