The day actually began while still enjoying the sights, sounds, and people in an "alternative" night club in Reno, Visions. Afterwards, I went for a wee-hours breakfast with two local girls, including one who had just had a makeover at The Hidden Woman.
I got back to my motel at about 5:00 a.m., and got about 5 hours of sleep before getting up to shower, get dressed, put on my makeup, pack, and check out of the motel. I called my friends at The Hidden Woman, and two of them came to pick me up from the lobby. Gloria had left for her long drive back to Southern California.
We stopped at a one-hour photo shop which was open, and both Carly and I left film to be processed. We went back to retrieve it later.
We spent our time at The Hidden Woman chatting among ourselves.Another local person ahd arrived. Leona and a friend of hers, who was also visiting from the San Francisco Bay Area, went out to lunch. We waited for them to return, and then invited Leona to join the four of us for lunch at the same Mexican Restaurant that we had visited before. We drove there in the other person's Cadillac (!), which had plenty of room for the five of us. I ordered the Chile Colorado, a favorite of mine, and was very pleased with it. We had a pleasant meal together, with Leona just having a Coke to drink. For once I won the battle for the check!
When we returned, Claire received a makeup lesson from Leona, as I had done on my previous trip. I set up my computer and scanner and scanned the picture of Gloria, Claire, and myself, added it to the day's diary page, copied the files to diskette, and used Leona's computer to upload them to this site. Naturally, I spent some time chatting in the TransGender Forum chat room as well, and was able to share the days events with our mutual friend Claudia in Seattle, as well as others.
Later we were visited by Heather, who is a long-distance tour bus driver who makes frequent trips to Reno, and had arrived with a group that evening. He was in his "civilian" male clothes. I had originally planned to return home on either the 6:00 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. bus that night, but we were all enjoying each other's company too much. So I received a "touch up" of my makeup and wig from Leona as well, and Claire, Carly, and I decided to go out for a late dinner at another restaurant, with Heather acting as our gentleman escort. I had a light meal of Fetucini Alfredo and an iced tea. We had a pleasant time chatting, and exchanging blond jokes with Heather, who is one naturally!
As we were leaving, Heather acted as the as the perfect gentleman, opening doors for us ladies. Since I needed to find a place to stay for the night, he accompanied Claire and me and acted as guide as we drove downtown to near where the tour bus would pick me up on the next day. I was relieved to find an inexpensive room available in the motel directly across the street from there! I registered and paid with a credit using my male name, as I had been doing in all of my trips as Janis. As I was leaving the office with my key, he asked me what my last name was. I spelled it for him, and then he asked what my first name was! I turned and told him that I had indeed given it correctly, and left him to resolve the puzzle.
Heather and Claire helped me carry my luggage to my room on the second floor. Heather told me that his schedule allowed him to spend some time with me the following day, before we both had to leave on our respective buses! So we agreed to meet at 10:00 a.m. the following day.
It was around midnight. I was eager to share my day with my friends in the TransGender Forum chat room. The telephone was conveniently located on the desk, and I later found a convenient power outlet under it. Starting out on battery power, I shared my day with several friends there and on ICQ. I hated for this day to end, but finally logged off, undressed, took off my makeup, and soon went to sleep.
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