Last Friday was a lot of fun. I only worked until noon so we had most of the day together. Alyssa had wanted to get a new tattoo during the day so early in the week she set up an appointment for Friday. She had a do-it-yourself tattoo on each hip one was an "x" and the other hip had an"o". I think she did these when she was about 15. She also has a small heart on one wrist (another do it yourself). She has wanted to cover up her hip X and O tattoos with a nicer tattoo for a while now. Ian also wanted to get a tattoo done. She has saved up her money so she can do this. She didn't want to get a meaningless tattoo that she wouldn't like in a few years.
My friend has an ex boyfriend who is a professional tattoo artist. My thinking is if you are going to get inked, go to a professional that you have seen their art work. Ian already had 6 or 7 tattoos. Alyssa has one professional tattoo already. Alyssa wanted to get Owens hand print and footprint on her hips as a cover up of the X and O. The hip can be very painful because you are tattooing directly on the bone. Alyssa has no extra fat there either. Sean - the tattoo artist did a great job and finished within about an hour. Alyssa is also very ticklish and just to the side of the hipbone the tattoo started tickling as he used the tattoo gun. I held Alyssa's hand and Ian held her feet so she would move as little as possible.
Ian wanted his parents signature tattooed on him also. We were done by 4:30 or 5 with the tattoos. I did not get any tattoos done on myself. Jeremy set up a together a small party with a few friends and some of our immediate family for that evening after work. We headed over to the get together. I think there was about 30 people there and only about half of my family showed up. We hung out and Alyssa got to meet some of my friends. My friends heard all about Alyssa but they never met her.
Alex's girlfriend even came over until about 11. She is very rarely allowed to go to any friends house at all, so she was super excited. She adores Alyssa and wants to hang out anytime Alyssa is in town. Kenny found his Uncle's old Sega Genesis in the attic and started playing the "old school" video games. Kenny and Ian also found an old laser tag set from the late eighties to early nineties in the attic. They had to go around the house shooting each other and playing hide and go seek. Those guys are so much alike it is not even funny. Kenny really looks up to Ian. Overall we had an amazing day. The last of our friends and family left around midnight. Wow another late night. We were absolutely exhausted and I was so glad we did not have work or school the next morning.
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