But moreover, I was happy.It was like both background happiness and little bombs of joy were amongmy new magical powers. Or maybe that's just what be...ng a female was likefor me. On Wednesday, after our day at the the office, my family allbought swimming suits, had fast food, and rented a hotel room so we coulduse the pool. We swam for the first time as our new genders, and eventhe girls were good enough at fully morphing to pull off wearing swimmingsuits.Tim and I called this our second. My existence in this life of transient work and wandering, broken friendships and lost relationships, only makes sense when you understand the event that set me on this path. I’m not dumb, I’m not physically disabled, and I don’t have notable issues with sanity. There has to be a reason I refuse to fit into society, and what happened in her home years ago is that reason.We spent the night in the “Scott Shady Court Motel”. Ok, it was a dive, but Jake said he hadn’t had a shower in a while. I. . so quite a few retirees and some seasonal workers come south for the winter. In November, all you see on the road are caravans and trailers, all headed south, then in April, they all head back north again. We call them Snowbirds because they are like migratory birds, flying south for the winter and north to the nesting grounds in spring." Excuse me," said Debra, "Farouq ... you're Arab, aren't you? Maybe you could answer me. Sandy, the woman who owns the store where we buy our groceries, was. Ruth was concentrating on getting them there as quickly as possible – she knew Ivy didn’t like to make long journeys in the Dodge when it was dark, she might leave at any moment. By the time they arrived the sun was low in the sky, bathing the site in late evening sunlight. As they wandered through litter strewn fields they passed Andy and Geoff sitting by a smouldering camp fire. They sat on a battered, brown sofa without any cushions, sharing a can of cider and smoking a joint. There was a.