When Jacob was born, there was a song we liked called Ladybug by a band called Agents of Oblivion. Brian always used to go around singing it to Jacob. So, Jacob ended up being called Jacobug or Bug for short. We have always associated ladybugs with Jacob. So, when I decided to get a tattoo in honor of my son, I naturally decided to go with a ladybug theme. I like tribal tattoos, so Brian came up with a design for me that implemented the ladybug idea.
Today, I had my appointment at State of the Art Tattooing. We are tattoo snobs, so we have to drive all the way to Winchester, Virginia to get tattooed. Anyway, this is the first time I was tattooed in seven years. Incidentally, today was Ripley’s 7th birthday (Happy Birthday, Rip!). The last time I was tattooed was a week or two after we got Ripley. Judy was kind enough to babysit her for me that day because you certainly can’t leave a 10 week old puppy alone in the house for 9 hours.
I was kind of apprehensive about today because I thought my first two tattoos hurt quite a bit. But, John started working and I thought, boy, this doesn’t hurt as much as I remembered. It all went well and only took a little over an hour. Then, Brian asked him to touch up a few spots on my last tattoo and then I remembered how much a tattoo can hurt. Much like real estate, it’s all about location, location, location!
Anyway, here’s a pic of the new ink.