End of June in Review

So, the last couple of weeks haven't been too exciting (*giggle*) First a really cool story. I was riding in the elevator the other day at work. It was just me and a random lady that works at the DMV with me. As we were riding, she turned to me and said "You look really good." "Thank you," I replied. I mean it felt a little strange cause I was not wearing any make-up at all (which is a really good sign of how good the laser treatment is going). She then continued, "I think it's great that you are getting to do what you need to do to be happy." I just smiled and said, "Thank you." It left me with a really warm feeling in my heart, which was nice, since I was asked if I was pregnant the last time a strange woman talked to me in an elevator. So, things are definitely getting better!!

Speaking of better, I'm doing a computer course through the union/state partnership so that I can take a civil service test later on. The nice thing is, though, that I can also take the course at home, so if I don't finish it by the time my surgery comes, then I can use the recovery time to still take the course!!

Okay, I already mentioned the cool news about my super cool Mom (read the previous edition if you are wondering what in the world I'm talking about).

The electrolysis is going really well. I'm letting the medical expert apply the numbing agent, so it's being covered better and she even came with me and held my hand for the procedure last night. I was surprised that she still had feeling in her hand, but she actually apologized to me, because she, evidently, never realized how traumatic having your who-who electrocized can be (does that make sense? Um, if it didn't, well, consider yourself lucky {or email me if you REALLY REALLY want to know}). Anyway, I only have a few more sessions with it, so I will hopefully survive.

Okay, and there's the big BIG news. . .WE FINALLY HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN THE STATE OF NY!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, this is a big deal thing for us, since I am in a lesbian (well, technically, soon-to-be lesbian) relationship. The only bad news is that we now have friends asking when WE'RE getting married. I mean, it's great that everyone cares and is supportive of us, but, honestly, we'll do it once we're ready. This is a very changing time for the two of us, so it's still a ways off.

The bad part of that is that a particular friend and I have had to part ways. She state her opinion on her state (Ohio) versus the one I live in (NY, obviously). As the FB discussion continued, marriage equality was brought up, and she said "we have different views (or ideas, or something to that extent) on equality." I was not happy, and I realized that, since it's been 15 years since I had actually seen her, we have grown to be different people. If she' s not going to be supportive of something that was incredibly important to me, then it was no longer time to keep her included in my list of friends on FB.

So, PapaBear came over with his god sons. It was interesting, cause he doesn't do a great time of estimating arrival times, and kinda showed up at the house twenty minutes before I got home. Yeah, my Beloved didn't even allow him in the house (*giggle*). But we did go out for dinner, so that he could get some coffee and we talked for a little while. It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nice to see him, especially since our original plans to go to visit him and MammaBear this weekend are not going to occur. But I am hoping to see them before the end of summer!

Anyway, I'm finishing up a couple of surgery requirements very shortly, so that, hopefully, things can move right along. We'll see.