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It seems so long ago that I went into Guildford for a make-up lesson and bought lots of cosmetics. Ariane has had be very patient to try them out, and I don’t do patient. I have so little time on my own.
First one of my aged relatives came to stay with us. She’s lovely, but she’s 90, and she’s indoors most of the time. I couldn’t come out to play while she was here. But she left last night. Also I was planning to go up to Manchester the first weekend in September to watch City and socialise as Ariane, but consecutive rail strikes on the Friday and Saturday put paid to that.
Finally, this weekend, and very unusually I have the place to myself for Saturday night and Sunday morning. So I brought out my bag of MAC goodies and made myself up. And I got dressed so I could wear all the new clothes I bought last month. That felt very good.
There’s no point being all dressed up if you’ve nowhere to go, so I drove round to pay a surprise visit to Penny and Paul. It was lovely to see them and drink something sparkling, being accepted and welcomed as Ariane. Then I thought I should take some exercise so I drove off to Witley Common (pictured), one of my favourite places, and went for a walk in the woods. It was around midnight and not surprisingly I had the Common to myself.
The good thing about tonight is that it all felt so natural being Ariane and going out. In the past I’ve been nervous because I thought people might look at me and recognise me. That’s all gone. I felt so calm and relaxed when I was out. Maybe this is the start of a new chapter. I need to get out more.
