Well I’ve been at Grams for almost three months now. School is starting next week. I was extremely worried about school because I still only had the eight year old outfits to wear. And there was no way I was going back to school dressed as an eight year old. Gram took a little pity on me and told me we’d go shopping as a reward right after my doctors appointment. I didn’t know I had a doctors appointment. I spent a little time wheedling Gram and she took delight in telling me that she and Aunt Cathy were tired of the whole hair removal ritual. I was still being shaved about one a week so I was kind of curious why I’d need a doctors appointment. I subsequently found out that the ‘Doctor’ was a hair removal clinic and I was going to have all the hair below my neck removed permanently. I was pretty dismayed at this. I asked Gram why she thought this was necessary. I then got a long lecture on how much better a person I’d been since my transformation. Gram was thinking she wouldn’t be around forever she’d like to leave me something to remember her by. This way every time I looked in the mirror or undressed for a boyfriend or husband, I’d think about her.
I can’t say I was happy about this, but I knew she was right I’d think about her for the rest of my life. So Off we went to the doctors. It was a simple outpatient procedure and we finished up in just one morning. Then we got to go shopping. I was really hoping gram would lighten up on me. And she did to an extent. I actually got to pick out some clothes that made me look like I was eighteen. Although I got nothing flashy. Everything gram eventually bought me was understated but at least tasteful. I popped off to gram once about what she was buying me. I’d forgotten that being in public didn’t stop Gram. She grabbed my ear and marched me down to the ladies room, where I had my mouth washed out with soap. I had to spend ten minutes in the corner with that awful taste in my mouth before I was allowed to rinse it out. I was also informed that I had just earned myself a session with the paddle that night. It was a very different girl who went back to the store with gram and apologized to the clerk. I even gave her a curtsy.