I think that it had been something like a week since the last time I tried to stretch my 8gs to 6gs. Well it was worse this time. I was taking a hot shower and had bathed myself, looked at my hands and felt they were close to pruny enough and I started the process. It still only takes the taper half way and no more, So I decided that I would leave it in and try some more when it stopped hurting. It was tough getting to sleep since it felt like I had a new piercing, aka it fucking hurt, but I managed somehow. The thing is that when I got up this afternoon (I went to bed at 4am, don't judge my sleeping schedule :P) I went to ease the pain a bit with some cleaner and it wouldn't budge. It was stuck in my ear. So I decided to take it out and put my damned 8g back in (it was only one ear). That wasn't fun, about a 7 or 8 on the pain scale.

Am I destined to stay an 8g forever? I bought these pretty little opalite stones for my holes when they're 4gs but if I can't even get to a 6g. I'm a pretty impatient person and all but I'm not seeing how time might allow the lobe to accept this taper. Should I use teeny weighs or something? Should I seek professional help at this point? (Not that kind, spazz).

Not enough time to really fiddle with it right now anyway with AC only ksnafksdjhgfkls three days away *freaks a little bit*.