Claire CJS
20180223 2328 - Rainbow Party #14 - Paisley - Liz, Carolyn, Clio, Beth - opening gifts - swizzle sticks - 26190072
Carolyn opened up a bunch of gifts before the Left-Center-Right game.
We found one of these metal spiral swizzle sticks on the ground at a Makepeace party and took it home because it was metal and we wanted to find out how it fared with the violet wand. Well, it turned out to be Carolyn's favorite violet wand implement. Clio bought her a dozen, since they are easy to lose! :)
The facial expressions really say it all, in this picture.
Transition Progress at this point: On hormones since 8/1 (6.5 months); injections since 12/22 (2 months) [11 so far]. Full-time female since 9/15 (5 months). Publicly out as trans since 10/11 (4 months). Legally female since 12/21 (2 months). Weekly voice Training at GW Speech Clinic since 2/22 (1 group session so far). Plastic surgery consults continuing (4 for FFS, 3 for lipo). Have seen endo/primary therapist 5X, and secondary therapists 9X. Weight down to 136lbs (61 down from 197). Hair removal includes 32 electrolysis treatments totaling 25 hours; 30 laser hair removal sessions (51 area treatments: 16/15/13/12/8 mouth/goatee/face/neck/armpits, 7 legs/chest, 6 ears/brazilian); and bi-weekly at-home IPL on arms since 6/17 (8 months). Latisse for eyelash lengthening since 4/17 (10 months). 2 dental implants, and prep work for Zoom Whitening For Life. Pierced ears. Dyed/layered hair (no haircuts for 3yrs--since 1/2015). Twice daily hydroquinone treatment on leg hyperpigmentation since 2/14 (9 days). Female wardrobe replacement was up to 644 items. Total transition expenditures now over $16,000 at this point.
Beth, Carolyn, Clio, Liz.
opening presents, smiling.
Doctor Who belt, pimp hat, swizzle stick.
Bad Wolf. paisley.
downstairs, Clio and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
... Read my blog at clintjcl at wordpress dot com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress dot com
BACKSTORY: Rainbow Party #14: Paisley: Carolyn's birthday. 30 people. Clio & Carolyn, Vicky, Angel & Dave, Dave N, Aaron & Meagan, Puppy, Svetlana, Matthew & Julie, Sideshow Bob, Sean, Brewster & Kate, Andrew, Diane, Javier, Emily, Lex & Katrina, John F & Erin, Beth, Ipek, Carlos, Melissa & Ken, Ivette. Carolyn opened gifts before L-C-R. Huge L-C-R game (Ipek won). Lots of socializing. DDR was played too. Carolyn and Sideshow Bob played some. Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/1964848253791466/
20180223 2328 - Rainbow Party #14 - Paisley - Liz, Carolyn, Clio, Beth - opening gifts - swizzle sticks - 26190072
Carolyn opened up a bunch of gifts before the Left-Center-Right game.
We found one of these metal spiral swizzle sticks on the ground at a Makepeace party and took it home because it was metal and we wanted to find out how it fared with the violet wand. Well, it turned out to be Carolyn's favorite violet wand implement. Clio bought her a dozen, since they are easy to lose! :)
The facial expressions really say it all, in this picture.
Transition Progress at this point: On hormones since 8/1 (6.5 months); injections since 12/22 (2 months) [11 so far]. Full-time female since 9/15 (5 months). Publicly out as trans since 10/11 (4 months). Legally female since 12/21 (2 months). Weekly voice Training at GW Speech Clinic since 2/22 (1 group session so far). Plastic surgery consults continuing (4 for FFS, 3 for lipo). Have seen endo/primary therapist 5X, and secondary therapists 9X. Weight down to 136lbs (61 down from 197). Hair removal includes 32 electrolysis treatments totaling 25 hours; 30 laser hair removal sessions (51 area treatments: 16/15/13/12/8 mouth/goatee/face/neck/armpits, 7 legs/chest, 6 ears/brazilian); and bi-weekly at-home IPL on arms since 6/17 (8 months). Latisse for eyelash lengthening since 4/17 (10 months). 2 dental implants, and prep work for Zoom Whitening For Life. Pierced ears. Dyed/layered hair (no haircuts for 3yrs--since 1/2015). Twice daily hydroquinone treatment on leg hyperpigmentation since 2/14 (9 days). Female wardrobe replacement was up to 644 items. Total transition expenditures now over $16,000 at this point.
Beth, Carolyn, Clio, Liz.
opening presents, smiling.
Doctor Who belt, pimp hat, swizzle stick.
Bad Wolf. paisley.
downstairs, Clio and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
... Read my blog at clintjcl at wordpress dot com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress dot com
BACKSTORY: Rainbow Party #14: Paisley: Carolyn's birthday. 30 people. Clio & Carolyn, Vicky, Angel & Dave, Dave N, Aaron & Meagan, Puppy, Svetlana, Matthew & Julie, Sideshow Bob, Sean, Brewster & Kate, Andrew, Diane, Javier, Emily, Lex & Katrina, John F & Erin, Beth, Ipek, Carlos, Melissa & Ken, Ivette. Carolyn opened gifts before L-C-R. Huge L-C-R game (Ipek won). Lots of socializing. DDR was played too. Carolyn and Sideshow Bob played some. Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/1964848253791466/