God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. But God, grant me the courage not to give up on what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
The Serenity Prayer.
I dedicate this to E over at One-Twenty-Five.
Welcome to your quarterlife crisis. It’s a crazy ride, but I find peace in the chaos as well!
The font is called Miss Coltrane. I have a tattoo on my back in the same font.
It didn’t hurt. Maybe the bottom of the “L” since it was lower than the rest. This is my 6th tattoo, but my 8th inking (while I was getting Measuring Life I got 2 other tattoos on my feet re-inked since they were 5 & 6 years old and had faded a bit).
I am someone who HATES shots and needles and blood being taken, but tattooing is a different sensation. I love it all. Plus I’ve always lucked out with awesome tattoo artists who are funny and keep your mind off things.
If you’re thinking about a tattoo and you know what you want and have thought it out, then DO IT. PAIN IS TEMPORARY!
A good friend of mine totaled his car today, thankfully both him and his passenger are fine.
I then weirdly realized that today is the 10 year anniversary of my car accident in high school. It was devastating. I had had my license for 3 months and had been making payments on a NEW CAR THAT I WORKED ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TO BUY. This day back in 2000 was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. We didn’t have classes, but we had mass (I went to a private catholic high school). I usually skipped days that were just mass, but since it was my senior year I figured I would go. I was making a left to park behind my high school and was hit by a mini van. I NEVER saw the mini van. Thankfully the front of my car took the damage and me and my passenger were fine. The car wasn’t totaled, but it had A LOT OF DAMAGE. After I got it back my mom wouldn’t let me drive to HS the rest of the year. I eventually had to sell my nice “new” (aka had the whole front of the car fixed) and ended up getting an older Jeep my sophomore year of college. I loved that Jeep and only cracked a tail light on it over 5 years!
November was a shitty month this past decade. 2000 – Car Accident, 2001 – Grandma passes away, 2007 – Dad passes away.
THANKFULLY 2010 as a whole is a new slate and has been very good to me. I have high hopes for this decade. Big things are gonna happen.
My badass 40 pound reward!
It’s so awesome. I am totally in love with it.
Once its fully healed in a few weeks I’ll post another pic.
Seriously yesterday was the best day I’ve had in a long time. I’m simply blissful today…
The stencil!
And it’s gonna be deep pink – kinda like my default pic! I’m gonna keep you all in suspense for the real thing until Monday!
***Editors Note: It’s finished and it looks fucking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I slept in. Cleaned my apartment. Ran 8 miles. I am currently at the tattoo parlor. Then W is coming into town this evening!
PS – today is 4 months exactly until the Los Angeles Marathon!
wbaw replied to your post: Compliments Like Whoa
you ARE hot though :O There, now you’ve gotten compliments from a marine and an army soldier guy 😛
Apparently I am popular with military men. I had Mr. Navy Lawyer in my grill last week, and compliments from a Marine and Army Soldier today. Oh and I once dated a guy in the Air Force. All I need is a guy in the Coast Guard to hit on me and I could win Military Bingo 😛
I am working a transfer student orientation session today and one of our veteran student association presenters who I haven’t seen since May (and is a HOT, but married Marine), pulled me aside and said “Whatever you are doing, keep it up. You look fantastic. I had to do a double take when I first saw you.” I then told him about my half marathons and full marathon training.
A jacked hot marine telling me I look good. Swoon.
