My friend is only about 1/3 done after 7 hours - it's a full-arm thing - but she's very, very happy with it already and said the process was really great and there was a nice older dog at the studio to hang out with.

The body art is beautiful, but I will stick to admiring it on others.

Thanks for all the good vibes, guys. Dad is still in the hospital. Mom asked me not to go visit as too many people have shown up and he's not sleeping. She told the nurses no visitors, and left herself, because he kept getting up to take care of her. He tried to get her to take a nap in his bed -- he said he'd just sit in the chair! The nurses are getting frustrated with him because he can't ignore them. He's telling jokes and chatting -- while coughing up a lung and with a voice so hoarse he's hard to hear. People came to him for prayer for themselves yesterday. I was kind of shocked.

Love the tattoo pics linked here. Laura Bochet's are gorgeous. I'm really drawn to the way she uses lines and colors; and the whales are amazing.

Aidan is all head/chest congested and so I gave him a Mucinex. I explained to him how it works, and he said something like, "Oh, I get it. It's like a laxative for your nose!"

I sometimes refer to it as my daily dose of rat poison

My grandmother used to say this about her blood thinner after her heart attack in 1988. She lived a good long while after, and I hope the same for you, Toddson.

Good vibes and expressions of solidarity and affection all around. I'm still reading, but struggling to compose replies.

Okay, Jessica, a friend of mine is literally at that studio getting a tattoo right now. Like, her appointment started at 12!

I love all the ladies at Secret Fire! Do you know which artist your friend is working with?

The same as your mom!

Yay! Laura is amazing. (My flying books were done by Olivia, who is also amazing, and I reeeeeeeeeally want some black/white line art from Hira at some point.)

Today has been a day. I got overheated at work and then after got lost going to Torrid and accidentally spent 2 hours trying on clothes at Torrid.

Last night the cats got out and Penny came back asap but the others were missing. I found and got Duchess back but Scrappy is still out there.

And then we ended up renegotiating the cable and the account is being switched over to me for a better introduction deal. But we didnt eat until 9. I was on the phone for nearly an hour and I just want to stay in bed tomorrow.

Except I'm going to work for 4 hours because of this big CEO visit tomorrow.

Yay! Laura is amazing.

Totally forgot for a minute that this was a tattoo artist's name, and thought you were referencing our Laura. And I didn't disagree, I was just trying to remember what amazing thing we had been discussing recently.

Wait, I got one. She rescued an adolescent Doberman this week; Laura is amazing!