Often when out and about, I'm approached by strangers who've never met anyone like me. They're curious and often have lots of questions which they want to ask. And in the past I've gone out of my way to be helpful and try to answer their questions. I felt it was almost a duty, that (silly as it sounds) I was almost an ambassador for trans folk and it was up to me to try and give a good impression.

However,...

As I seem to need a major kick in the tush to focus on updating my blog, now, with an uninterrupted couple of hours might be the very time to show a touch of discipline [insert your own rather obvious smutty pun here] and get it done!

Now where was I? Discipline? Irony... that's it "irony"!

It...

I've struggled in the last year or two to find the balance with this blog. When I started this web site some 8 years ago, I could be candid about how I felt and the world I was stumbling my way into. My family, my friends, no one had a clue about this website or my tentative steps out into the world.

Since then, I'm Out, I'm living in London, my social circle has expanded way beyond the occasional foray...

I had an absolute ball, and from the enthusiasm with which friends from different parts of Rachels life where all mixing and chatting, I think its fair to say that the rest of the crowd did too.

I really didn't know what to expect, but one thing which I hadn't expected before hand is that I seemed to know most of the people there....