This is going to be a short one. I’ve always wanted an ear piercing higher up on my ear. I hemmed and hawwed for years where finally I just impulsively got it pierced at a random mall.
Anti climactic piercing
The sucker stings though I admit. There’s an overpriced saline solution that they upsell. (Yes I bought it lol).
Overpriced saline solution
So yeah, it was a good experience overall. They say I need to leave it for 6 months so that the hole doesn’t close up. I got a 3mm stud earring and I’m looking forward to getting a second.
What impulsive (but super permanent lol) things have you tried?
You may have been routed here from A Neux Chapter, or just stumbled here. Either way, glad you made it. This post is about how my husband, an Estonian citizen, showed me how to enjoy where I live for the first time. To actually look up, breathe, take in and slooooow down. It sounds silly, but the pace in New York City is not so vicious as everyone imagines. It’s worse.
Snap to a few years ago, accidental dating phase between my husband and I. See, he was my Japanese tutor initially ( yes, really. More on that later) and for one of our lessons we decided to try outdoors. We went to the Sheep Meadow section of Central Park
Beautiful scenic Sheep Meadow, so named for well, sheep.
I felt like I was in a snow globe. A beautiful dome of peace. The honking, city cacophony and general background was muted somehow. The sun shone and I looked, really looked around me. I saw people laughing, sun bathing, playing with their dogs and LIVING.
I almost wept.
I had not felt such inner quiet in so long. Regrettably, I had never stepped foot this far into to park. I did not understand the point of wasting time laying around. Surely its for people with the means to do so? Not for people hustling, moving from one part time job to the next in a string of 18 hour shifts that become so maddening Carbon Monoxide no longer seems as scary.
I digress. Mr.Trendyblackgirl, let’s call him Ursa (his real name means bear anyways lol) bemoaned the lack of nature in the city. He told me of how he missed towering trees, the sounds of animals and people getting along. To which I responded with:
So yeah, we made more trips there. As I slowly discovered parts of the city that I had been too “busy” to notice, Ursa empowered me to enjoy my surroundings.
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