I apologize for the Frankenstein look of my blog, I'm afraid I am not Blogger literate just yet. I don't have time to sit and push all the buttons and make it super pretty. To me the only thing that matters is getting brainwaves down into ones and zeros. It was funny cause yesterday I was startled when I accidentally figured out how to make my links light up. lol. It's the little things.
Yesterday afforded Alex an opportunity to go ice skating with another kid from the support group. They have been friendly since Alex started so I was happy to provide transportation. The friend, who will be called Kid2, is gender fluid. This means that depending on the company and situation, Kid2 will determine a male or female role. Yesterday he was male. I don't really care, for purposes of this field trip, he could have been either. I find myself referring to Alex, as well as others like him, as kids. It's nondescript and I don't get in trouble with pronoun slips. Eg: That kid is crazy. , Hey kid, gimmee some of that ice cream! , Look at that kid run! Lazy? Maybe. hehe. We had a good time at skating, I opted to stay off the ice because of the amount of tiny kids. Maybe next time.
Monday:
Slow day here. Joe and Alex have discovered the joys of Netflix and well, it's very quiet in here since then. Alex up in his room, watching movies on his tablet and my husband in the computer room watching every episode of Breaking Bad he can manage. This is the reason I have drug my heels for so long on Netflix, it limits human interaction. I have a love/hate with technology. We don't own a game system, no TV's in any of the bedrooms and one central computer. I like to SEE my family once in awhile, yaknow?! The older I get, the less TV interests me. I think I realize that there will be plenty of time for that when this body doesn't work any more. Ha!
I was trying to keep this blog on-topic, for Alex's transgender journey alone but I've come to realize that just like anyone else, life isn't all about gender issues. Being 16 has pitfalls not related to gender. One example being, thinking its perfectly okay to take Moms debit card out of her bag and USE it without asking. Smart?? No. And nothing to do with gender. Just plain stupidity. But, we live and we learn.
Alex/Jan 2014 Kid2/Alex
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