What made you happy today? 2.0

[Brooke777]

After three months of waiting, I was finally able to take out the studs used for the healing process. I know have some dangly earrings in. Yay!

[Shantel]

After three months of waiting, I was finally able to take out the studs used for the healing process. I know have some dangly earrings in. Yay!

Great! I had some 3/4 karat diamond studs, took my hearing protection off at the range two years ago and [bing] one pulled out and flipped off somewhere unbeknownst to me. Later I find that I could have gotten screw on backs rather than the cheap snap on type, pretty pricy lesson for me.

[MadelineB]

After three months of waiting, I was finally able to take out the studs used for the healing process. I know have some dangly earrings in. Yay!

Ear ye! Ear ye! A whole new level of accessorizing awaits!

[Adam (birkin)]

I needed to clear my head a little bit, so I took my backpack to the park...it contained a cheese sandwich, a thermos with some tea*, and the work of some Chinese legalists. And it turned out that the work I read was exactly what I needed to hear.

*Some people are so obnoxious and think they're special for liking tea...I actually just hate coffee and enjoy tea. -_-

[Shantel]

At the grocery store today I bought some Girl Scout cookies from some newbie young scouts. They were adorable, it was fun to watch their mothers help them take my order, figuring out the cost, changing money. It was very cute, made my day.

That means my granddaughter will be calling to take my order. The shortbread ones are good with morning coffee!

[Edge]

I could watch this scene of Death walking down the street over and over.

[natastic]

New friends. Feeling like I'm a little bit more of a real person.

[KayCeeDee]

All the black hairs on my face are finally coming out, 16 days after my first laser treatment.

[Lee]

My first choice for pharmacy school just invited me to interview! 

[Jayne]

I had a chat with one of the women staying at this hostel i'm in today.
My skins bad again so I didn't have makeup & hadn't been able to shave well, I was wearing my bra with padding though as I feel wrong without it, she was very polite when she asked if I was MTF or FTM, she said she thought I may be FTM as my bone structure looked more feminine than masculine to her.
I've not started HRT yet so this was a great confidence boost.

I've barely made it through the worst two weeks of my life in one piece & in the last 2 days i've got my dog back & suddenly my mum seems more accepting of me being trans, I managed to briefly bring up this topic several times yesterday without a negative response.

I guess karma must have gotten bored of picking on me & moved onto someone else, hopefully my ex 

[Shantel]

Today marks a little over a week since my second laser hair removal treatment and, while I was initially displeased with the amount of irritation the stronger laser setting brought to the skin on my face, this was the first morning where I awoke without the customary 5 o'clock shadow sullying my face. Words can not describe just how overjoyed this makes me. For so many years my facial hair has triggered some extreme bouts of disphoria within me and it was the thickness of that hair that has been my biggest anxiety about ever being able to pass as a natal fem. To have been able to

Not intended to sleight our FtM brothers here but I never could understand the cis male mentality whereby anyone would wish to grow hair out of their face unless they aspire to be a walrus. It has always bothered me to be stuck with having to scrape my face daily to get rid of the unseemly remnants that still keep popping up.

[AnarchoChloe]

Sorry Shan, I deleted my original post because I noticed it hadn't all saved before I noticed you'd replied. I agree 100%, facial hair has always been one of my biggest triggers and I do not understand how anyone could like it. But that's just me and I understand that other people have different opinions.

My whole post was meant to be:

Today marks a little over a week since my second laser hair removal treatment and, while I was initially displeased with the amount of irritation the stronger laser setting brought to the skin on my face, this was the first morning where I awoke without the customary 5 o'clock shadow sullying my face. Words can not describe just how overjoyed this makes me. For so many years my facial hair has triggered some extreme bouts of disphoria within me and it was the thickness of that hair that has been my biggest anxiety about ever being able to pass as a natal fem. To have been able to run my razor over my skin for a mere 2 minutes instead of the 10-15 it used to take and to feel the skin still smooth three hours later is a joy that I never really expected to be able to feel. With four more treatments, at least, left to go, I suddenly feel that this is possible. That transitioning is not the pipe dream I thought it was but an actual viable future. That I can present as Chloe in the real world some day and be accepted. I know there is still so far to go and that I will face challenges from both within and outside myself that I haven't even considered yet but on this rainy Monday morning I find cause for celebration.

[Constance]

I changed my name & sex with the DMV and my voter registration. My legal transition is now complete!

[Shantel]

I changed my name & sex with the DMV and my voter registration. My legal transition is now complete!

Congrats Constance! How about with Social Security?

[Constance]

Congrats Constance! How about with Social Security?

I did SSA about 10 days ago. My card arrived in the mail over the weekend.

[Jayne]

I spoke to the hostel manager about me breaking the rules & having my dog here, he said he knows i've done everything I could to keep him elsewhere & I wouldn't break the rules unless I was desperate so they're not going to give me notice to leave.
My dog has never been so calm, at my ex's house he barked at the slightest thing, he hasn't barked at any of the banging going on around here, people can walk past & he's not going mental.
My mum came round today & said it's like he's a different dog, he knows i'm in charge so he doesn't have to be on guard 24/7, he can just relax & be happy.

When my mum turned up I was reading reviews of hair straighteners online as mine have packed up, my mum told me not to waste my money, she's going to get me a pair.
I think i've reached a major turning point with my mum & she is now starting to accept that transitioning is the right thing for me.

[Jayne]

The good things just keep on happening, i'm going to burst with joy at this rate, my noisy, abusive neighbour has been such a pain to not just me but 4 other tenants as well, he got ordered to go to rehab today for 2 weeks, i'm going to get 2 weeks of peace! As I took my dog out for a walk he was getting into a car to be taken away & gave me a filthy look, I just smiled & gave a very cheeky wave copied from Vir on Babylon 5.
This is the wave:



Can someone tell me how to shrink the you tube window down please, i've forgotten how to do it.

[natastic]

Picking up my HRT refill today went something like this (new pharmacist who hadn't seen me before btw). I gave the pharmacist my last name and she asked what the first name was. I cautiously offered my male birthname, and she asked "what's his date of birth?"

That put a big smile on my face

[AwishForXX]

I just smiled & gave a very cheeky wave copied from Vir on Babylon 5.

LOL! I love B5, Vir was always one of my favorites, along with G'Kar.  Glad to find someone else who remembers it.

The above is what made me happy today.

Colleen.

[DeeperThanSwords]

LOL! I love B5, Vir was always one of my favorites, along with G'Kar.  Glad to find someone else who remembers it.

The above is what made me happy today.

Colleen.

I love B5 too! Vir, Londo & G'Kar were my favourites. And I know precisely which Vir wave Jayne means. It's brilliantly smug.

Today, my happy came from finally getting some productive stuff done, and Himself helping me take pictures of me in my new binder.