Process ---> Worth

My skin creates canyons and this is a reason as to why I'm ready for the cold weather to be over. A simple solution would be to apply lotion-- but then that would also cure my lazy nature and I'm not willing to give that up.

This weekend has been a little crazy. Saturday, after work, I went with Emily, Ashley and Sara to get my tragus pierced. Well. It hurt. Don't let anyone tell you it doesn't; however, it didn't hurt any more than I expected.

Every other piercing I've had done was at Claire's. They use those stupid guns and all the earrings are 18 and the piercing they do there is for, well, people who shop at Claire's. Eight piercings I've had done at Claire's. Now that I'm all grown up [scoff] I had to go to a grown up place since I was going with other grown ups who go to these grown up places to get their grown up piercings done. I've never seen a tragus piercing done before and since I've never actually been to a grown up piercing/tattoo place before, I was a little freaked out when Stacy, the woman handling the metals and the causer of pain, asked me to lay down. Uh, sure. Act casual. I do this all the time. After all I have eight other holes in my head. I'm cool. Just lay down.

I'm freaking out. I'm laying on this surgical table and wish I could squeeze someones hand. I do have a high pain tolerance but it makes me less nervous if I have someone there who won't think I'm a dork if I squeeze their hand. The reason why I'm so nervous? I convince myself that this will be worse than it really is so when the metal is pushed through my ear, it doesn't hurt as much as I expect. Another reason why I'm so nervous? Emily got hers done right before me and hers was bleeding a little-- that's normal-- Stacy says "well, caffeine will cause it to bleed more." Crap. Blast whoever convinced me I needed to work at a coffee shop! I definitely had coffee before I got off of work. I was a little worried I would bleed profusely.

Stacy is amazing, by the way. Go to Nikki's Tattoo if you need a body modification.

I take about three deep breaths (thanks, yoga, for teaching me how to breathe) and then pain. I don't know what she's doing but it's taking a long time. I guess she puts the needle in, then follows with the earring-- after this I thought it would be over. No, she's still doing things. Are those pliers?! Don't get me wrong, as she kept messing with my ear I expected to feel pain with every move but there wasn't any. I experienced the big *pain* factor and then it gradually subsided. Everyone is different, but the pain was worth it. I love it. The best part was that she goes "this is what it looks like when you don't have caffeine." Uh, that's odd because I just got off of work. "Uh...?" I work at a coffee place. "Oh. Really?" Hah. My ear didn't bleed and I didn't cry.

And as of right now, it doesn't hurt. It is a little tender when I clean it and move it but I expected worse.


Now, I'm broke.
Carmen.