I keep getting emails from the site I bought the bdu pants. Always a sale that I can’t resist; so I bought a charcoal black one.

Then I had to have a ring-a warrior ring to go with my warrior necklace. A Spartan warrior shield made from silver from the country of Greece that I had bought several months ago.

Problem was, I have extreme sensitivity to wearing watches and rings. I have to grit my teeth and wear my key card and work keys around my neck in a lanyard or else I’ll lose track of them.

I saw an ad on YouTube for silicone rings that are supposed to be breathable and comfortable like no ring ever. I rejected it at first but then looked again. And bought a blue cameoflage water design.

It arrived in 2 days and it’s too small for my fat pointer finger. Yes, I wanted to put a ring on my pointer finger like Ann Lister. I had googled the reason why someone would put a ring on that finger. For a man, it means power; for a woman, it means that a woman just wants to put a ring on that finger. Ha ha.

Ann had a ruby which was undoubtedly expensive. I had a silicone ring that cost $34.

It fits my ring finger on my right hand ok; but I feel the desire to buy another ring a size bigger,darker blue, for my pointer finger. It also matches my light blue earrings.

My Top girlfriend isn’t very happy with me and gave me a set of 10 to my bottom with a hairbrush to remind me to slow down on the spending. I had spent $100 on the pants without realizing it. Also, I o only have 2 more weeks left of annoying cleaning my ear ring holes 3x daily before I can take the started out. YAY!

But then I want to buy small hoops-quality gold hoops that won’t turn my ears green like some necklaces have turned my neck in the past.

Money and time,how to get more of it. Sigh

When I lived in Minnesota, women,mostly young but a few were older, with my birth name were nicknamed Mo. Except for me. I’ve always had a difficult time fitting in,so while I was disappointed, I didn’t push it.

Fast forward to moving with my partner to another state and buying a house ,the number of people in our community who had my birth name was nonexistent,let alone my desired nickname. So again, I let it go for a few years even.

When I started watching YouTube vids of lesbian couples, there were some with the name Mo or soy or other names that were abbreviations of their full birth names. I renewed my interest.

I didn’t want to spend the significant amount of money it costs to go thru the courts like I’ve seen on transgender vids,and I’m not interested in changing my gender. I just want to feel more comfortable with myself.

While going thru some therapy to deal with some past traumas and job conflicts, my counselor said something significant after giving me some advice on handling a work problem: he said, “that’s what Mo would do.”

I have a tradition that I picked up from someone giving goal setting advice a long time ago: use your birthday as the time to set new goals and resolutions instead of New Years. You’ll tend to stick with it longer because there’s no hype or pressure.

So…my birthday was 2 weeks ago. I got my ears pierced, bought 3 pair of bdu, patten leather dress oxfords, and my first pair of Nikes ever 😃

I’m still stealth at work; but I’m soon to be absolutely Mo every where else 😎

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