1. Still unemployed. Still broke. Still sucking. I did manage to get food stamps, and I got my unemployment benefits reinstated - $40 a week, woo-hoo! (<-- sarcasm ( Read more... )

So, I had this new plan, inspired by a conversation with reccas_place, to go back to school (I've been wanting to for years) and simultaneously get the degree I need to get a real job/career and have financial aid to help us through in the meantime.

But to fill out my FAFSA I need last year's tax return. I talked to mfrazercani, who does the joint tax returns for both ( Read more... )

So. mfrazercani has a girlfriend - kind of - and I'm not sure how I feel about it.

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Wow, major depression tonight. I almost don't want to post, because nothing I'm thinking is rational, true or pleasant to read, but I suppose I should have a record of how I'm feeling.

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I just had this text exchange with mfrazercani. (For reference, he works in an auto parts store.)

mfrazercani: Hey, wife, working a little late tonight, going to be doing a little landscaping
me: WTF??? That totally sounds like a euphemism for burying the bodies...
mfrazercani: *evil grin*

So, I did my first injection of testosterone last night.

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So I talked to the NP who was teaching me to inject about the agreement I came to last night with mfrazercani, to wait a month before starting actual transition, and she said that if that was the case she really recommended I NOT get this first shot - that the hormonal ups and downs of being on high dose testosterone (comparative to what my body naturally ( Read more... )

So, after talking to mfrazercani tonight about starting T, he asked for a compromise. I will go in tomorrow, get my first shot, and find out how to do it. That gets me set up to start and also lets us know what kind of immediate mental and emotional effects it has without (most likely) any permanent physical effects starting. After that, though, I will ( Read more... )

So, I had my appointment with the endo this morning.

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Today, June 11th, mfrazercani and I have been married for exactly a decade. I love you, gorgeous - now and always. Here's to another ten years, even better than the first.