is it bad that it only took me 364 days to get here?

my ears are super healthy though, I massage them with vitamin e oil every other day, and I do a salt water bath on them once a week. and I only had 2 blowouts. one on each ear, at two different sizes. 

they are amazing and I love them so much

the day I stretched:

the day I finished stretching:

(yes, those are silicone, but i had already stretched them with plugs and tape. so I did not stretch with silicone)

:-*