Catching up with what’s happening in Boise

I’m trying to catch up on my posts and I can’t remember if I posted this or not – we have another new name – Callan! Serenity (previously Darren), is now going by the first name “Callan” for anything professional, and still using the nickname “Serenity” with family. Their pronouns continue to be they/them. I’m not sure if I’ll use the name Callan or Serenity on this blog (Callan says either one is fine with them).

For this post today I’m using “Callan” because I want to get used to using the name. It’s also a less confusing name to use when I’m talking to new friends and acquaintances who have never met Serenity and haven’t been following the story of them identifying as non-binary.

The name “Callan” is a Scottish/Irish name that means “Rock.” It’s mostly used as a man’s name, although it’s not common in our country and doesn’t have a strong masculine connotation for most of us. In addition, one of Laura’s best friends during their childhood was a girl named Kehlen, so we are familiar with variants of that name being either gender. At least that’s what it reminds me of. If I’m not careful I’m going to accidentally call them Kehlen instead of Callan.

In other exciting news, Callan now has a girlfriend, whose name is Chirstina. (Her name is with the “i” before the “r”, similar to the name Kirsten.) Congratulations to them both! I’ve never seen Callan this happy before, which is wonderful to see.

Chirstina lives with Callan in Boise, but has been temporarily relocated by her company to Colorado during this extended tax season (she is a CPA). While Callan was visiting her out there a couple of weeks ago, they encountered a surprise spring blizzard on the way to the hotel from the Denver airport and were in a car accident.

Thank goodness they’re both doing fine. Unfortunately Chirstina broke her ankle and Callan was all bruised up, so they both got to enjoy a not-fun ambulance ride to the emergency room. Luckily neither required hospitalization. Callan has since safely returned to Boise, and hopefully Chirstina can come back home soon too.

Last month Callan & Chirstina and their roommates, Heidi & Kylie, adopted our dog Kai, so now they have both Kira and Kai. I hear the dogs are doing very well there.

Here is a recent picture of Callan showing off their bandage from their covid shot! Under that bandage is a partially-done tattoo. It will eventually have color and shading, but I rather like it as an outline. It’s a big dragon.

I’m so happy that both kids have now had both shots!

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