Traveling

Well I’m off working again; I’m not doing the normal driving to work this time.  I’m getting the pleasure of working in Seattle so I’m riding on one of our company plane to work.   It only feels like yesterday that I got home as well and here I’m heading to work.   I was able to pack in a fair amount of things to keep me busy while I was home.   Between working at the churches food bank and catching up on the lawn and family things I was pretty busy and the 12 days home went by so quickly.

I got a nice surprise yesterday though.   The plane that I was going to ride ended up being a day late so I was able to stay at my 2^nd home (AKA Fox and Hound) instead of staying by the airport in JFK.  It just made my night being able to sit on the front patio eating some nice pizza and enjoying a bottle of wine as the sun started setting and the fireflies came out.  It is such a calm and peaceful way of ending a day.

This last weekend way really fun, on Saturday Tina, Christa and I marched in the 3^rd annual Charleston Pride Parade.   We were marching with South Carolina Equality group.  We have never done something like that before so we didn’t know what to expect.   Tina was real uncomfortable as we were waiting to line up and go, and to top it off it was way hot morning.   For the 1^st part of the parade route there were not too many people on the sides of the streets.   Christa was so cute and was handing out little American flags out to little kids that were out watching the parade.   When we turned onto West Montague we could see that there was a lot more people waiting to see the parade.   I had to laugh because Tina turned and looked at me and said you are so going to owe me big for this.   I am pretty sure I am still paying her for the last thing I got her into the TV show we did J  But hey isn’t that what spouses are for though.  But all kidding aside Tina really did have a great time.  It was not close to what she expected and was really surprised at how positive of experience it was.   Christa really had a great time as well, after the parade she was out taking all kinds of photos with her camera.  While I was working at the Charleston Area Transgender group Christa and Tina went to all the booths that were set up and bought a lot of things.  One of Christa’s favorite this is a button that says I love my two moms on it.   It was a really cool experience and I think that it’s something that we will plan to do next years as well.

A very nice week

Last night’s fireworks ended a great week.  Work was uneventful and quite enjoyable and really stress free.  I even got to have a nice sunset as I was loading one of our flights.  The air force boys have been extremely helpful on our flights too, it just make life so much easier.

Yesterday I had a day off and I thought I would treat myself to a pedicure.  It has been months sense I have had one.   Before things got really busy the last few months we used to go to a really nice nail salon as a family and get our feet pampered once a month when I would get back from traveling.   I think we really need to get back to doing that if we can squeeze in the time.  I was always a bonding experience for us.   I went to this nail salon just up the road yesterday mostly because it is so close to walk to, I have not really heard much about it but it always seems busy when I go by though.   I was pleasantly surprise at the experience.   I got a hot stone pedicure, and it was so good!   At the end after they massage your legs the use hot stones to finish the massage.  I really enjoyed the heat of the stones and the smooth stones, it was really soothing.   After they painted my nails the brought me out to a round table to dry the polish.  This is where I was caught off guard for sure!  They proceeded to give you a nice neck and back massage.  For the people that know me I’m a little weird on my body space and people that I don’t know touching me really bothers me.  I think for that reason I have never choose to get any kind of messages, even though I have always wondered it if would be good or not.   I really enjoyed the neck and back message so much,  I would go back just for that any day J   I would have to say that going there was the most pleasant experience I have had at a nail salon ever.

Great Weekend

I have such a wonderful weekend.  I have been working on finding a program that I could volunteer in here in the PA area while I am working here.  I think I have found the right one for me that fits around my work schedule.  Saturday I helped plant plants for a Habitat for Humanity community, I really had a great time! The people are nice and what I like is that you can see the tangible difference it is making in peoples lives. I really can’t wait until when I get back next month to be able to have more time to work with them.

I also when down town New Hope to see the Reissuance Fair that was going on. It was really small, however it was the 1^st time that it has been put on in New Hope though.   It is kind of funny I come here so much but I don’t always walk down town, but today I really enjoyed it.  I was in the mood for trying some place new and different for lunch so I would walk across the bridge to Lambertville to find this restaurant that Sara had mentioned to me.  She recommended El Tule its a Mexican and Peruvian restaurant.   I had the Causa a Peruvian dish that has yellow potato cake with yellow peppers and lemon, stuffed with vegetables in the middle.  I was so good!  I am so glad that I went out of my way to eat there. 

Sunday I got up really early to headed to Chestertown MD to visit my friends Cindy and Susan and worship with them at their church the Unitarian Universalists on Chester River.  There was a guest speaker Allison Woolbert talking about her transition and experiences as a male to female transsexual.  We had a nice lunch after service and then Allison led a little workshop for the congregation on how they could make their congregation more open and accepting to the transgender community.  It is so nice that their church is very open and accepting and still striving to improve on accepting all of god people.   

After the great presentation I was able to spend some good time at Cindy and Susan’s house catching up on all the changes in our lives.  Cindy and Susan are such great friends, and such positive people!   As a spur of the moment thing some of their friends were going to see a concert at the Washington College just a few blocks from their house so we decided to join them.  I really wasn't sure what to expect I just knew it was some Renaissance music.  I am always up for expanding my culture a little.  This concert was so awesome; the entire vocals were a cappella.  The instrumental part was cool too; most the students performing had just learned the instruments that year.  What a way to end a great day J