The Magic Spring *EOTWP*
02 July |
| Week 74 |
Ruth, Phillip, Sarah and her kids, and I spent the day soaking up the sun and water rides at Magic Springs in Hot Springs. It's about an hour drive outside of Little Rock. I haven't been to Magic Springs since I was age 12 — and in that year, 1994, I went with my family and a friend of mine at the time, Dustin. I remember vomiting from drinking a diet soda after getting off the swings ride. LOLs. There were signs around the park about areas closed off and whatnot, and I just thought they were probably building new rides. The following year, the park shut down. It reopened in 2000.
Enough backstory and reminiscing, though. Tuesday was a blast! I wore a bikini! In public! In front of hundreds and hundreds of other people! That's cray cray. Seriously. There were no awkward stares or glances either. Just a few guys checking me out...according to Ruth. :P
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| Hello! <3 |
It was such a fun and exciting time for me. Being able to dress accordingly for swimwear based on my gender was surreal. I don't think cisgender folks have a true grasp or understanding of how affecting that can be on a person. As a kid, I always felt half naked being told that I was to wear swim trunks. I would stand around a group of other kids — with girls wearing their gender-specific swim attire — with my arms crossed covering my chest.
This bothered me so much during my summers as a child that I, and I remember this specifically at age 12, would go and sneak away and lock myself in the bathroom with one of the one-piece swimsuits that one of the girls around my age would bring for pool time (my mother used to babysit children of all ages in-home...there were a few girls she kept closer to my age). I'd put it on and just stare at myself in the mirror wondering why I wasn't allowed to wear this in public. It was incredibly disheartening, socially negatively impacting, and life-destroying. But seeing myself in a swimsuit made me feel good about myself. It felt right.
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| Fun in the sun! <3 |
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| Not many changes in this two-week period. Eh, it happens. Loss of weight causes waistline to slightly trim, yet hips increased by a sixteenth of an inch. :) |
But until then, I'm going to go put some more aloe vera gel on this sunburn of mine. Ouchies. See you lot next week! Be good, do good! Love. <3
Also, happy one-year anniversary of living in Little Rock, Anna. Teehee!
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| Such a crazy difference! Especially in my chin...oh goodness. Haha, that bra that was just a bit too big for me.:P (Left: 28 June 2015 / Right: 28 June 2016 — One year later after moving to Little Rock) |
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