Hey guys!
When last I wrote, I was eagerly awaiting getting to put in the normal-length barbell. So eager was I that my goofy ass went and pounced on it the moment 12:00am flipped onto the clock signifying the arrival of the Friday 2 weeks after my piercing. _^ It was good enough for me.
It was an interesting experience trying to get the barbell put in LoL It wasn’t hard for me to find the hole because 1: As I took the longbar out, I watched the area of the underside of my tongue so that I could see the hole once it was all the way out and 2: There was quite an obvious puckered area surrounding the hole. Hell. All I needed were some flashing neon lights screaming “SCREW IT IN HERE!!!!” with a bunch of flashing arrows pointing to it. :-)
It wasn’t really hard putting it in. I was actually a little apprehensive about my ability to do it by myself. It went in easily enough, though, although it took a few seconds for it to find the exit hole because the angle I was holding it at missed the exit completely for a moment.
The REALLY interesting part for me once I had the barbell in place was screwing the ball on. Dropped the damn thing twice I did and there was one heart-stopping moment where I thought I’d lost it down the drain of the sink. It took a few tries, but I finally got it on.
And I swear, the difference not only in the length but the WEIGHT of the long and normal bars was…....amazing. It was a relief, really. I was slightly startled at the tighter sensation of the balls of the tongue ring hugging my tongue so snugly, but it was something I quickly got used to.
I’ve found that it’s a LOT easier to speak and eat with the normal tongue ring in and I’ve already gotten to the point that 98% of the time I barely even know that it’s in my mouth. ^_
Oh, and by the way: During that brief space of time where my tongue was completely bereft of tongue ring while I switched them out, it was the WEIRDEST thing not having anything in there. It actually made me talk funny a little bit! LoL! How ironic, yes?


