Ink Ink Ink

Can we just start by saying....

OUCH.

Today Zak spent about 5 hours in a chair getting a half sleeve tattooed onto his arm.

It looks really really good though. It is a patriotic type of sleeve with more old school war images and symbols than new. 5 hours in without anything to ease the pain and he called it a night, which is impressive, very impressive. He will most likely be finishing the rest when he gets home for good because he will have to allow time for this first part to heal before he can finish he rest, but I think in the end it is going to all come together really well and look awesome ---it already does as it is, he could leave it as a half sleeve if he wanted, doesnt look bad at all that way, everything blends perfectly as it is :)

While he was getting his sleeve, I was finishing up my ribs, finally. I started my ribs back in 2006, added a little more in 2007, then a little more in 2009 and finally did two sessions, one a few weeks before Zak came home, and one today and finally finished it ---well for now.

Do not get me wrong, getting your ribs tattooed hurts...it just flat out sucks, nothing nice about it. Each time I go back to get more done, about 30minutes to an hour in I think in my head, "why the heck do I keep doing this when I know how much it is going to hurt" but I just keep thinking of things I want to add to the piece. Like right now, I already know of one more image I want added, but the session today sucked more than any other session I have had before so who knows when I will work up the courage to go back and finish add on lol.

I really was a baby though today and I knew it. Usually I lay there, in crazy amounts of pain, sucking it up not making a sound other than some deep breaths, but today, I was a whiny one, to say the least. I think it was the fact that one of the images not only was on my ribs but also went to my stomach slightly, and that....that part just did not feel good at all.

I know the arm isnt as bad over all as the ribs, but Zak sat through 5 hours, and I knooooow the elbow hurts and other parts of the arm suck really bad, so I give him big big props, because the longest I've ever been able to sit through one session of my ribs is 2 hours and then I am like I'M DONE!

I cant wait until Zak's starts to heal so we can see the final result and them him get home after deployment and get it touch up --it will need it after what it will go through over there-- and the upper arm finished, its going to look more awesome than it already does.

Yay for INK.

But no more for awhile. We need rest :p


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