It's Never as Bad as I Think It's Going to Be... (Parts I, II, and III)

Part I
I went to meet my friend Jeffrey-Anne yesterday, in the Delta. As you might well assume, Jeffrey-Anne once was a Jeffrey, and now is an Anne. When I lived in the Plains, Jeffrey and I dated once or twice. When he came out to me as Anne in hiding, I was floored; Jeffrey was soooo macho.

So now fully entrenched in the Anne lifestyle and appearance, Jeffrey-Anne is acting and looking just like a woman. I was apprehensive about the meeting, although M.W. and I met with Jeffrey-Anne once before. Not sure what the day of shopping and lunch would bring... it made us both laugh when we were creeped out by going into the same bathroom! LOL. She just wants to be happy, and I wish her all of the Happiness in the World!

Part II
As I was leaving the parking lot yesterday, I called M.W. (He'd called me several times during my afternoon, so I decided to indulge in a call-back. Remember the rule is that he has to call you 4 times for every time you call him). Anyhow, he knew that I was already halfway to where he lives, and he invited me over for dinner (a flagrant disregard for the Rules here, as we only accept dates for Saturday that are made by Wednesday). Although he was hankering for more than dinner... that's all it was.

You couldn't imagine how awesome it was to respect myeslf for sticking to my guns and walking away with my morals, my self-respect, and my head held high!

And I didn't even believe how much he loves me. Even though times are tough, it's not for a lack of love. (Good souvenirs from his trip to Atlanta, including something I'd admired from San Diego but was too cheap to buy for myself). Every time I think we're going to have some kind of knock-down drag-out hell-0f-a-bad fight.... he diffuses it and holds me and strokes my hair and tells me how grateful we are to have a chance to be together.

We then prayed together for half-an-hour before I took a nap and then went home. Before 8 pm.

Nice Day. Pray for me to keep my eyes on the goals He wants for me in my life. And to keep my hope and spirits up. Things are going great otherwise. Which brings me to.....

Part III
My trip to Davis to check out grad school last week went marvelously. From Girl-Prof-From-Michigan who totally supports women in academics to Prof-Who-is-My-Intellectual-Soulmate who asked me to consider going for a PhD, if he could pay for it with his research.

Um... you did hear that right, but my heart just skipped a beat when I typed it. Yes... in all, four of my Profs-to-Be asked me to go straight for the PhD and skip the M.S. Degree!!!!!!!!! They think I'm qualified, hard-working, and have the right resources.

Yay me! Yay God!

Yay Jesus, for Duckies!!! (see Jayleigh's blog for Duckie-dom).

Peace.
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