Colorizing, Traumatizing

So the big day arrived, and I got more color done on Wonder Woman. I have to say, I was a huge baby about the whole thing and I don't know why. It hurt like hell, so maybe that's why. But that's what has me a bit stumped. I, up until now, had a pretty high pain tolerance where tattoos are concerned. I never take breaks, I try getting as much done in one sitting as possible. I'm a "no pain, no gain" type of gal. This color work kicked my ass. It hurt from start to finish, and I actually stopped her after three measly hours. Three hours! I have sat in the chair, unmoving, for 5-6 hours before on my other arm. What bullshit is this!?

This first image is of my tattoo in mid-completion, while I'm still in the chair.

You can kind of see how angry my skin is here. Very puffy. The next one is more recent, about two weeks after the color:

It's still peeling, still scabbed in some places, and what you see is a lighter version of the color that's underneath the thin layer of baby skin that healed over the ink. Can you see the spot with the scab in the hair on the right? That spot was sooo painful.....sigh. I didn't take breaks really, or complain all that much, but I was a baby inside. Where it counts.

I wonder why? Anyone got any ideas? Do pain receptors increase with age? If so, yikes! No babies for me without mad amounts of drugs.

I'll be glad to get it finished next time (I'm willing to drug myself into oblivion to sit until it's done this time). Rachel said I've got at least three to four more hours of work left. Wow.

Anyway, M. and I dogsat for the neighbors again, which we love doing. Their boxer, Marley, is super cute and loves Radley. And the neighbors are always so cool about looking after Radley when we go away. They're just cool people in general, really. A day after they got back, they delivered these goodies:




One red velvet, one chocolate coconut, and one pumpkin spice cupcake.

Plus two "pupcakes" for Radley from Frosted Cupcakery in Long Beach.

They were all sooo good. A sweet end to a complainy blog entry.