the year has begun wonderfully now going by new name and pronouns openly (with the only people not knowing are the ones it hasn't come up yet around them with): parents also like the new name (my mum and i teared up together talking about it) and trying their darndest to use em - it's amazing how much weight is off my back already 3 days into the new semester and I'm feeling good about academics so far, things are more interesting so far at least so we'll see how it goes i went on a bountiful shopping trip and finally found some comfy tank tops among other purdy things gonna start hitting the gym again this weekend / upon getting a feel for how the flow of each week will go / when the january crowd eases slightly also gonna make a bunch of phone calls for haircut / piercing / therapy appointments to get the ball rolling on all of that updates pending