Cafe Success

& the Smelly Cat   
Its seems that my cafe night is finding its own Rhythm and certainly becoming more popular as we had close to fifteen turn up for this one. A great friend made the 2 1/2 hour journey just to come for cake and 'Coke Spiders' with her lovely son and a gender questioning friend, who I believe it may have been one of her first times out in public. 

Surrounded by friends and the lively atmosphere, that is the Alphabet City Cafe. There is still nothing else I would rather be doing, and wish that I could do it more often.
I found it quite quite amusing as people would come together chat and enjoy each others company, then move into another group and repeat the process again throughout the night. Even I found myself doing the same, which kind of surprised me more. I am usually the shy one that waits to be asked a question, its still something I have to work on and something I've been finding harder to do of late ( but enough of that )

My good friend 'Bree" bought out her guitar later in the evening and sang while her son played rhythm using   the back of the chair and floor.

Even the talented 'Ashley' wowed us all with her amazing guitar skills yay.

And seeing that tonight felt like a scene from my favourite sit-com when I was young. I so wanted to hear 'Bree" sing "Smelly cat"
Yes I used to watch 'Friends' in fact it was the life I had  always wanted a group of close friends to hang out with and share life with.  Something that I felt had eluded me for most of my life. A something so simple that now that I have that in my life I no longer need to watch it and dream  

Cafe night means so much more to me than you might think, and I'm so thankful to have so many wonderful people to share it with.

Love you all.  

 

Spring

                                        And The
               Return  to
         Normality

Occasional I get the chance to forget that I'm a transgender woman and just enjoy living a life.

A life of normal daily events free from the clutter in my mind. 

Today was one such day. I  awoke from a dream where I was the female savior of the day, rescuing, I guess my love interest in this dream from the boredom of a government service queue. Then scaling the heights of the complex to escape with my sidekick though to top window

it was half  'Indiana Jones' and half 'Lara Croft' as I scaled the vine ropes and climbed too safety and the next adventure 

One of the coolest dreams I've ever woken from

Yes there was a cost to this dream 

Quite simply I slept in an extra hour longer than I had intended to.

So rushing trough my morning ritual of coffees, cigarettes and shower. I walked out the door to a beautiful springtime morning full of promise for the coming months.

I still arrived at the shop with time spare to check my hair and touch up my lipstick.

Customers milling around through the racks searching for their size and style and through the bargain bins outside for those staple garments.

Bright colourful dresses billowing like sails in the cool springtime breeze heralding in spring with their easy dance.

Inside I get to play with Kym-Lee's niece Tiffany. Hide and seek from the evil Raggedy-Anne, Tinkerbell bringing back to life 'Baby Bear' after his tragic fall from the throne. 

Then capturing the Evil Dragon and restoring peace to Papa Bears kingdom. 

Such a hectic day and its still not over 

Later we met up with Trace and her partner and walked over to the Buddhist temple while Tiffany got to fly and jump the whole way even up and down the steps to the temple.

The massive alabaster Buddha outside overlooking the valley was dwarfed by the gold leaf Buddha sitting at repose inside watching us all with loving eyes as we explored the many rooms and intricately carved dioramas. 

Such an amazing place and it took me back to walk trough the Sydney Gardens of friendship with my two lovely friends last year. Trace's partner giving us the narrated tour as we(I) saw  and learnt the history of a particular depiction of Buddha or priest.

I was even given my own little Buddha to take home, to give me wisdom and love in my life. He now sits on my dresser table to watch over me and bring me peace 

  

  

We sometimes forget the importance of just being accepted as who we are, and being treated with the same respect we give others without having to explain why we are undergoing this journey. 

I came home last night with sore feet and sore arms from swinging Tiffany up in the air. 

And a very happy heart.