Lucy CP-9

So, Tayana asked me to accompany her to get her nose pierced. Normally her Dad comes with her to hold her hand for her piercings and it's something where she likes someone close to her to be nearby for. 

I was SO honored.

Tayana has lots of piercings- really just up the side of her ear, but she's had a belly button ring before and has had her nose pierced before, too. We went right after TEFL class. I'd had a crazy day with a big, exciting job interview in the morning (since I'm writing all of these in catch-up mode, I can go ahead and tell you...I got the job!! I am officially WCTV's Internet Producer...well, co-Producer...there are two of us during the week).

Anyway, I hadn't had time to change, so it made it kind of funny to walk in to Piercings by Bink on North Monroe dressed as Tayana told me, 'like her mother'. Even funnier was that Bink wouldn't lay off trying to get me to get something pierced or tattooed. I didn't comply. 

Anyway, I'd never been to a piercing parlor before and was impressed with Bink's. Very clean. Tayana and I went through all the paperwork together-- "age? other piercings? allergic reactions? blood disorders?" and then Bink gave her a cleaning solution and a lesson in how to clean out her nose everyday, twice a day...maybe more...it was too complicated. 

We were then led in to the 'operating room'... I'm calling it that, not Bink, thank goodness. And Tayana sat down on one of those truly doctor's office, bed things. She had asked me to take pictures of the whole thing, so I got to snapping while Bink ...prepared...

When it came time. I stood next to Tayana and held her hand. And watched while steady-hands Bink pierced her nose. Tayana took it like a pro. 

I didn't get any with my camera, but here's a pictures a couple weeks later, where Tayana and I are making brigadeiro for our lesson, which I've cropped so you can better see the piercing.

Afterwards we celebrated with you guessed it...drinky drinks. Actually, we went to this awesome place that Jon introduced me to, and here, we enjoyed great food aanndd wine.

The Root Cellar

And I admired Tayana's nose all night.