inked

I decided to get a tatoo for my recent "milestone" birthday. I'd actually been thinking about a tattoo for some time, so it wasn't a totally spontaneous decision. A friend was supposed to be drawing the tattoo for me, but he moved and I never got it, so I just described it to the tattoo artist and he drew one up for me. It wasn't what I had pictured but I really liked it, kind of Celtic looking. Anyway, so I got inked. And it hurt! I mean, I knew it was going to hurt, but it hurt. Not the filling in so much, but the outline hurt like the dickens. I did my deep breathing from Lamaze classes and that helped. I never knew all those years ago the breathing would come in handy for a tatoo I would one day be getting. :-) Actually I used to say I would never get a tattoo because I don't like needles. I still don't like needles a whole lot, but I can deal with them now. And I really wanted a tattoo. So, that is my big news for the week. Or month.