10:10 pm Saturday 31st July 1999

Well, another Saturday mostly wasted. Woke up at 8:00 am and decided to get up. This was after going to bed at 4:00 am. Had a very long and unusual dream covering about five major segments. I wrote it down. So I will have to type it up later. Had breakfast and did my laundry. Jules came down at ~ 11:00 am and we wasted ~ 3 hours trying to install Linux which was a complete disaster and which I don't think I will try to repeat in the future. We were going to meet Red for coffee in Civic at 3:00 pm, and I had a nap and didn't wake up until 2:50 pm. I had a headache from oversleeping and Linux had crashed. I then locked myself out of my room and had to carry my big coat into Civic to stop myself freezing to death. I was in an extremely bad mood when I got into Civic. I just about took Susan's head off with my first remarks when she made a joke. I hadn't been that angry in quite a while. We went for coffee at Café Chaos and our order took a long time so I had a chance to cool off and rejoin the normal stream of conversation. I was very grateful for the coat after I had cooled off from my bike trip. The wind was very chill even though it was bright and sunny. After coffee Susan and Jules went shopping whilst Red and I wandered and chatted. She pointed out my moodiness and made the connection which I hadn't noticed between the Androgen and this unusual part of my character. I joked that it was my first taste of PMS, so that was funny. We wandered back to Johns and chatted in my room and Red looked at the photo's from Penny's house-sitting. Eventually Red got a lift home by her brother and I crashed here. I had some dinner, watched some TV and that is about it.
I have noticed several major things even though I have only been on the Androcur for a week. One, I have lost my usual resistance to the cold I always prided myself on. I want to buy a black overcoat, but that will have to wait until I have money. I have my old army great-coat, but it doesn't cover my shins and I don't feel quite comfortable wearing something so "blokey". By the time I find and get one, winter may well be over. Hopefully this means summer might be more bearable. Two, I seem to be always hungry. I don't have any scales so I can't check my weight to check if I'm putting anything on. I will have to be careful, because without estrogens it will all end up going onto my stomach. Three, I'm easier to upset I think. I can't say for sure, maybe I just had a crap week, but this will need to be closely observed. I emailed Nikki and Szusza to let them know I'd started on the hormones, but I haven't gotten any replies yet.
12:00 am Sunday – Just worked on my report for an hour or so. There are lots of bits which need editing, and I feel the lack of concrete results which is annoying too. I'm hungry, but I'm going to resist the urge to have either a diet coke or a sandwich and go to bed instead.
Zzzzzz…

1