What the heck? Does my nose not shine enough for you people!!

I've been thinking lately that I need something new in my life, something exciting. Believe me when I tell you that I am one of the happiest gals. Life is great, but I'm just a little bored with myself. I didn't want to just dye my hair a crazy color or wear super bright nail polish. I wanted something more dramatic. I decide that the best way to achieve this satisfaction of change, without completely going bonkers, is to pierce my nose. Mind you, I've already had my nose pierced like twice, but that was like 7-10 years ago when I was a freak and had my tongue and navel pierced as well. Now, I'm a respectable 31 year old woman that has good credit and cooks for her man and gets to work on time (not hung over........most of the time).

So yes, I decide this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to pierce my nose and it's going to be amazing. I go on a random Tuesday after work. I'm all by myself and I find it quite ballsy of me to go without someone to hold my hand. I think at this point that I'm a badass. I pick the cutest little diamond stud. The guy with horns coming out of his forehead and super stretched earlobes is really nice to me. He marks where it's gonna go, it looks great and I say, "go for it". It literally takes 3 seconds and all of a sudden I have a pierced nose. It looks super cute and I love it.

I walk out of the shop feeling majorly cool. I go home and wait for Steve (my fiance) to get there and see the glory that is my nose. He finally arrives and says hello and starts talking to me but doesn't say anything about my nose. He comes in close to give me a kiss and once he's like an inch away from my face he says, "You did it, it looks so cute". Yay! I'm happy!!

I can't wait to show all my friends. The first friend I know I'm going to see is Juju. She comes over because we go running like 2 to 3 times a week. So we're talking, and talking, and about ready to walk out the door when I say, "Hallo! Don't you notice my nose?!" Juju says, "Oh yea, I forgot you got it done, it looks cute". How did she not notice my shiny nose, I think to myself? As the weeks go by I see more of my friends. O'ryan says that it's cute after hanging out with me at least 2 hours on one occasion. I bring it up to Lety and she says that she thought I've always had it. My mama sees it but doesn't even flinch, she thinks I'm crazy anyway. I point it out to Mike and Kineret after we're almost done with dinner one night, they're like, "meh....".

My nose piercing just isn't having the "Wow" factor I was expecting it to have. I'm a little bummed for a sec, but I realize that I really like it. And it makes me feel good, even if most people don't notice it. So I'm happy, And I'm a different Julia to myself, and that's all I really needed...