Shinies

So, I got my ears pierced today.

I'd been sort of wanting it for years, but I was saving it for ... reward isn't the right word; compensation, maybe? ... for if/when my jaw locks up. Because while a locked jaw isn't the end of the world, it will suck majorly, and I wanted something positive to counterbalance it.

But lately I've been itching (in a non literal sense) to get it done sooner, so I can have shiny dangly earring fun. Yes, clip-on earrings exist, but they *hurt*, so I don't wear them often. And there are some pretty earrings out there.

(Ear piercing is, in case anyone was wondering, safe for FOP people. Muscle piercings would be bad, so I'm not going to get my tongue pierced any time soon, but ears are cartilage and that's safe.)

So I dithered, and talked with my therapist, and dithered, and finally decided to go ahead and get it done. I can do something else to compensate for jaw freezing -- maybe a tattoo, or an upper ear piercing, or something -- and in the meantime, I can enjoy earrings.

The hardest decision, really, was what color stud-thingie to get. Purple? Teal? Red? A really pretty cobalt blue? I ended up doing something a little neutraler, but I'm really happy with it. (And the piercing hurt less than some clip-ons I've worn. Lol.)

I can't play with danglies for a while -- they suggest at least a month -- but in the meantime, shiny!

( obligatory picture )