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Picking Up the Pace a Bit! Entry posted by Jessicatoyou · February 8 Oh gosh, I just reread this blog and I can't believe how everything has changed so much in just four months. I will add more blogs about some of the more significant events, accomplishments and simple thoughts that would take up to much now. A couple of notes though, since March, 1. My final laser hair removal of beard.is next month. Targeting only the dark hairs on my face and neck, the process being used is supposed to be permanent. As no dark hairs seem to be growing back now, I'll be curious how effect it is over the long run. Have also had about 30+ hours of electrolysis and most hair is gone from my face, but still mich more to do around the neck area. 2. I'm 4 months into HRT and some significant body and emotional changes are underway. While I'm not settling for just that in my transition I tend to think at this point I would be just as happy even if facial procedures and GRS were not future possibilities. 3. Have legally changed my name and all gender markers to female and updated all records including licenses, Social Security, Medical, Birth Certificate and, one of the first things I did, my VOTER REGISTRATION. The neat thing is, in NYS it can be done with having the records sealed, which was important for me as my son was a junior. 4. There is not a person on the planet who I need not be authentic with now. I relied heavily on Dana Hoffman Fox's advice on coming out and my therapist gave me some additional good pointers when the time came. 5. I have connected with most of my extended family using Facebook. I never was into Facebook before and just started a page solely for the purpose of not allowing any to "hide me". This worked, and the funny thing is once one of my siblings "friended" me the rest of my cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews. nieces are reaching out to me! 6. I have established my presence and am becoming more involved in my two communities, both in NY and Florida. I think this is extremely important as it is an opportunity for me to help "normalize" Transgender in society. I often start out my day asking myself, "What can I do today???" with respect to that. 7. I have met some really, really, really good people as Jessica, both transgender and cis. I absolutely would do anything for them I could; I really love them all! 8. Had some facial feminization procedures. First, some fillers in lower and upper cheeks. I didn't really notice much improvement and have decided since that was a waste out of my budget. I am still recovering from a "limited" Facial Surgery procedure (12 days ago) and while it is too early to tell, I should have gone this route or not at all. I would have loved to do more but had some tough budget constraints. I will try to give more details in these and some others through blogs in the coming weeks.