Spontaneity

Honestly I am not very spontaneous.
But every now and then I get a spark within myself and normally
"think" about being spontaneous and never really do anything about
that spark.

But then there are times where the spark
becomes ignited and I actually go from the thinking stage to movement stage.
And on Sunday that was that day.

We were leaving church {which rocked by the way}
wait.. Let me back up..
Actually in church I had a thought about this whole blog post.
Not really the blog post, but about the spark that was ignited..
But I have to wait to share that...
LOL.
Anyway the whole point to share that, was that the thought was there prior
to the spark being ignited. And actually it's been there for quite some time.

But okay we're driving away from church. While driving, I noticed these two
peeps sitting out in lawn chairs. They were older, but not elderly.
Then I noticed the sign.
Before I give it away, I want you to know that D didn't think I was serious.
But it was spontaneous.
So the name of the place was The Tattoo Room.
So we're driving past and I said, hey look it's a tattoo place.
D says, do you want to go?
I said well...
He said, let's just go look.
I said okay.

So we get out and it's not your average yuppie tat place.
These guys have been doing tats for awhile, a really long time.
So the woman that was outside in the lawn chair asks,
did you have something in mind?
Well of course I did, I have for years!

So I tell her what I really want.
She starts running around looking through
the billions of flash.
That would be flash art for those of you that don't know.
I don't mind flash cause it's a lot like scrapping paper.
Why would I want to make it myself when I can buy it?
So I tell her what I want.
I wanted a tribal band with a Jesus fishy
{I know it's got a proper name but I cannot spell the proper name}
So we all start looking through the flash.
And we come up with something.

But nerves set in.
Cause you see even though there are sparks of spontaneity,
I don't often act on them.
So I looked at D while she was having her hubby
draw a stencil of what I wanted
and told him I was nervous. D said let's get the stencil on
and then we'll see.

Honestly I was a tad nervous just cause it was out of my box.
Even though I have 4 tat's already getting one that would show
all the time was a big step for me.
I was also a little nervous too cause the place was a dive
and I hadn't even checked into the place to ensure it was a good place to
get a tat.
But I felt comfortable there.
They were nice people too.
And he was older and filled with tats so he had to be decent.

Finally the stencil goes on.
All the nerves went away when I saw it.
I said let's do it.
D was surprised.
The woman was surprised.
And I plopped my butt down on the chair.

D & A went to Subway and Starbucks {I always get a Venti Passion tea with 3 Splenda}
while I got my stencil on and the grind of the tat
machine thingy started going.
It was now or never.
And well..?

I finally got my arm band.
And I like it a lot.
{just to let you know they always do the color to what they
think it should be, if you want it darker after it heals you can come in and they'll
do it for free. D & I think I'll do this as I think I'd like the cross a darker pink}
It's really a straight cross, it's just the way my arm is...
And the photo? D is making me laugh so hard I could hardly stand it,
so sorry if its not the best photo. And excuse me cause I look rough
but I just got back from the gym and well after a kick-butt trainer workout
I always look that rough...


And what's really weird. I knew Sunday in church during the service that I would end up with a tattoo very soon.

I didn't end up getting the Jesus fishy.
I got a cross.
It's still fresh so the colors aren't as bright as they will be.
But I LOVE IT!!!
And I got the entire band around my arm.
I always have disliked it when peeps got 1/2 of a band and didn't go all the
way around, I never understood it.

So I acted on a spark of spontaneity and

heck sometimes spontaneity is good.
What a good day it was!
I should be spontaneous more often!