What does someone do when turning 50? Glad you asked. Seems like most of the time people mark this birthday with some significant event. Maybe a long planned backpacking trip, a big birthday bash, maybe even a long cruise. Well I chose to mark this event by getting a new tattoo (see the picture above). I couldn't think of a better image than dolphins. I love the ocean and dolphins are just cool, intelligent creatures. I had it put on the back of my calf since that will be the last place that will wrinkle on me. I have to say, it hurt like heck but it was worth it. I love it! I guess the beauty of turning fifty is that I don't worry what anyone else thinks about it. That is definitely a change for me. Besides getting a tattoo, it was a relatively quiet birthday. I did take a drive along the river with the pups in the evening. It's a pretty drive.
I received a lot of really cool cards but I wanted to share the above two with you. Each one of them expresses how parts of me feel. The Leaping Lemur card expresses how happy I am to have this life and loving were I am at this point in time. The second card my give you some insight into how I got to the Leaping Lemur card. So I need to thank my family for helping me become a more "interesting adult".
Thanks to all for remembering my birthday and thanks Staci and Sylvia for sending the flowers. As you can see from the picture, they are beautiful.
4 comments:
Mom turns the big 4-0 in October and she wants to get two paw prints tattoed on her. She already has two others but she couldn't think of anything else she wanted ...... oh yeah a new camera lens but the tats are cheaper!
A new lens would have been wonderful too. But tats ARE a lot cheaper. :-)
Happy belated bday!!!
You are brave. I hvae one tattoo, glad I got it...but eek no more!!!
Thanks for the birthday wishes. And yes, you have to tolerate a little discomfort to get a tattoo. :-)
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