I got my first tattoo and I am SO EXCITED

I probably would never have gotten a tattoo but I have scarring on my right wrist and all over my left forearm as a leftover reminder of my troubled youth, and my aunt and uncle volunteered to help me remedy that. It turns out that getting a tattoo is (at least from what I could find) the least expensive way to hide scarring and my aunt and uncle said they would fund the expedition. You may recall from a long-ago post that most of my trauma started in summer of 1999 when my family moved across the country and I lost most of my protective factors, so I have even more nostalgia for the 90s than most other millennials. I wasn’t allowed to participate in a lot of things; for example, I wasn’t allowed to like the Spice Girls because they were scantily clad. However, school supplies were okay and I was a huge fan of Lisa Frank. I once signed up for the Lisa Frank magazine and when my first copy came in the mail, I was so excited! So I decided to indulge my inner kid. The ultimate goal is for my left-forearm tattoo to look something like this:

For the right wrist, apparently there are complications with the location that I don’t understand because I’m new to this. I’m hoping to get either a realistic picture of my turtle or something inspired by this vintage sticker set:

It’s going to be good. It’s also going to take forever to complete. But this is what it actually looks like so far:

My arm is no longer horrifying and is becoming a thing of beauty. I also notice that with this done, I’m more motivated to take care of myself in other ways like exercising.

In other news, life is actually not that eventful lately which I am not used to and have really been enjoying. I was recently terrified because I had been unusually tired and I was afraid I was going to go to sleep and not wake up for a few weeks, but it turned out that I was just tired for a few days and then I was fine. Classes are going very well. I wish I knew how to relax. Today I don’t actually have much to do, but I feel like I’m procrastinating when I want to be enjoying myself. I keep recommitting to veganism but it’s tough because my minifridge broke and I can basically only eat things that come out of a can, so it’s been a lot of vegetarian chili, boiled peanuts, and canned vegetables, all of which I like but which probably aren’t the most nutritious things. I discovered CosmicSkeptic on YouTube and have been binge watching his content ( https://www.youtube.com/c/CosmicSkeptic ). My turtle seems fine. He’s a little miffed that his water hasn’t been changed but I forgot to do that before getting a tattoo and now I’m waiting for rubber gloves to come in the mail so I don’t get an infection. I can take a shower without puking, which is nice. So yeah, all in all I’d say things aren’t too bad.