Bye, bye belly (ring)

Hi, my name is Lisa.

Hi, Lisa.

I'm 30 years old and still have a belly ring.

<sympathetic nods>


For more than a decade, I've had this little metal jewel perched on my stomach. When I was 18, it was sexy. When I was 24, it was cute. Now? Now I worry it's just getting sad.

This originally had nothing to do with pregnancy because I've been thisclose to taking it out pretty much every month for the last two years. But you know how hoarders have an irrational fear of throwing things away? It's like my inner-hoarder always kicked in and decided she wasn't ready to get rid of something that had been a part of her for so long.

(I completely understand that this is ridiculous and frivolous and silly.)

Soon, though, I will have no choice. As my stomach balloons out over these next few months, that ring will have nowhere to go. It will need to come out. And I will need to act like a grown-up about it.

Just the first adjustment of many.