Moving

Almost every day I have dreamt of moving to a nicer suburb that is closer to my core group of friends both locally
and by default of not having to commute the aptly name Tullamarine carpark (30 plus minutes to get into town with stop start traffic )
which will make it even quicker to go out to visit my friends in and past Frankston

Lately I have been sharing with a female nurse and although we get along fine usually. I have always been aware of her disdain towards me at times in relation to my gender issues. And for the longest time I actually enjoy that she works late so I can feel like at least part of the place is mine .
When ever she's at home I actually stay in my room and feel most unwelcome when she has guests around , even though some of her friends like me and have no problem calling me by my true name and have more than once asked how she(Alice) is doing

So it was a great surprise to me the other day , Tuesday 28/11/11 I was installing a shower screen for a customer in her newly renovated home . Meanwhile she was showing the property to her real-estate agent
I just had to ask and within moments she's giving me the grand tour of the place and describing exactly what she will be doing with both the rear courtyard and the soon to be front courtyard
Already all the rooms have been completely repainted in a nice clean white
the kitchen has had a complete revamp all new cupboards bench-tops and brand new appliances
they have knocked out a wall so the kitchen opens up onto the decent dining and the super spacious lounge-room
And just to top it all of the floors have been re-sanded and polished with a gorgeous honey coloured lacquer

This is quite literally the type of place I have been dreaming about for the last two years
And the first one that has ticked all the boxes I look for in a house (except that there is no tram stop nearby )
although its no more than a ten minute to the Heidelberg train station

So hopefully I will be signing the papers next week as long as I can get the bond and advance rent in time.And  expect to be moving in  shortly after that
I have already worked out that after rent and the storage fee I reluctantly pay every week I will have the grand total of Thirteen Dollars a day left   YAY

ok it doesn't look like much yet but in a few weeks this will be a secluded area for those
beautiful summer nights spent with friends and a glass or two of wine

The rear courtyard
An ideal retreat for a good book

I never noticed the dishwasher before

Oh I can just picture the dinner parties here

This is the First lounge-room picture  I've seen
that actually makes the room look smaller
than it is

So now I need to go back to Adelaide and throw out everything I don't actually need or want any-more
And truck my furniture and the things I cant part with back to my new home . I'm so looking forward to sleeping on my own bed and entertaining with wine food and good cheer with friends

All I need to do now Is find two wonderful people two share my sunny happy home with
And I think I found one lovely person to share with me already

And All I can think of right now
"are we there yet "



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Breakfast with my boss

Someone just reminded me about this

My boss had asked me for a hand moving some furniture from his storage back into his house
And as usual I found I had double booked myself . Knowing that there would be no time to to race home and change. I decided it would be best if I went as my true self
I clean forgot to warn him that I would be there as the girl I feel I am. So when he opened the door he was a little shocked to see me all made up.
 Yet my boss being the wonderful boss he is called me by my name and never once referred to me in the male gender or name . So after I changed into a daggy t shirt and shoes we headed of and moved several van loads of furniture, white goods and books. seeing that his storage was only around the corner from his house we got the bulk of what he wanted moved in a far shorter amount of time than expected so I actually had a little time to kill before I had to head of for my coffee meetup with Y-Gender
So my boss offered to take me out for breakfast at one of his favourite cafes. I had the bircher style muesli and a latte. I was so surprised at just how comfortable he was with me even though in reality the only thing different about me was that I was dressed a lot better and had make-up on.
After our breakfast he announced that he wanted to go and look for a new lounge suite his previous house mate had left was ugly. (which it was )   So of we trot in search of the perfect lounge shop after shop we chatted freely and tried out the various options. of course I ended up finding the perfect lounge suite for myself
this gorgeous red modular with super comfy cushions reduced from $11,000 to just a mere $7,000
of course I would have to include the lamps and the lovely table with its gloss red glass top and the white entertainment unit
I think after I added up all the bits I liked and wanted it was already over $18,000. but that's my champagne taste and water budget . So I just sat in that lounge and dreamed of what might be until he returned from the toilet .
And of again we continued the hunt for the lounge he wanted. It wasn't until the last few shops , that he commented " you do realise everyone is looking at us like were some bizarre couple" I had noticed this and had been gauging his reaction to the fact that people were questioning us in their minds
I have become used to the odd looks and questioning stares by people and have learned not to be phased by it
unless it becomes something rude or threatening . And was more than ready to take of if it was past his level of comfortability. As it turned out he wasn't actually bothered by it that much. In fact he even commented on the fact that I deal with this almost daily having to live my life with odd looks and applauded the fact I deal with it so well

Sometimes I forget these little treasures in life. OK so its something so simple just a regular day for people who don't have to deal with gender dysphoria. but going out that day was so much fun I actually forgot that  my lifestyle choice is confusing for some

I know by boss hasn't read my posts since he stumbled across my coming out letter too my ex girlfriend and friend . But I hope he knows how much his respect of me that day meant