in love

married

an artist

a friend

a sister

a daughter

a daughter-in-law

shy

an introvert

dorky

silly

cool

may 05

june 05

july 05

august 05

september 05

october 05

i took a break in november 05

december 05

january 06

february 06

march 06

april 06

may 06

nothing in june 06

july 06

august 06

too busy in september 06

october 06

november 06

december was busy, too

january 07

february? forget about it

current

s o g l a d

like the hot sunglasses? they are calvin klein, and i got them for a super bargain at steinmart during lunch yesterday. something about white sunglasses seems so old school fabulous to me, that when i put them on, i felt so cheesy it was good.

i've been struck with spring fever, and i'm feeling restless and silly. definitely silly at work.

these days i realize how grateful i am for the things i have. great husband. great family. great friend. great job. and i realized the other day that i'm probably the most emotionally healthy and happy that i have ever been. and i'm extremely grateful for that.

just an update, that my tattoo has had mixed reactions, varying between the horror of my parents and the admiration of my peers. i don't see any reason i need to explain or defend what i've done. the fact is, if my tattoo is the only scandalous and negative thing anybody has to talk about when it comes to my life these days...then things must be pretty good.

camilles (7:54pm, 3.28.07)

n e w & i m p r o v e d ?

don't know about improved, but there is some new about me these days.

most obvious, the tattoo i got on president's day. a branch of plum blossoms. i wrote up my whole experience the day after i got it done so i could capture all the details of what led up to it, what it felt like, etc. but i don't need to bore you with all of it.

to summarize...i felt like crying ahead of time because i was so scared, the artist was really nice, it DID hurt (particularly at the top of my bony shoulder), but not that bad. ultimately, the worst part of the whole experience was the itchy, peely stage that started about 4 days after the session. i even woke myself up one morning scratching! i was so worried that i had caused some damage, but it was all ok. and it never got scabby or really gross or anything.

most people are surprised by how big it is. this is the first photo that jeff took of it the same day i had it done. it was raised and sore, but i was pretty much feeling ok.

now that it's been several weeks, the colors are looking pretty nice.

i'm happy with the placement, because i can show a lot of it, some of it, or none of it at all.

the other "new" part of me was i got all my hair chopped of last night. randomly, i ended up at the SAME salon with the SAME tattoed stylist that hottie mom jaycine randomly visited so recently. how funny! i basically told him that as long as i didn't up looking like a guy or with a mullet, i didn't mind what he did. so he chopped and chopped and chopped!

it's fun, though. it's kind of like how my hair was when i cut it for "locks of love" in 2005.

other than all the vain, cosmetic things i've done recently, we've been busy with business trips and vacations and planning for vacations and planning for a new car(!) and hanging out with friends and family. living life!

camilles (9:44pm, 3.14.07)