Today is Christmas Day! The day started very slowly, I think we have had so many late nights that we slept in until about 8 which was lovely. The first job was to open our cards, Denise first, two from Robin, one from Bella, one from Tilly and Baloo and one from Stephanie. Then my turn, two from Denise and one each from Bella, Tilly and Baloo. I love cards, I love choosing them and I love writing in them and giving them, we had quite an emotional time afterwards and a long embrace, this is after all my last Christmas as Robin!. Breakfast was chocolate cake and cream in bed! Very enjoyable! Then make a start on preparing for Christmas lunch with Margaret and Robert at 3 pm, it was going to be a big one and after the first course I planned to tell Robert my story, it went perfectly and although he was shocked he was visibly sympathetic and after the brief outline and telling him about Stephanie he got up from his chair and gave me a long hug, it was a very heavy moment but I was so happy! I have been dreading telling him and had spent the previous hour and a half trying to guess his mood but it went so well, Denise and Margaret also gave me big hugs and I felt much loved, the best feeling anyone could have on Christmas Day. The next 40 minutes was spent elaborating on the main story and there were lots of surprised looks and sympathy, not that I want sympathy, I think I have been given an amazing opportunity to shine and personally can’t wait to have the surgery and be Stephanie.
The rest of the day was spent speaking to various people in various areas of the uk, mum and Peter, Geoff and Polly, Edwin and Fliss and family, all were lovely to see, pity it takes Christmas to speak to them all but it’s better than nothing. The good news which came out of skyping with fliss was that she is coming over late January which means I will be able to tell her face to face which will be much better and easier. By this stage it was midnight and we were bushed and went to bed happy!.
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