Great American Smokeout

how to stop smoking

t- 11 days but who's counting?

I smoked over the weekend. But I only had 5 smokes vs the 15+ I usually smoke. It was hard, and every time I went on the stoop to smoke I felt guilty. I suppose that is good. Last week I left my smokes at work so I couldn’t smoke at home. It was weird [...]

healing

My tattoo is healing. It’s now raised a bit and starting to scab over. That’s always a scary time because if it starts flaking you think it’s ruined, but it’s not. I also lucked out in having the owner of the shop work my tattoo. She was in town from Olympia. She visits the Monroe [...]

fresh out of pain – just got a tattoo

I am the proud bearer of a Fullmetal Alchemist Homunculi tattoo which is an Ouroboros . It is on my right forearm and it looks just like this:       My last tattoo is an Ankh in the middle/lower back with some tribal flames around it, all black. At the time I either wanted that [...]

left side of pain

I bruise extraordinarily easy. This week the bruise factor is exceptionally high. (I never can figure out where they come from). I have four nice green/yellow/black marks on my left forearm and three nice ones on my left thigh. However, all on the left side? I find that interesting. If anyone has seen the movie [...]

Ankhs

Friday on the way home from work I stopped off at the Pet Store to buy some cat food. The girl at the counter commented on liking my Ankh earrings. She got all excited about how much she loves Ankh’s and how she has one tattooed on her back, etc. She showed me. It was [...]

tattoo thoughts

I have three Tattoos. They are generally not visible at work. One on the lower back, one on the left shoulder and one on the left hip. I bring it up every few months about what to get next. I talk about it with my husband just because (I acquired the three before I met [...]