My family is wanting to take me out to dinner before I head back to Oregon, and I really wanna try somewhere new/underrated. Most of my favorite restaurants are also found in Oregon, so I’m hoping for a more local place here that I can maybe look forward to when I come back to visit again next year. Like a good hole in the wall if possible, or just a place that you might think is underrated and deserves more attention.
Herb roasted lamb chops, brown sugar roasted carrots, and garlic sage mashed potatoes with chicken gravy topped with parsley. Chicken gravy because I started making the carrots in the same pan as I made the lamb, and I didn't deglaze it lol. The chicken gravy is from a chicken stock I made a few weeks ago.
I’m not really looking for advice or anything, I just need to get this out of my system.
So back in March I found out I was pregnant. I’m ftm, but I have always wanted to be pregnant and have my own child. Anyways, I found out I was pregnant and a few weeks later my best friend (also trans) found out he was pregnant too. I was so excited because we were going to experience the joy and journey of being seahorse dads together. It just felt so incredibly special to experience it together, especially because we’ve both experienced miscarriages and these were hopefully our rainbow babies. At the end of April I had a miscarriage and it brought me down completely for multiple reasons- the biggest one being that we would no longer get to share the journey and talk about the similarities and differences of our pregnancies. I told him about the miscarriage, but I never fully opened up about how I felt because I didn’t want to bring him down with me.
But earlier today he found out his baby’s gender and shared it with me. We both have plans to raise our children more nonbinary, and the gender was more of a private thing for us and official documents to know. But he shared the gender with me, and I finally just broke down and told him everything. And I did apologize because I didn’t want to ruin his feelings and bring him down, but I also couldn’t bottle it up anymore because I worried that it might build some resentment later on. I’m his child’s uncle and godfather. I will love this baby and do anything for this baby. I already do love this little baby, but at the same time it hurts so badly because I was also supposed to be finding out the gender around this time and telling him. I had imagined our children growing up with each other and being raised like siblings and being best friends like we are. When I found out we were pregnant together I quite literally mapped out a future for our rainbow babies because who wouldn’t.
And idk maybe I am a little selfish for feeling this way. I can’t help but feel like I am. But I also needed to get it out to people (seahorse dads) who might at least understand the feeling of this loss. To be pregnant at the same time with your friend who is also trans is such a unique experience, and to lose it? It just doesn’t feel fair.
ETA: changed some wording
My time in Overland Park has unfortunately been extended due to family circumstance. However, I am quite happy that it has been because my car is now starting to have issues and I would like to find a place here in Overland Park as opposed to Oregon to get it looked at. My car sounds like a hover board when I accelerate and turn corners, and it is also bumpy when I slow down or drive above a certain speed. I’ve done some research so I have an idea of what it might be. Like the title says I am hoping to find an auto shop that can take a look at this that is on the slightly cheaper side or offers a payment plan so I do not have to worry about finances or what might happen as I get back to Oregon in the next few weeks.
I’m in South OP, so anyplace along 159th-119th from Quivera to Kenneth would be best. I have a 2011 Honda Accord
TIA!!
ETA: added location and car type
Hey y’all! I’ve been in Oregon for the last few months as I’ve recently moved, but I’m coming back to OP for three weeks. What’s changed since the end of February, and is there anything I need to look out for from 135th to 159th? Also, what new food spots would be recommended?