An Exercise in Futility….

The weather this weekend has been fantastic. We’ve had our windows open and our AC off. It is wonderful!

Last night, we went to the Nats v Braves baseball game. The Nats won and we had a great time. The seats were from my company and you can’t beat being 5 rows behind home plate.
We got to eat the standard baseball fare - peanuts, cotton candy, hot dogs. It was yummy and discovering that RFK serves one of my favorite beers was icing on the cake.

Today, I had my consult with Susan Behney at JinxProof for my cherry blossom tattoo. I didn’t take any pictures with me (does that make me a tool?) and instead want Susan to have fun. We discussed cherry blossom clusters with branches, dogwood flowers, a few more bees, and a few moths to add a touch of blues and oranges. She took a few pictures of my back and side for scale and we scheduled my appointment for November 4. It will be a four hour session and we’ve already scheduled a two hour session for November 18. We’ll see how many sittings I can handle.

In about twenty minutes, I’m walking out the door to attend a class at Blue Ridge Arsenal.

We have a 9mm in the house (locked up and we have NO ROUNDS in the house) and I’ve never shot it. I’m taking the class with some friends and am very excited. The range even has Ladies’ Night after the class. Ha ha.

I knew that tiramisu and coffee was not a healthy breakfast. Even so, I went to the gym and ran 2.5 miles (first time I’ve run that far in years!!). I am so proud of myself and cannot wait to go to the gym tomorrow.

Needless to say, I felt sick to my stomach for most of the rest of the day due to my poor breakfast choice. Now I’m full from bar food (steak fries + gravy and chicken fingers + onion rings) and trying to wind down for bed.

The dogs were adorable tonight and I couldn’t resist taking a few pictures of them.

Here is Jake hiding his nose in my jeans.

And here is Lucky sitting in his favorite chair.

I did it.

I got my second tattoo.

I have my consult scheduled for September 16 to talk with Susan Behney about my next one.

The actual tat (of a honeybee) is on my back just below my right shoulder blade. The work was done by Osti, who is a guest artist at Jinx Proof right now.

A friend went with me and got her first one. She is dying for a second one now. I think I created a monster. :)