Had coffee with gym staff

I'm normally awake early and have coffee out so as not to disturb the family.

This morning with my coffee in hand, I sat next to and chatted to a staff member of my gym, he had just finished his breakfast and only had 20 minutes to chat before he had to open the gym for the early morning fitness freaks.
I had to return home for my gym shoes then I also headed to the gym.

Once I got to the gym, went and got changed in one of the 'Family" cubicles, made the mistake of looking in the mirror before leaving the cubicle and realized my make up just didn't work with the colours of my gym outfit. The look was shocking with my short hair. 

I got back in to my outfit in the photo and got home by 8.30 and hopped into bed to cuddle my wife for a while.

Bathroom looking sharp

Since this photo, I've installed the rain head, shower head, glass walls, vanity and have a fully operational and stunning looking small bathroom. As expected the fan isn't fast enough to stop the steam from passing over the shower wall, so I intend to install a clear plastic "buffer" from the ceiling down to meet the top of the glass in order to confine the steam in the extraction area.

After so much work, figure a girl is allowed out for coffee.
Shop was so busy, my coffee was about the 15th in the queue, so when it was server to me, the girl recognized me and remembered I have it in a proper cup. She offered to change it for me but I told her not to bother as she was extremely busy, funny thing is it worked out great in a take away cup as I had finished reading the paper and it was still boiling hot.

 

I offered my news paper to the couple behind me and headed out to the supermarket for supplies, after which my take away coffee was the perfect temp.

One the way home, found a petrol station selling 91 for $2.07 per litre, so 1/2 filled the wife's car.
I got home at 9 am still in girl mode, made wife a coffee and headed for the shower.



Other news, following on from last week, my 15 year old daughter has officially left her mum and is living with me full time. While she has been thinking about it for a few years now, it took me 7 years to have the courage to leave.

4 hours sleep

Don't think I've had such an early coffee in my life, but sometimes it's just hard to sleep and equally hard to be awake.
Mind you, half way through my coffee and the lady behind me started snoring very loud.

 

 I did managed to stay awake all day but had to have another coffee at Bunnings, our hardware store while picking up some gardening supplies for the wife.

SO why was sleep so hard -
Well my 15 year old daughter decided she doesn't feel safe at her mums house and wants to live at mine full time for a while (until mum has had counselling about her temper). We chatted for about 4 hours up until midnight about a safe exit strategy and after I had 4 hours sleep, I started to stress about how her discussion with her mum would go.

Next few days/weeks are going to be hell as my Ex finds out she has no one to control.
My gut feeling is we will have a stalker watching our house 24/7, although there's a slim chance she might go suicidal, either way will be bad.
Some people just don't like being told to seek professional help and get angry for implying they are mad.

Winter has arrived

This week, it's been sunny but bloody cold, which means if I want to wear a skirt, I really do need stockings.
Making it worse, I'm away from home for the week and living out of a suit case.
Wife headed off to say hi to an old work collegue so I decided to go out for lunch even though my wigs and makeup didn't come on holiday with us.

Lunch was at a nice coffee shop in a small shopping plaza at a time when the shop was very full with mums and prams.

I was quite nervous as it's the fist time out without a wig -
second actually as I was here back in '96 at a restaurant one night, in a dress that has longs since been thrown away in the hope I'd never become a cross dresser.
Very quickly I felt really at peace with who I am and where I was.
Wife still noticed the mascara I borrowed from her make up bag (it was my mascara anyway!!!) when she got back.

I've had to blur my image for this site as I work in a very male orientated company who either love or hate, but can never leave stuff alone or keep quiet, they love to gossip - you know how boys talk.

Back in good old Auckland, to rain, rain and more rain (but at least it's warmer)

SUNDAY
It rained so hard over 2 hours, I had to go to Bunnings hardware for a water pump, luckily the water in my basement hadn't reached the power points but my storage bench with my tools in soaks up water like a sponge. I was worried driving the wife's car as the bow wave was over the head lamps, had I known the drain had blocked I would have used my wagon. Local paper has kids out in kayaks and dinghys on the local streets - lot of fun for the locals, but 3 hours of pumping and drying for me.

Monday - Queens birthday holiday means I get to sleep in, as if I ever could, but went out for an hour for coffee and read he newspaper. I wish I could stay in girl mode all day, but expecting the tiler around to finish his section of the new bathroom

 

Wife doesn't like me returning home in girl mode in case someone (daughters boyfriend) might see me. Dog is watch wife walk away with the red dressing gown after she unlocked and "supervised" my entry in to the house to ensure daughters boyfriend doesn't see me.

Daughter has just raced in, she's found this youtube and thinks it's really great,

▶ 3:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rUuc8Recr0

I also think he looks good in them, better than boring shoes.