I'm just going to stop apologizing for not being active here anymore.  Is it my fault if I don't write in my "transition journal" much now that my transition seems to be winding down?  I have 'just a normal girl' journals somewhere else, they're getting most of the attention these days.  For better or worse, this just isn't as big a part of my life ( Read more... )

You know what I like?  I like it when I am shopping in a grocery store, and I stop to look over a package of cookies, and a total stranger who happens to be walking by strikes up a conversation about them.  "Oh, have you tried those yet?  OMG if you like anise you have got to buy those, seriously, you won't regret it.  See look, they're only 25 ( Read more... )

I've got a free moment or two this morning, so this feels like a good time to write about the new developments.

Dentistry Update:  I'm recovering nicely from yesterday's dental appointment, which turned out well.  I didn't have to lose my tooth after all!   The dentist was all, "I don't get to say this very often, but it looks like it's not as bad ( Read more... )

Ooh, here's something to offset the depressive thing from earlier (that not everyone saw). Just a little while ago, I got a knock on the door!  So I did what any girl would do, and answered it. :)  That feels like progress too... I remember a time, while I was still 'working' on my presentation, that I got a knock on the door and was too scared to ( Read more... )

I'm back from my dentist appointment now; I don't know if it's good news or bad news yet. Right now I am on antibiotics to clear out the infection from behind the tooth, and then I go back in a week for them to start working and see how bad it is. There is a chance I caught it soon enough that all they will need to do is a filling, which would be ( Read more... )

So after the holiday, the rest of the extended weekend was equally good; Friday I celebrated National Avoid-The-Store-Unless-You're-Stupid Day by going absolutely nowhere, Saturday I had a nice visit from my sister, and yesterday I got out my holiday tree and started decorating for the season (and found some other neat buried treasures in the ( Read more... )

I went out as myself this morning to that Unitarian Universalist church again.  I just about didn't make it there; I got myself made up and ready this morning, and I thought I looked horrible.  I thought my facial hair was totally obvious, and I didn't think I did a good job on my eye makeup, and I really didn't want to go out looking like that.   ( Read more... )

I'm mainly writing this for my mother, but I'm making it public on my journal just in case it can also help someone else understand a little better.  I had a phone conversation with her yesterday; it was a fairly nice talk, we were on the phone for 45 minutes or so.  During that conversation, we started talking about me and my situation a little, ( Read more... )

HOLY CRAP WHY IS EVERYONE TRYING TO KILL ME?!?  WHAT DID I DO???

I know it's a holiday weekend but it's not even 4:00 yet!  Isn't it a little early for all the aggressive driving??  You're supposed to let me get home first!

I have no idea how me and my poor car are still in one piece right now.  And they say women drivers are crazy?  Don't get ( Read more... )

Commencement
I got started watching the introductory stuff on those videos last night. It's asking me to commit to working on my voice for an hour every day, and I should have results within three months that way. I don't actually have a free hour every day right now, but I'm going to make one somehow. Surely there are things I'm doing that are ( Read more... )