20180311 1601 - Monthly craftnight at Melissa's - travel altar tins - Clio's tin - 15011616
Clio made a great tin that captures her personality succinctly: Full of cartoons, and sloppily glued together.
Transition Progress at this point: On hormones since 8/1 (7 months); injections since 12/22 (2 months) [14 so far]. Full-time female since 9/15 (5.5 months). Publicly out as trans since 10/11 (4.5 months). Legally female since 12/21 (2.5 months). 3 group speech therapy classes taken at GW Speech Clinic (since 2/22). Plastic surgery consults continuing. Have seen endo/primary therapist 5X, and secondary therapists 9X. Weight down to 141lbs (56 down from 197). Hair removal includes 33 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 (8.5 months). Latisse for eyelash lengthening since 4/17 (10.5 months). 2 dental implants + Zoom Whitening. Pierced ears. Dyed/layered hair (no haircuts for 3yrs--since 1/2015). Twice daily hydroquinone treatment on leg hyperpigmentation since 2/14 (3 weeks), and it's peeling red now (looks awful). Female wardrobe replacement up to more than 656 items. Total transition expenditures now over $17,400 at this point.
Bender, Daphne, Fred, Robin, Stewie Griffin, Velma.
Bender figurine, Party Girl button, beads, bottle caps, glow in the dark spider, mirrors, spikes.
cartoon: Family Guy. cartoon: Futurama. cartoon: Scooby Doo. cartoon: The Tick. comics: Batman.
upstairs, Clio and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
March 11, 2018.
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BACKSTORY: Each month, Melissa has a craft night. This night was making travel altar tins. You take an Altoids box and decorate it, and then you have a portable altar to take with you.
20180311 1601 - Monthly craftnight at Melissa's - travel altar tins - Clio's tin - 15011616
Clio made a great tin that captures her personality succinctly: Full of cartoons, and sloppily glued together.
Transition Progress at this point: On hormones since 8/1 (7 months); injections since 12/22 (2 months) [14 so far]. Full-time female since 9/15 (5.5 months). Publicly out as trans since 10/11 (4.5 months). Legally female since 12/21 (2.5 months). 3 group speech therapy classes taken at GW Speech Clinic (since 2/22). Plastic surgery consults continuing. Have seen endo/primary therapist 5X, and secondary therapists 9X. Weight down to 141lbs (56 down from 197). Hair removal includes 33 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 (8.5 months). Latisse for eyelash lengthening since 4/17 (10.5 months). 2 dental implants + Zoom Whitening. Pierced ears. Dyed/layered hair (no haircuts for 3yrs--since 1/2015). Twice daily hydroquinone treatment on leg hyperpigmentation since 2/14 (3 weeks), and it's peeling red now (looks awful). Female wardrobe replacement up to more than 656 items. Total transition expenditures now over $17,400 at this point.
Bender, Daphne, Fred, Robin, Stewie Griffin, Velma.
Bender figurine, Party Girl button, beads, bottle caps, glow in the dark spider, mirrors, spikes.
cartoon: Family Guy. cartoon: Futurama. cartoon: Scooby Doo. cartoon: The Tick. comics: Batman.
upstairs, Clio and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
March 11, 2018.
... Read my blog at clintjcl at wordpress dot com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL at wordpress dot com
BACKSTORY: Each month, Melissa has a craft night. This night was making travel altar tins. You take an Altoids box and decorate it, and then you have a portable altar to take with you.