Okay, it's time for me to make my bi-monthly post in here.  I have news!  Um, well first, I had my second laser hair-removal treatment a couple of weeks ago, and now that I have recovered from it I can really start to tell a difference.  It is not taking nearly as much foundation as it used to and I don't need the red "concealer" at all anymore.  I ( Read more... )

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... )

Hello everyone!  I'm finally getting around to making a New Year's entry. ^_^

You know, sometimes I surprise myself with how much progress I've made in a short time, when I re-read through a month's worth of journal entries as I'm copying it to take to my gender therapist.  Looking back at a whole year's worth as I pitch the old calendars and hang ( 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... )

Hello everyone! I thought I should write an after-gathering update, since I left things off on a ranty, gloomy note ( Read more... )

No, I didn't overlook the setting; this is meant to be a public entry. I'm done sugar-coating things for people by hiding behind passwords and friends-lists and filters. If anyone reads my journal but doesn't want to know how I really feel, too damn bad from now on. I am going to do the favor of an lj-cut this time, since this might get long anyway ( Read more... )

Oh my GOSH what an awesome day!  Hee!

I went back to the UU again this morning.  Don't worry, I'm not going to journal it every single time I go to church, especially since it looks like I'm going to be a regular there.  Being able to go out as myself is habit-forming. :D
But! today was an extra-special service:  it was their annual Water Communion, ( Read more... )

I've really been feeling a bit down this week.  I know I shouldn't be, because things are going good for me.  I've taken the next step and been out as myself; I'm even thinking ahead to going other places in "girl-mode," just as soon as I build a bit more confidence doing this.  And things are fine at home, fine at work albeit a bit slow, mostly ( 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... )