Recent Entries

• Home and Away

  by Rachel Maxwell December 29, 2018
  After moving back near Oslo, I realised that I had limited supplies of two things, time and money. Well, okay, I had more than enough time. Money was and still is somewhat constrained at the moment. Somehow, I thought, there would be more social changes for me moving here and attaining the status of...
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• Good news...

  by Rachel Maxwell July 19, 2018
  I'm moving! After 3 years of living here, I've had enough.  Late last month I had an appointment at the Norwegian Mental Health Department for being treated for Transsexualism. The psych is a really nice fellow. His name is Yngve (pronounced Ingve). We had a pretty good chat. Towards the end of it,...

• Difficult Year and other ramblings

  by Rachel Maxwell May 23, 2018
  Winter and Spring This year did not get off to a very good start. There was an incident where I was cycling and slipped on some ice and fell. Unfortunately, with the fall also caused me to lose two front teeth and bite my lip. Great. Now, I have to go to a dentist to get the broken teeth extracted ...

• Holiday February 2018!

  by Rachel Maxwell November 22, 2017
  So over the past 4 years now, (oh my goodness has it really been that long??) I have been telling various members of this site that I planned on going to the UK. Getting there isn't the problem. I just didn't have anyone to mind my cats. Some people might think that it is okay to leave animals on th...
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• Transition: The On-going Saga Continues

  by Rachel Maxwell September 30, 2017
  Oh where do I begin? It's been a few months since I wrote anything last. Haven't really been up to it. Said briefly, I am lonely and isolated and the situation isn't changing fast enough.  I recently wrote an entry about a cat of mine that I had to put to down because she was hit by a car Monday of...
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• Update

  by Rachel Maxwell April 7, 2016
  Dear Diary, I know it's been a while since I've contributed more than a few words to this site. I cannot explain why I stopped. I had to take sometime to do other things. It is easy to get bogged down or stuck in a rut. Especially with transition. Living alone, one might think that lends itself to ...

• Catfish

  by Rachel Maxwell December 24, 2015
  Most of us on this site do try to our best to give a true depiction of ourselves. But others, you can't be so sure. I know that it isn't against site policy that people cannot make fake profiles or use images that should represent themselves, but in reality don't. It just irks me to get contacted by...
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• Unexpected Appointments

  by Rachel Maxwell July 19, 2015
  I am a fan of Mono Fonts. Anyway. On Saturday, I received an SMS on my phone about an upcoming appointment on the 21st of July at 9 am. I didn't know that I was scheduled for any such appointment, so when I went to fetch the post, there was the letter. It was dated the 17th. Which was the day before...
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• Passport Application Ramblings

  by Rachel Maxwell June 16, 2015
  Dear Reader,I changed my name back in November of 2014, which happens to be last year. I have been living with this name since then. Well, at least in Norway. It wasn't until today that I officially sent in for my new US passport. Hopefully, they will accept the new name. I sent them an official and...
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• A Return Explained

  by Rachel Maxwell May 26, 2015
  Forgive me sisters, for it has been several months since I last wrote something. Life has been a bit of a mix up for me these past few months. I was forced to return to Norway, and I struggle to find friends where I live. I do not think there are any other transgender persons where I live. Really, I...
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• Summer Daze

  by Rachel Maxwell August 6, 2014
  It's time for another update.  I have only a little news. It is good news. The skin clinic near me finally came back from their summer holidays. Today I managed to ring them and arrange an appointment for next wednesday. The type of appointment? Full facial laser hair removal. Althougth I might...
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• Pre-Summer Update #1

  by Rachel Maxwell June 1, 2014
  Here are a few updates to all of you with a keen interest. I haven't been doing very much. Mostly sitting idle. I'm not exactly waiting for things to happen all by themselves. It is more like I am waiting for the pieces to settle into place. What seems like a glacial rate of change now will surely a...
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