KarenPayne

The room has grocery shopping service, full kitchen and tons of other stuff like coffee maker, full refrigerator (not the normal small ones), stove, toaster etc.

Yes I hope my information helps others :-)

She finally made contact with me yesterday and have setup a time for this Saturday to get my money back. more to follow.

I decided to visit the local hospital, see if she is there. My guess is that they will not tell me so my plan is to give them a index card that contains her name and my contact information. I think there is another hospital too, and will do the same.

I know in the past she was hospitalized which is why she does not practice law anymore, almost died.

If I get nothing back in the week I am going to look into what recourse I have in regards to getting all or some of my money back.

Tattoo artist can be very creative in regards simulating a shadow thus appearing 3D. I agree about the symbolic meaning between us and the butterfly.

This week I went to the local Guitar Center, tried to pass as a male, no luck, I could not pass as a male.

Nobody ever (at least to my knowledge.... wait for it) made the mistake to take me as female while dressed as a male mainly because I wore tactical clothing and for eight years my hair was so short you could see skin. Recently to my surprise my best (female) friend confided to me that she always wondered about me and would imagine me as female, her children also said the same thing, they are 15 and 16. There is no mistaking me now, between owning zero make clothing and affects from hormones I am 100% treated as a female.

Hello,

Concerning telling people about you, I highly suggest getting a copy of True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals where part of the book has suggestions on telling others about you and the most important thing to tell them is "It is still me" which is critical when informing others.

Thanks for sharing!!!

I find it interesting that you can be say in Pennsylvania were long hair is a negative while in Oregon it does not get a second look so long as the hair is groomed well. I mention these two states because I came from Pennsylvania and now live in Oregon so at least when I lived in Pennsylvania long hair on men in a professional setting was frowned upon. Moved to Oregon with hair length just over shoulder length, no issue. Now my hair is hair way down my back dry, longer wet as it is naturally curly.

Congratulations on your first step to your true self :-)