As promised, here are the tattoo and hair pictures.
This one is placed on left shoulder, near my collar bone and was based off my own artwork. The tattoo artist cleaned it up a bit and added some shading. Ladybugs are supposed to be good luck, but mine has thirteen spots, so maybe not so lucky in this case. I wanted something to symbolize how lucky I've been despite everything. Also, thirteen is my favorite number and when I was a kid, my favorite ride at Great America was the ladybugs that went around in a flying circle. So, a lot of personal meaning there.
Obviously, that's my new haircut. I didn't spike it up so much today, but I think it still looks cool.
I am so fucking exhausted from today. Mom and I stripped the wall paper behind the fridge and emptied out the stand-alone cabinet this morning. Around noon, we went to the tattoo parlor. That got my adrenaline up until just after lunch when I crashed because, you know, I just spent an hour basically getting stabbed. We came home from all that and moved furniture around and stripped more wall paper. Dad came home around three and then I had to help him carry the stand-alone downstairs and then move all the non-essential dishes downstairs as well. After pausing for dinner, Dad and I then cleaned the kitchen and the living room. Finally, we sat down to watch In the Valley of Elah, which was highly depressing. And now I get to catch up on laundry. Really fucking exciting Saturday night, eh?!