Today Channing and I went up to Virginia Center Commons so I could get some new earrings and we could hang out for a bit. I also was finally able to give him the dozen or so Spanish music CDs that I've been carrying around with me for weeks now.
I found the Piercing Pagoda pretty easily, seeing as how it's right in the middle of one of the arms of the dying mall. At first I just looked and talked to the woman about gauges, which really intimidated me so we just kind of walked away after I told her I would be back later. After around 30 minutes of walking the mall and pointing out where stores used to be I returned to the Piercing Pagoda.
I found two pairs of earrings that I liked, but they were 16 gauges and I'm roughly 18 right now. I talked with the girl about whether or not I'd still be able to wear them and she said that, yes, I would. So I bought them.
After I dropped Channing off and went home I struggled with the earrings at first, not realizing the ends screwed off rather than pulled off. After that I put some Neosporin on the tips as the girl had advised me to do. With much difficulty I eventually got the left one through. The right one though gave me quite a bit of trouble. I could get the tip in but it kept going down into my ear, rather than through. The best part was having to pull it out each time after a failed attempt.
I ended up going to the downstairs bathroom and using a set of mirrors to find the hole on the back of my ear and poking it through that in order to kind of help it squeeze through once I started putting it in from the other side. This worked and I now have both of the new earrings in my ears.
My left ear feels fine now, but my right one is still very tender. It'll probably be like this for a while.
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