A Mixed May

 Well May is nearly out and with it, Spring. On Sunday we will welcome June and the start of Summer. 

But let's reflect on May 2025.

It was a very up and down month for me. Definitely highs and lows. The month didn't start well with my wife's illness making things difficult. Her Multiple Sclerosis continues to slowly worsen, and aided by other co-morbidities, It's made life very tough for her and as her carer, it's made things very tough for me too. It's a very stressful situation and has been for the last few years. It certainly has a huge impact on my ability to find time to crossdress, which creates a catch 22 situation,  because the dressing helps me to de-stress and find some release. My wife's condition did threaten to scupper my plans to visit my friend Nikki Kent at her holiday accommodation and as a result, I had to prepare for a Plan B scenario, where we met briefly in drab, just in case our original plans were unable to be realised. Thankfully my wife's condition settled a bit, and Plan A stayed on track.

On Thursday 8th of May, I was able to dress and drive over to St Just, to spend a few wonderful hours with Nikki Kent. I have already written about it on the blog,  so I won't repeat myself,  but I will say that I had a wonderful day, meeting an old friend,  and it did me the power of good that everything went to plan. It was a real Red Letter Day for me.

I was still on a high on the day after meeting Nikki,  but came down to earth with a bump, when I had a bad migraine that affected me from Friday through to Tuesday. Migraines take a lot out of me, and it really took a week to get my strength back. 

I was rejuvenated by the excitement and fabulously camp spectacle of the Eurovision Song Contest. I know it has it's knockers,  but I love how vibrant and camp it is. It's so much fun and provides a crossover of mainstream and queer culture that is fun but also important at a time when the queer community is facing a little pushback against it, especially the trans contingent. 

And then the television was full of the bittersweet (for me) gardening extravaganza that is the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It's bittersweet for me, because I always used to attend it, as a member of the RHS. I haven't been able to attend since 2013, due to my caring duties. So I love seeing the gardens and floral displays on the television coverage,  but miss being able to attend  in person. It looks like it was a very good show this year.

Of course I love gardening and I did manage to do some work in the garden, which I enjoyed and the garden is looking nice this year.

I managed to squeeze in a nice dressing session towards the end of the month, and wore a dress and cardigan ensemble that I had recently purchased from Vinted. I am very pleased with it, and the resulting photos. These photos were taken to mark my 16th anniversary of being active in the transgender world, with my first interactions coming on the UK Angels forum back in 2009 on May 24th. So I consider that day to be my Girl Birthday.  

And so we come to the back end of the month,  and I had hoped to get another chance to dress, but unfortunately another migraine has put paid to that, and I'm seeing out the month feeling rather unwell.  Also my wife's condition is deteriorating again. Hopefully we will both improve for next month. 

I have a couple of dressing sessions planned for June.  I am also hoping that I can visit my friend, Veronica,  but it's all a but up in the air at the moment with my wife's condition. So fingers crossed.