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Community Conversation => Transitioning => Topic started by: Mai on November 26, 2014, 09:57:49 AM

Title: timeline
Post by: Mai on November 26, 2014, 09:57:49 AM
currently.
debt: grandpa 2k$ usd  (down from 3k)
         hospital 500$ usd  (down from 3k)

ongoing: voice practice. small personal changes, excercize, work, save.

by end of year 2014: hospital paid off, grandpa down to 1k usd

by march 2015: grandpa paid off
friend moves out (have place to myself for privacy, more time for voice practice, etc.  lower bills)
get dental work done

by june 2015: start hrt. ~1-1.5k$usd savings for starting electrolysis
ongoing after hrt started: after initial savings used on electrolysis. can afford ~3-4 hours every other week. =/
(grandparents finding out right now are a big nono! (when i move out of my current place, supposed to be getting a check from grandparents.)

end of 2015: start preparing for full time? come out at work

early 2016 (feb):  tax return ~1.5k usd to put to electrolysis

early 2016  (mar/apr):   move, take vacation time, transfer stores at work to new location,
getcheck from grandpa (~7k usd?) to use on finnishing as much electrolysis as i can during my vacation time and get what i need for full time.
show up to new store as female??  (9mo hrt?)

depending on how fast or slowly it becomes noticeable the move may happen towards june 2016
working at new area till end of 2016.

(subject to change/ommision) (depends on how things change with laws/insurance/employment/life variables
get myself fired (there is a reason for this)  (get unemployment, cal-fresh "food stamps", and covered california "medi-cal")   attempt to get new insurance to cover surgery?

if not:
early 2017:  start using class-A  and go over the road. to start saving up money.   
(3-4 years)  would put me at 30-31 years old. and ~ 60-80k usd in savings? ~take time off work, get srs, ba, facial, vocal (whichever i feel neccessary at this point, with up to 1 year off work for recovery, etc etc.