Tag: it gets better

Fighting the fear

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Hiya, “Hey, have you signed the leaving card for X?“ I’ll put ‘best wishes’ because putting ‘so long you useless shafter and good riddance’ isn’t very British 😉 Or so I wrote on social media, t’other day. X is another casualty from the team I didn’t join. About a year ago we had a consultant come in and merge two teams. After about six months he announced if we wanted to be in his team- let’s call them Team A – we’d need to apply and be interviewed. Alternatively, we could move straight into a new team under a different manager and it would be a different role. The new team felt, at the time, a bit of a step […]

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Secrets, Sales and Stealth

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Hi, Ah, hear that? That’s the sound of a long weekend and half-term starting. A whole week with no work! Just me, the Ever Lovely Mrs J and our two lovely nippers. Hopefully, we’ll manage an hour before the squabbling starts… and maybe the kids will manage that too 😉 Opportunities In a spot of bad luck, I managed to pick up a cold, but being less than your typical guy, it means I don’t qualify for man-flu, which is good 😉 Due to the sneezing and coughing, I was kipping downstairs on the sofa, so the Ever Lovely Mrs J – who gets up early for work – could get a good night’s kip. Anyhoo, with the weather warming […]

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Learning curves

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Hi, Just as the right wig helps break the Him Factor, so a good set of curves – up top, or at the sides and rear – can help too. Equally, for our trans-men out there, a good binder will no doubt, work wonders. After winding up the meeting last time, I got changed, while Val kept me company. For some reason, we got on to the subject of why we pick the size of boobs that we do. For me, mine was down to what I thought a typical size would be for a lady of my build. I’ve never really moved to full breastforms, although I know others swear by them. Instead, some medical tape (thank you Boots) […]

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Education

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Hello dear reader, What’s this? A midweek post? As Bill, a founder of a yet-to-be utopia once said: “Most unprecedented!” 😉   Education   A few months ago, an email popped into the Chameleons inbox, from a local legal group. They were having a few guest speakers as part of an equality event around IDAHOT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Although they’d got a few volunteers to talk about various subjects, they didn’t have anyone from the trans community.   I quizzed them a little about what they wanted around a talk, who the audience would be and could my privacy be guaranteed? With all the right answers and an agreement with a long lunch, from work, […]

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Hair, happiness and heels

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Hi, A mix of lows and highs this week Heartache On the long queue back home, I’ll often listen to a podcast. I guess, that’s just the not-so-modern way to describe, a recording of a radio show. Except now, you don’t need to wait for the live show and tape it. 🙂 Oh, technology and your ceaseless steps to make our lives a little easier. Now, if you could do something about making my car drive itself, I could have a nap or read a book, on the way home. 🙂 So, in amongst the usual suspects of Friday night comedy and witty news panel shows, I check out Desert Island Discs. For those not in the know, the (hopefully) […]

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Teamwork

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Hi, Not a holiday, but certainly a long weekend away from the red tape machines. A glorious five days off for the Jones Massive. Okay, four for the kids and an extra day for the Ever Lovely Mrs J and I. Sure, the pay ain’t always great in the public sector, but the holidays make up for it. Clothes A shorter week meant Thursday was soon upon me. I still find it a challenge to work out what I’m going to wear. It’s not that I’ve nothing to wear, as I’ve got a fair few items that have built up over the years. Originally, I used to buy things I like in the moment, as it were, but now, I […]

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