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jazzfishYay half a new tattoo, boo sick, up at Erin's where there's snow and that is very much yay. I think that covers it.
Sick: Monday I woke up with a quite sore throat any time I swallowed. I chalked it up to sinus drain. Tuesday morning the sore throat was lessened but my sinuses had gotten a bit clogged. And so it increased incrementally. Today when I woke up and sat upright I had a ten-minute coughing fit. No brain-fogginess, which is a usual component of any sinus illness for me; minimal tiredness / out-of-breath, no more than usual when I'm at Erin's and climbing a bunch of stairs; smell and taste remain intact. Bah. I am taking expired Tylenol sinus drugs purchased at the start of the plague and they seem to do well enough while they last.
At some point after my last tattoo I started conceiving of it as one of a set, loosely inspired by the four classical elements and/or the suits in my tarot deck. And there it sat for several years, and then this summer ideas started poking at me. In September I went out and sat under some trees for awhile, and when I came back I had the concept more or less.
The artist I'd used last time is no longer tattooing, so I got in touch with another friend of Erin's and said "this is generally what i want." And she said "cool, can you give me more specifics and/or reference photos?" and then it was November and I had no extra brainpower to spend on optional things. In early December I got back to her with more detail, and we scheduled a first session for Tuesday.
She's up in Whistler, a significant drive from Van. Luckily there's a bus that runs up there. I brought Mya along for emotional and physical support (also making sure I could find the bus home again afterwards) and we made a day of it.
So now I have a kudzu vine twining around my left leg, with an electrical ground symbol at the base. In a couple of weeks I'll go back and get an aspen and maple put in, one on either side, in fall foliage. I'm looking forward to it.
The snow up here this time is wet and unpleasant and the temp is hovering right around freezing. Despite that it's been beautiful out, and not too unpleasantly cold/damp. I've missed having a good proper wintry winter. The snow is far and away the thing I miss most about the north. That and the winter sun, which there hasn't been much of this time.
There are a great many friendly cats and a number of friendly Large Dogs, all of whom have their own distinct personalities and interactions. There's snowblowing and firewood and cooking. And it's been good to just be in the same place as Erin for awhile, in spite of stupid sick.
Happy solstice.
Sick: Monday I woke up with a quite sore throat any time I swallowed. I chalked it up to sinus drain. Tuesday morning the sore throat was lessened but my sinuses had gotten a bit clogged. And so it increased incrementally. Today when I woke up and sat upright I had a ten-minute coughing fit. No brain-fogginess, which is a usual component of any sinus illness for me; minimal tiredness / out-of-breath, no more than usual when I'm at Erin's and climbing a bunch of stairs; smell and taste remain intact. Bah. I am taking expired Tylenol sinus drugs purchased at the start of the plague and they seem to do well enough while they last.
At some point after my last tattoo I started conceiving of it as one of a set, loosely inspired by the four classical elements and/or the suits in my tarot deck. And there it sat for several years, and then this summer ideas started poking at me. In September I went out and sat under some trees for awhile, and when I came back I had the concept more or less.
The artist I'd used last time is no longer tattooing, so I got in touch with another friend of Erin's and said "this is generally what i want." And she said "cool, can you give me more specifics and/or reference photos?" and then it was November and I had no extra brainpower to spend on optional things. In early December I got back to her with more detail, and we scheduled a first session for Tuesday.
She's up in Whistler, a significant drive from Van. Luckily there's a bus that runs up there. I brought Mya along for emotional and physical support (also making sure I could find the bus home again afterwards) and we made a day of it.
So now I have a kudzu vine twining around my left leg, with an electrical ground symbol at the base. In a couple of weeks I'll go back and get an aspen and maple put in, one on either side, in fall foliage. I'm looking forward to it.
The snow up here this time is wet and unpleasant and the temp is hovering right around freezing. Despite that it's been beautiful out, and not too unpleasantly cold/damp. I've missed having a good proper wintry winter. The snow is far and away the thing I miss most about the north. That and the winter sun, which there hasn't been much of this time.
There are a great many friendly cats and a number of friendly Large Dogs, all of whom have their own distinct personalities and interactions. There's snowblowing and firewood and cooking. And it's been good to just be in the same place as Erin for awhile, in spite of stupid sick.
Happy solstice.