Ear Piercing and Bowling

On Saturday, B decided that she was ready to get her ears pierced. Even though I didn’t mention it, I was a little concerned that the safety and sterilization would not be up to US standards, but I was wrong. Right after B mentioned it, Kostya started looking into salons that did piercings, and before we knew it, he had an appointment scheduled. It was a very nice salon, clean and modern. I don’t even think they did hair. I think it was just for facials, massages. etc. B was a little nervous. We were greeted by two very sweet Ukrainian women in white lab coats who helped B pick out a pair of earrings. Then one of the women took us back into a room. The room looked a bit like an operating room. It was bright, clean, and sterile. She scrubbed down like she was about to perform surgery, and began removing tools from the sealed, sterile containers. She spent quite a long time measuring and marking B’s ears, and then she let B try the gun so that she could hear what it would sound like. The next thing we knew, B had pierced ears and now she was getting a shoulder and neck massage. All that for 68 gryvna (less than $14.00) That will always be a great memory for her, and now K has decided that she wants to come back to Ukraine to get her ears pierced when she is 9.
After B got her ears pierced, we went bowling with Kostya, Vanya (one of Kostya’s assistants), and our friends from Mississippi. Matt was winning, but in the final frame, Vanya bowled three strikes to win the game (Matt said that was an unnecessary detail to add).