I JUST GOT MY SECOND FREAKING TATTOO!!!!

So, I just got my second tattoo! I was just sitting at home today, looking at white ink tattoos, and I decided that I wanted one. Tonight after my brother's football game, I went to the tattoo parlor just to ask whether or not they did white ink tattoos. They said they did. I also asked if I would have to make an appointment. The owner of the shop asked what I wanted, and I told him that I wanted "Just Write" on the inside of my right ankle in white ink. He said that they could do it right then if I wanted. I thought about it a minute, and then I just thought, "What the hell, why not?" I said ok and before I knew it, I was filling out the paperwork. He quickly made up the design on the computer, and I loved it. He printed it off and got it to the size I wanted just as I was finishing up signing the release form. I stood there for a minute waiting for them to get ready, when he turned to me and asked if I wanted the UV Reactive ink instead of the white ink. He said that it won't show up as bright during the day as the white would, but for twenty dollars more, I could have a tattoo that glows under a blacklight. I have seen them on the internet before, and they are pretty sweet. So after a little debate in my mind, I agreed to get the UV ink. As they were getting everything ready, I talked to the wife of the owner of the shop. She was great! She asked if I was a writer, and I said that I was working on my first book. She said that I should include the tattoo experience in my book, and I said that it would be a great idea. I told her that if my book with her in it got published I would give her a copy. She was thrilled about that! Anyway, right after that conversation, they were ready for me, and I nervously went back to the chair. Even though I had gotten one tattoo already, I was still scared! Five minutes later, I was able to breathe a sigh of relief. It was over. It hurt more than my first tattoo, but not too much more. After getting the aftercare instructions, I paid and left. When I first sat in my car feeling the sting of the fresh tattoo, I had to take a moment just to calm down and let reality sink in. I just got another tattoo!!!! It was so random. I love it so much! I can't wait to see how it looks under the black light when I take off the bandage! Hopefully I can post a picture really soon too!

A Very Strange Dream

Last night I had a truly crazy dream. It was actually two dreams, and neither one of them turned out good! The first one was where I was somewhere on the coastline and a tsunami was coming. Everyone was panicking as we prepared for the disaster.

As waves were starting to roll in, someone handed me a small child who clung to me. So now not only did I have to save myself, I had to save this kid. I grabbed my boogie board, the one I bought in Gulf Shores, and I braced myself as the giant wave approached. I tried to put the kid on the boogie board, but it wasn't working.

The giant wave hit and I along with the whole town was swept up in the current. It was kind of a Titanic like scene minus the freezing cold water. Everyone was in chaos. I held onto the kid with all my might, but when the wave came I lost him. It was so powerful that I couldn't hold on no matter how hard I tried.

Then it was as if I totally forgot about the kid because I was just riding the waves on my board. We all rode the waves until we were in another town, and then all of a sudden the water level dropped as we entered the town. It was as if we knew the wave would come again.

I ran into a grocery store and started stuffing food in my pockets. Someone yelled at me to stop stealing, and I said that the whole place was going to be underwater in about five minutes so why did it matter? I ran from the store right as the wave came again, and I was once again riding the wave.

I woke up right after the second wave came, and I ended up falling back asleep immediately afterward. My next dream was where I was in a tattoo parlor. I got a tattoo of a shooting star on my left forearm, and for some reason the artist left off the star and only did the tail of the shooting star. I hated it, so I decided to try and cover it with another tattoo. I chose a tattoo that was a blue pattern, and said something about being loyal to your family. Why I would ever pick that, I don't know!

So the artist did the tattoo, and then he told me that the last tattoo was washable. It was just a joke. I was furious as I washed off the fake tattoo. So there I was, left with a crappy real tattoo I had gotten just to cover a tattoo that was not even real. I wanted to get it removed, but it cost too much money, and I would be left with a horrible scar. I ran from tattoo shop to tattoo shop trying to see if anyone could help me. No one could do anything for me.

Fortunately I woke up before I had a complete breakdown in my dream. Overall, it was a very eventful night! All my dreams are pretty crazy, and most of the time they don't make any sense. That's what makes them so great!