End of the Semester + New Piercing!

It's been a long time. School has kept me so busy. Part of it has been my always feeling the need to go above and beyond whatever it is that I'm doing for school. I put more effort into things than I have to. It's good to be motivated and work hard, but it is also time consuming and draining. But it has paid off tremendously. I am so glad the semester is over. This one was really rough. People assume that as a social work major I do nothing when actually I do a hell of a lot. I have pulled more all nighters this semester than I have ever in all my other semesters combined. Fortunately, it's over and done now, and that's all that matters.

So Peph and I went out to lunch Tuesday after my last final and we spontaneously decided that we were going to get piercings together to commemorate the end of the semester. We started talking about our piercings and then one thing led to another and what do you know, we both have new piercings now haha. 

So I ended up taking out my right conch piercing because it was still giving me a lot of issues after having it for a year and a half. My right ear was now empty, so I figured it needed to be adorned with a new piece of jewelry. So Peph and I made our way down to Dungeon Tattoo and Body Piercing (the only place I trust) the night before last, and magical things happened (not really, but you know what I mean). Peph ended up getting her triple forward helix and it turned out awesome! It looks so perfect. I just ended up getting a cartilage piercing halfway up my ear. 

I absolutely love it. As simple as it might look, I am so in love with it. I wanted this piercing the last time I got something pierced but ended up getting a second forward helix instead. I honestly never really liked my second forward helix that much (or so I thought). It turns out I love the piercing, just not the jewelry I had it. I got it changed while I was there this last time to a 2mm green opal. It's gorgeous. I love the way it looks. 

For my cartilage, I picked out an 18g Neometal labret post with a 2mm orange opal gem. I had originally thought I wanted all the jewelry in my piercings to be the same color, but once I saw the orange, I knew I had to have it. 

This actually did not hurt half as bad as I thought it would. Putting in the jewelry hurt like hell, but the actual piercing was not that bad. Less painful than my forward helix. Definitely want to add one or two more above/below this one at some point.