Normally when we bring the adventures of flying to distant locations or off on an extended vacation we like to share with others. This is great because for those who cannot make that journey as yet it does give one an experiance through others to dream about. So this adventure is not off to an unknown location or to another city across the country as this is across town.
A little back ground for those who do not know me as well as others. I have worked for 27 yrs at the university here in southern Minnesota.Here at Minnesota State University, Mankato i have worked for 19yrs in building repair of our physical plant department. In short if they break it we fix it and if something needs to be assembled or remodeled we are called. For the past 26yrs of my employment I have been the guy they called but last year it changed with my transition.
The adventure was to first to come out to family, friends, and co-workers (1200 +). So we fast forward through nine months and it was going well. Then with the season changes this spring I was getting the outdoor sports support structures ready for the spring practices I realized I have a bigger team to get ready for, the Minnesota Vikings training camp. I started to get worried as to how they would take the news. In a sense it was like starting over. Well during the Be-All conference this spring a speaker told us her story of transitioning on the job as a sports writer, so this lady was someone I needed to talk with. Christena gave me some of the best advice one could get. Go to work as yourself as they are big boys, they can deal. So that is what I did.
Today was day one of the next four weeks and the equipment manager, Denny, was so wonderful and polite. He and I have had a working friendship for 19 yrs now and it isn't going to change. So the day turned out to be a non-event event.I think we all have experiances of the first time out to the clubs or a drive/flight and yet we forget the day-to-day events. Today was my everyday out and about. I wish you all the best as you get out whether you are CDing or transitioning. Have fun and hugs. Teri
