WASP News

Last year on my Birthday I published an annual review….

I’ve been a bit busy this week, so better late than never and using the same categories as last year….

Transition – 

I am pretty sure that for the most part I am no longer concerned about “Passing.” It has taken around a year, but I am there. In the spirit of complete openness and honesty on which this journal is built, I will confess that visits to Perth are still hard. I still feel vulnerable in the office, which makes no sense, but is never the less a fact. Once I fully understand why I know I can fix it easily. 

HRT changes continue to develop, and I am finding the results pleasing. I am more comfortable, and more at ease in my preferred Gender role, its not perfect, but its still new.

I am hoping to engage a new speech therapist very soon. This is an important issue for me and an area I am keen to progress.

Health and Fitness

I’ve gone backwards in this area, I’d love to be able to blame the medication, and I am sure it has a part to play. Bottom line is that I have to get this under control, and so it has moved up the priority list. Laziness is the Symptom, discipline is the cure.

Family

My immediate family is amazing. Their support and love has grown stronger over the last year. I don’t intend to let them down by giving in. Our Son is making good progress in Perth and seems to have grown up so rapidly in the last six months. SJ is currently jet setting visiting friends and attending a Wedding in Sri Lanka, I wonder how long before I need to shop for my “Other Mother” of the Bride Outfit…

Triumph Restoration

The strip down has begun. The first new parts have started to arrive and a colour scheme has been selected. The wheels are ready to be rebuilt, and a plan for the ignition system is beginning to take shape. In short, more progress in six weeks, than in the last 12 months, and it feels good.

Emotional

This is another area of concern. Frequent teary outbursts in the office, and when in my Hotel Room are not normal. Nor are they helping. How much of my emotional fragility is due to the Anti Depressant medication is a question I intend to answer soon. I grow weary of peering through a chemical fog. Exercise and Mental Discipline should improve my base level of anxiety and depression, I can then hopefully chuck my AD script in the bin and get back to being me.

Summary

Its obvious what I need to do and where I need to focus in the next three months.

• Exercise
• Be more disciplined about diet
• Restore my Concentration Levels by removing the chemical fog
• Achieve something major (this is in planning, more news soon)

Thanks for reading.

Happy Birthday.