Quite a few days at 30 degrees

 Summer feels to be about a month early and it's far to hot to wear a wig or make up during most of the day. While that hasn't stopped me from wearing light weight feminine tops and once or twice a summer dress, it also means I'm not really in a girl mood most of the time and I have a 5pm shadow without make up to hide it 😠

I've done a couple of small runs to the supermarket, wife likes to do the big shop so my job is just the occasional bread an milk type trips

That doesn't mean I can't have a coffee before shopping or on the way home from work.

Weekend yachting

Okay, really feels like summer now and with a weekend on a yacht, not only are my arms sore from working the sheets, but my skin is dried out and burnt. Still doesn't stop me from shopping, hunting for Christmas presents.

Yes, it's a new dress, purchased online yet looking at what's now in our shops at around the same price, using retail shops would have been better (I only added it to what I was buying so that I got free postage).

I've done a couple of other bits of shopping, Bunnings and Kmart, absolutely no idea what I was buying from the photos, but I have taken an interest in my garden such that I have a seedling box and good garden chemicals now.

 

Burst of Summer???

Multiple cloudless days, 22-24 degrees, enough for me not wanting to be out in the heat of the day.

I've also discovered - I don't fit any of my old dresses that I have worn over the last 10 summers. My shoulders are bigger, my chest is bigger and so is my belly 😕

I'm still doing the same old stuff (I did see today a 800cc motorbike for sale at $6,999 that I was tempted to consider - but wife would have killed me before the bike did). Shopping for groceries, clothes, library, bank, beach

I did found a nice silky skirt at H&M that I will probably buy next pay day.

wild weather

Our country has taken a battering with the wind and rain lately, so it's quite sensible to wear PVC where possible, jacket and full length skirt is ideal. 

Wife gives me lots of time to remove nail polish, normally tells me about 5 minutes after I've put it on. 

Wife and I went to one of my regular cafes, the young woman behind the counter recognized me in boy mode and brought my coffee to me before we even ordered. Wife and I had a laugh and wife thought the woman was the nicest person ever for being kind to "Rachel".

My phone died (not charging any more) so I had to get a replacement. 

My new phone has an AI camera app, so using the photo above, it gives me......

Jee...I wish I looked that good 😁

Thank goodness I have a sense of humour, otherwise I might CHOSE to feel "offended" and want to sue someone (that's what we do now a days isn't it?  Be "offended" by everything, be the "victim" of everyone and everything, then scream and shout like spoiled babies right?)

Escape

Crossdressing is a great escape, letting another personality out for a while.

Another, even better escape for me is the mountains, going wild, living out of a backpack.

I think I was influenced as a kid, by this Tv series (okay, your old if you know the show)

Okay, so a week in the bush, I returned with a grey frosting under my chin - you know the cup cakes with icing on the top - well my face looked like an upside down cup cake. If my head had as much hair as my chin, I wouldn't have shaved it off, but as it was, it did take 3 shaves to lose the stubble.

It's been difficult to re-connect with my girl side. I thought as soon as I left the mountains, life would return as normal, but the mountains stayed in my heart longer than I expected.

If I had the choice, mountains or "Rachel time", mountains would win all the time.

I did get out this weekend for about 3 hours, visit the pet groomers, library, have coffee, got fresh groceries to make lunches for a few days.