I feel like rambling, so... here I go.
I got some skating in today. The weather here is really cold in the morning, but sometimes it's the 60s - 70s° F in the afternoon. Today was gorgeous and I should have spent more time outside, but I did what I felt like doing. I almost fell on my face due to running over a rock that I didn't see, but I caught myself. One side of my back hurts a bit when I skate lately. I don't know if I'm doing my posture wrong or what, but I'm not a huge fan of that.
There is apparently a very nice women's care center here in Cincy and I have an appointment there on Friday. They do a range of things excluding ob, which is fine because that is not what I need. I probably need my hormones checked and this IUD checked. I'm so grateful for the care I'm able to get now that I'm out of Alabama. I know there is a lot to love about Alabama. It's beautiful. But I will never live there again. I love myself too much to put me through that.
I'm gonna talk about my ears now. I used to wear earrings all the time, but when I worked at my last job I stopped. I spent so much time on the phone there that my earrings were uncomfortable and I eventually just said "Screw it" and took them out. This probably happened in about 2010. (Btw, I'm not blaming anyone and I wasn't even upset about removing my earrings - it was a choice I made and it was fine.) My lower lobe piercings were a size 2 gauge at that point, I believe.
I could've decided to start wearing earrings again anytime in the last 5 years because I haven't spent much time with a phone held to my ear, but I never did. It's no secret that I was in a rut about my appearance by the time I graduated college... and during school there was a lot more to think about than my ears, as was also the case after graduation and with us moving. And to be honest I was kind of over the "body jewelry / all that's available are barbells / horseshoes / captive-bead-rings / variations on that" type of look.
Anyway, at work a lot of the people have stretched lobes and it looks so good and I have started to miss my holes. The guys at work usually wear very nice-looking plugs and I finally decided to see if anything had changed since I last shopped for earrings and OH MY. YES. YES IT HAS.
Ok, so...there is some really beautiful stuff out there. Nice wood and stone plugs and tunnels (instead of just metal or acrylic plugs with like, peace signs or someone flipping the bird or pot leaves on them). Not only that, but there are dangly plugs and tunnels with dangles that thread through! I'm so fucking excited!!! I love dangly and pretty earrings! Obviously, now that I'm making the big bucks I ordered (quite) a few pairs of earrings. In a size 2 gauge. That - as you might have guessed - will not even think about fitting in my ear holes. 😂😂😂
That means I had to order some smaller stuff, too, to get back to my old size. I misjudged and thought I could get a 10 gauge in there... nope. I've shrank all the way back to a 14 gauge. I've gotta start over basically from the beginning. But that's ok. It's a journey!
I liked my ears at a 2 gauge. Not too big, but big enough to see through. I'll be able to wear my old jewelry or my new stuff. And I've also been thinking of ways to modify my EVEN OLDER regular earrings so that I can wear them, as well. I love the threading-through tunnels idea. I think it looks so cute! I know that's not exactly a new idea, but I definitely like the way it's being done with petite little chains better than what we were doing before.
Well, I have a little bit of homework to do for my job. Yesterday was the office Halloween party and this precious pupper was there (his name is Chewy and we wore him out with ALL OF THE ATTENTION) and I think most of us got VERY LITTLE done. Kelsey dressed up as Wednesday Addams. I went as Three-Hole-Punch Blu. If you don't get my costume, then you clearly are not a fan of The Office. The few people who got it appreciated it, so that was nice. But yeah, we have a group presentation coming up on Tuesday with a test run on Monday, so I'd like to go ahead and get my part finished.
I hope you all are doing well! I am. I really am. I miss home, but I started to realize yesterday how much I'm going to miss my office mates when it's time to head back. But there are bigger problems to have, so I'll take it. Talk to you all soon! ❤️
