jumped out of bed. Here it was! The day of the trip! An adventure was going to start for me, and I knew it would be one that I never would forget. I walked into the kitchen, everyone was up. "Hi, group!"

"Good morning, dear."

"Hi, Marcia.”

"How's the old girl feel?"

"Mornin' Marsh!"

It was inevitable. Susie, with her flair for renaming everyone to suit her, had relabeled Marcia too. "What's for breakfast?" I asked.

Alicia poured my milk, "Ham, eggs, toast, cereal, orange juice. Anything you want!”

Susie got up, and kissed me on the check. "I'm going down to pick up the tickets. Alicia and I laid out your clothes on the bed. JoAnne will make you up and will help you with the wig, accessories and the finishing touches."

I noticed Mom was extremely quiet. "Something the matter," I asked her?

"Oh, nothing, I suppose, I just wonder if I'm really doing something wrong."

I didn't want to tell her that I really did like being dressed as a girl. In fact, it had become very important to me. I tried to sound casual, "Oh, don't worry about it. Everything will be fine and we'll have lots of fun. Right, Alicia?"

"You bet, Marcia!"

Mother spoke up again, "You know in some places, it is not legal to dress like a member of the opposite sex."

"But that's only if one can tell, and everyone has been telling me how pretty I looked, how perfect my disguise was." I replied. Mother didn't look satisfied, but the subject was closed. I was a little angry that she wanted me to stop when she had introduced me to feminine clothes, but I said no more, and went to take a bath.