Man-Hands

Today I finally bit the bullet and took my wedding ring that I haven't been able to wear for, oh, about five years, and had it sized. Why the wait? Mainly because I kept hoping that my hands would return to their previously less-man-handedness size. That, and I figured it would cost me an arm and a leg to have it sized, or my ring would be ruined in the process.

I've always had man-hands - never dainty, thin, long fingered, cute hands. Let's put it this way - I can palm a women's basketball easily and almost a man's basketball. Thankfully, they aren't hairy. But with each child, my hands have done the same thing as my feet and increased in size. (All you skinny, normal-looking-when-you're-pregnant people can just shut up right now. You don't understand).

Anyway, over the years I have been able to either 1). squeeze my ring on and barely be able to get it off, 2). squeeze my ring on and then look down to see my finger turning blue, 3).not even be able to get it past my knuckle, or 4). just wear a $30 ring I bought myself at a jewelry party to signify I really was bonafide.

I am not materialistic, and I'm not even really that sentimental in a lot of ways, but as of late, I had really started to miss my ring. So I finally took it today and to my surprise, it was not that expensive to have done, and they even had it done in one day! So I am now wearing my wedding ring. I called JC when I left and was all emotional about it.

I had to have it sized up 3/4 of a size, which doesn't seem like tons, but it makes a world of difference. What is sad is when you know that the previously referred to ring that I bought myself during my last pregnancy was 2 sizes up from my original wedding ring size and then 3 weeks later, in my last trimester, I couldn't even wear it anymore. That's how much I swell, and I don't think it ever totally goes away or something. I think my fingers got stretched out like my feet. But that's beside the point...

I am so happy to have my original ring back and I feel like a newly engaged person because I keep staring at it!! I'll invite you all over sometime so we can giggle over it.