A Little Stormy

Well, it's been a long time since I've gotten any work done. It's been a little difficult to get to Omaha - that and it's been a little difficult to gather the funds.  Authentic Ink finally had another Living Social deal, so of course, I jumped on that! 

I was feeling rather gun shy about getting more work done on my inner thigh with the TARDIS, and apparently so was my tattoo artist (probably not entirely for the same reason, though).  So, we decided to start work on the purple storm clouds that were going behind the Pheonix on the back of my thigh.  The good news is that the infection I got with my TARDIS wasn't that bad, so it will only need touched up a tiny bit.  The downside to having gotten an infection was that he didn't want to do too much work until he was sure I was back to healing properly, so I only ended up with about an hour of work on the storm clouds this time around.  This means that there will be another trip to Omaha in order in about a month!!

March 21, 2015 - Authentic Ink (Omaha, NE )

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• Location: Back of right thigh
• Tattoo:  Purple storm clouds

It felt really great to be getting inked again.  I can safely say this is definitely an addiction.  I find tattoos to be a pain/pleasure thing.  Sometimes I get those exciting, happy tingles.  Other times there's this odd painful sensation that hurts, but is still oddly enjoyable.  Then sometimes I just don't feel anything and could almost take a nap.  Actually, I'm pretty sure I have napped momentarily before!  

Anyway, I again had stupidly drank way too much the night before my tattoo session, so I bled a bit more than I should have.  I really should learn my lesson and not drink so much the night before.  I never did that when I lived in Omaha, but having to travel there from the incredibly boring town of Kearney right now, I find that I try way too hard to cram a lot into a very limited amount of time.  I just want to make the most out of my trip, and that often includes some copious amounts of drinking.  The good news about this time around is that the "hangover" I had pretty much passed by the time I was laying on the table to get my ink work done.  The hour went by so quickly; it hardly felt like an hour at all.  When he stopped, I really thought it was just for a quick break, but he said he wanted to ensure that I was healing properly before "beating me up too badly."  I guess I appreciate that because after my infection, I was mildly terrified for this time around.

I'm totally in love with how the purple makes the Phoenix POP!  I can't wait to see what it will look like with the rest of the clouds and the swirled coloring around the TARDIS.  My thigh tattoo is nearing completion, and I absolutely cannot wait to see it finished.  I will have to figure out exactly (when I say "exactly" I really mean "approximately," because I won't be able to figure it out exactly) how many hours were spent on everything done here - that and how much money I put into my thigh artwork :P

It's crazy to think that the first tattoo that I got done on my thigh (that turned into a full thigh piece) was December 22, 2012.  That means that I have been getting work on my thigh for over two years!

**Today being March 30th, it's been a little over a week since this tattoo session, and I can safely say that it has been healing beautifully!  So, I'm looking forward to another session in April**