I had mentioned, in passing, to my boss this past week that soon I would need to bring my calendar to her and look at when I could have a day or two off of work. Her reply was that I had earned it so I think I need to take her up on it. I don't have anything necessarily that I would like to accomplish with that time off other than to find a way eliminate some stress from my life. I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to eliminate said stress; maybe I need to go whale watching or the the aquarium or zoo. I'm sure if I had some time off, I would find something to do that I want to do. Granted, next weekend is a three-day weekend however we have quite a few things going on with dance in those three days -- Saturday we have a parade and then a short performance and then on Sunday we have two full performances. I'm sure it'll all be fun but it won't necessarily be a restful weekend by any means.
Yesterday I got word that my new glasses were ready to pick up so I made the drive to go and get them (I had to drive about 35-40 minutes to pick them up). I approached the counter and the lab tech immediately said, "you must be here to pick up the polka dot glasses." I laughed and told him that I was. He brought them out to me and when I put them on and looked in the mirror, I loved them as much as I did last week when I picked them out. I later wondered what the lab tech would've done if I would have told him that I, in fact, had really boring glasses or if I would've asked him why he just assumed mine were the polka dot ones. Oh, well. I love them and that's what matters, right?
In an effort to carpe diem (like I wrote about last week), I did something yesterday that I did just for me and I really don't care what other people might issue as their vote (refer to last week's post if you're confused). After going to the dance studio and then getting a bite to eat, I was talking with my sister about how I've been feeling lately and she asked me how long it had been since I'd done something just for me. I gave it some thought and it's been awhile. So, after talking with her, I decided to take myself to a piercing shop that's near the dance studio that I've been wanting to go to forever. The piercer was with someone when I walked in and he encouraged me to walk around/look at the jewelry while he finished up. As I looked in the cases, one of the pieces jumped out at me immediately!
When the piercer was finished with the clients he'd been helping, he approached me and asked if there was something in particular I was looking at getting done. I showed him the jewelry that was speaking to me and he told me he had been waiting for just the right person to come in for that particular piece. The jewelry piece that I picked out is an ear spiral - it's a coil that required three piercings in my ear and it's threaded through. As I was talking to the piercer, there were options to the jewelry I had picked out - it's made out of titanium and could be anodized (changed color using electricity and other stuff I really didn't understand much) so we made it a brass color. Then I got to pick what I wanted on either end and I opted for fire opals (opals are my birthstone). He talked to me through the whole process and told me that I took the piercing like a champ. I love the look of it and am so pleased that I had it done. Yes, my ear is sore/red today but what do I expect after having three holes put it and a spiral run through it?
I know that some people (or a lot of people) might not understand why I might want to have a spiral/coil running along my left ear but I'm okay with that. This was my muchness moment and I can't stop looking at it. One day the novelty of it will wear off and it will be just another piercing (I now have a total of 12 holes between my two ears) but I'm going to enjoy it now and I can always change the jewels on the end to change the look of it. I'm supposed to go back for the piecer to take a look at it in a week or two so he can see how it's healing so hopefully it will be healing like it's supposed to.
Well, my dear readers, I should probably bring this to a close, take some more pain medication, spray my ear with salt water solution and think about heading to bed. I've been trying to read a little bit each night before going to bed and it seems to be helping me to get to sleep (I really hope I didn't just jinx myself...). I hope you each have the opportunity for at least one muchness moment this upcoming week and if one doesn't present itself, I hope you create one for yourself! I'm going to do the same. =)
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