Making a new ally at work

Posted on July 1, 2013 | 2 min read time

Today, I went into the office with my nails still painted from the weekend. I probably should have made sure to not forget to take it off since I’m only out to a handful of people at work right now, but I didn’t. I wasn’t quite sure how things were going to go down, so I had a lot of responses prepared for anything anyone could have said. At one point in the morning, one coworker came by my desk, saw my nails, and made a comment about it which caused another coworker who sits across from me to turn around for my response. [Read More]

Online double life

Posted on June 20, 2013 | 1 min read time

http://mtfconfessions.tumblr.com/post/53437815223/2967-i-just-signed-up-for-a-new-email-with-a I did this right in the beginning and it definitely helped me. Interacting with people as Amelia felt like a big step forward and, as I did it more, I found that just interacting as Amelia alone made me really happy. The only problem now is that I’ve got double accounts on so many sites that I still try to manage. I’m growing very tired of having to manage two identities because I’m not openly out just yet. [Read More]

Pretty rad email I received from a friend today

Posted on June 17, 2013 | 2 min read time

A friend of mine is putting together a big 30th birthday celebration for himself in October of this year. He’s getting a party bus to go down to Atlantic City and planning a pretty solid bash to ring in the next decade of his life. I responded to the invite by asking him how he thinks his friends would handle me going. At this point, I’ve met them all a ton of times at parties and such, but they currently only know me as and have no idea I’m transitioning (mutual friends excluded from all of this, they all know and support me). [Read More]

My quick, still emotional, feelings on the Boston Marathon

Posted on April 16, 2013 | 5 min read time

I woke up this morning, on my thirtieth birthday, a milestone birthday, with a set plan for the day. Open my wife’s gifts, treat myself to a Starbucks vanilla latte on the way to work, blow off doing any work in the morning so I could closely watch online coverage of the Boston Marathon instead, get my obligatory birthday burrito for lunch, come home and go for my first run in seven weeks (injury, boo! [Read More]

2013 Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge (pre-HRT)

Posted on January 21, 2013 | 3 min read time

As if running 39.3 miles once wasn’t enough, I enlisted myself to take on the Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge again this year. For those not familiar with the race, it’s a half marathon one day and a marathon the next. And both run through Walt Disney World! Last year, I combined both races into one recap, but I think that got a little long so, this year, I wrote two separate posts to recap each separately. [Read More]

2013 Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge – Marathon – 4:27:06 (pre-HRT)

Posted on January 21, 2013 | 10 min read time

The full marathon, all four Walt Disney World parks, the most magical of marathons and the middle and last thirds of the Walt Disney World Goofy Challenge. And with 2013 marking the 20th running of the Walt Disney World Marathon, things were extra special! There was even a new course to enjoy! After the half marathon the day before, I made sure to keep things easy on my body. I ate plenty of carbs, drank plenty of water, and made it a short day in Epcot. [Read More]