Tag: Retirement

Hole-y Stagnant

Guys.

I am getting my ears pierced again today, and I am pretty excited about it. I should maybe clarify that I have them pierced already, but I will be putting in either two or four more (I haven’t decided if I want three per ear–

OK wait– here is a tangent–: My thinking on this is that I could just get the three per ear today and then deal with the healing time once. That way later I can choose how many I want in each ear. The other option is just get the one set and if I want to get another set later I can go through the healing process all over again. I’ll ask the guy today. I really don’t think I’ll make a firm decision until the moment of— end tangent)

I have always wanted three per ear. I think its because as a kid, my older (and hence, obviously, cooler) cousin had three and I loved it. Today, she had considerably more (I believe her entire left ear has huggie hoops all the way ’round. I don’t want to go that far. I am hyper sensitive, so no costume jewelry for me.

Why am I doing this now?
Well, that kinda has to do with the “stagnant” part.
See, it is the middle of military PCS season. No one likes moving, but when its a regular part of life the sudden lack of it is a bit shocking. I was born into the military life and so far as long as I can remember, we’ve moved every few years. In the years of high school, after my dad got out of the Air Force, we started in a rental and then moved into a house they bought. It was three years until I graduated and moved myself across the state for school. Then a year later I moved back into my own place. And a couple years after that, my new boyfriend (we were friends for years before we started dating–but this was things were still new on the romance front) decided he was going to join the Army and I’ve been moving ever since.

Now he’s retired, but doing contract work so he still gets to go around to different places. Now I have The Bee Mill, my first house that isn’t rented. I’m still unpacking and moving in at the moment, but I didn’t realize that previously my mind set unconsciously was, “Move in with an eye for moving out in a few years.” I’m bout to be stagnant. This is all new territory for me. I’m having some other issues with the transition that I may get into here later.

Anyway, part of the whole thing before was I tried to keep small pieces to a minimum. Easily lost or broken during packouts was an auto no-go for me. This included jewelry of any sort. If I can’t wear it on the daily, then I don’t wear it. Part of it is my hyper-sensitivity, and the other part is that they are small and expensive. No willing to really lose them. So.

That is why I’m getting my ears pierced again. It’s what I’ve wanted to do for awhile but haven’t. To get over this mental trip I’m on (hopefully) this is what I am doing with the mindset “You didn’t let yourself before, but now you can! This is a good thing”

Also, been researching something else to plan for in the future (not sure if the near or far yet, but planning on it)– I’ll also get into that later.

That’s all for day 10 of posting. Tomorrow will be day 11– I hope.

Enjoy the day folks!