Picture Show: The Evolution of Cass :c)

Hi all! Happy Saturday!

I've been a bit reticent about do this up until now... but events today changed my mind.

I want to introduce you...

To me. :c)

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Vignettes: The Lighter Side

I apologize again for the rather somber post yesterday. I try to be honest about what I am feeling and going through, and sometimes that does not make for upbeat reading.

But life is rarely all one thing, good or bad.

Even in the midst of what has been a particularly challenging month, it is still possible to find moments of laughter and light.

My job is very challenging, but I am very fortunate in that the people I work with on a day-to-day basis are almost without exception an absolute pleasure.

We have a small team, are all juggling multiple tasks under a great deal of pressure, and work far too much.

Yet in spite of - or perhaps *because* of - that, we all get along famously.

I thought of several recent examples that illustrate this point nicely.

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Both Sides, Now

Hi all...

Apologies for being scarce recently.

I have been pinch-hitting for my sister in mischief, the newly-minted Mademoiselle April, over at her digs the past few days.

She had her surgery today (yea!) and is feeling very tired and very, very happy (double yea!!!). 

Congratulations again, sweetie!!!

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In my little corner of the world, there is SO much going on, and at such a pace, that I can scarcely keep up, let along blog about it all.

I will try to do a brief summary of the key items. 

And I think I will start off with some of the more difficult goings-on up front. That is how I try to deal with them in life when possible.

And I will do so here as well.

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Vignettes: "Aww... she's a girl!!!"

I have had an interesting week - in a good way - on both the work and personal fronts.

In fact, it would be fair to say I had an epiphany of sorts, courtesy of two unwitting catalysts.

I will write a post about this over the weekend. In fact, I have started it twice already and had to scrap it because of ongoing developments/realizations.

All I will say for now is that I have changed markedly - and for the better - since I came out to my parents less than two weeks ago.

Or perhaps it is more accurate to say that since that milestone day am I slowly realizing that these changes have been taking place under the surface for some time.

In either circumstance it is quite gratifying, as you can imagine.

Stay tuned for more... but in the meantime, on to the matter at hand!

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Rappin' With R: Barrette-Her :c)

Apologies for being so scarce lately!

It is not from a lack of things to write about, believe me.

Rather, it is an abundance of them (nearly all positive, happily!), with barely enough time to process them, let alone write about them.

I have several long posts I have started, including one REALLY big one :c), but they are works in progress at the moment.

So I thought it might be fun to just put out some shorter ones, little moments that stand out in my memory and help give a bit of a feel for my day-to-day life.

I'll start off with one about my friend and co-worker R, who is rapidly turning into an endless source for blog topics. :c)

I told her as much, and mentioned that several readers have told me how much they enjoy reading about her. She was puzzled as to why that was so.

"Why would anyone care what *I* think, Cass?" she asked me.

"Because you have a great personality, are incredibly supportive, and really, really funny," I replied.

"Oh," she said. "In that case, write about me as much as you want!"

And so I shall.

:-D

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Emotional Weather Report

Happy Saturday, everyone!

I wanted to write a follow-up post about how I am feeling in the wake of coming out to my parents last Sunday.

And once I ran across the Tom Waits song I used for the title of this post on my iPod, I realized I *had* to write something, just so I can spotlight such a wonderful song. :c)

Bottom line: I am feeling a bit better every day.

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Independence Day

Yesterday was a huge day in my transition. 

And in my life.

I came out to my parents. 

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