Yanti & Salty Straight-Up Ridiculous Manatees Part 5 - FULL

Bah, Yanti...you started a new thread right after all my posts in the old one.  I'm reposting my tattoo picture here.  So there.

Luna moth, betw/shoulder and just above collarbone, baby E. Artemis, blah blah blah, gotcha

Pretty pretty pretty! Just like you and her.

I know this is going to shock you all but I don't think most babies are cute (nor kittens). They all kinda look the same, like scrunchy-face gremlins to me (the babies, and the kitties).

However, Baby E is *really* cute. She was born cute. She's like, plump-big-shaped-baby-face well-defined-features cute.

Maybe I'm just bitter because I was an ugly baby.

Hey TJ! How's the niece? I still pray for her and think of her often, great bright spirit that she is (seems to run in the fam). Is she running a bit?

Hello #5!  I hope we are so rigid and buttoned up in this was as we were in #4.  I don't need to talk about training regimens ALL the time.

Jen - pretty tattoo!  And congrats on having a baby that Yanti thinks is cute...tough feat, apparently.

Yanti - I'm with you on the baby thing - so many come out looking like aliens - but kittens?? Really? Kittens are the cutest thing in the entire universe, I'm pretty sure.  Plus they are tiny and soft, so they get double points (allegedly babies meet that qualification too, but they also cry really loud - minus quadruple points).

That's really messed up.

The kittens that is.

Very cool tat, Jen!!! I didn't know you were going to get that done. I think tattoos are in the air this season.

That is so cool. HTFU defined. 

No kidding - makes me feel guilty for moping around with my own situation.

Yeah, HTFU spig! Oh wait, you already did

Nah ... you really do have a situation, and so does she. And both of you are amazing people who rise above.

Not like that!  I just avoided crashing.

And did the run in flip-flops.

lol...I was SO worried when I was pregnant that I was going to have a not-cute baby.  You know those ones where people say, "Oh!  You have a .... BABY!" because they don't want to insult the parents.

I happen to think that E is particularly adorable, but I'm her mommy.  We do get a lot of people who tell us she is adorable.  I think it's the cheeks. And she has a well-defined personality that seems to come through in the photos.

I was lucky with my artist.  She books out MONTHS in advance.  I scheduled an appointment in March for September, but my husband will be out of town and I wouldn't have been able to swing it.  She had a cancelation and called me up!  This is part of my big owl that's on my arm/shoulder/back.

Getting another one on the top of my foot on September 28th.  That's my PhD celebration tattoo.  I had to put these off for awhile with the whole pregnant/recovering/nursing thing.

That's fantastic news!  Glad she is doing well.

Apparently!  Who knew?

I am so ready to go home.  No one is in the lab, my wrist hurts to much to bend, and my boss is in Vienna, Austria.  Plus it's a 3 day weekend.  1:00 isn't too early, right?

BTW, on the wrist front, the nurse sent a message to my doc, but he's doing surgery right now.  Hopefully he responds by the end of the day.  Rest/ice/naproxen are not making the steroid pain go away.

Don't get me wrong ... I really like babies, like I like all funny little living things (even kittens). By the way, kittens also cry REALLY LOUD. Dear God. I went nuts when I was given my first pair of cats and Badger Jen Moose was most helpful.

GO HOME! You aren't running anything that needs run, are you? For heavens' sake definitely don't start anything. Think of it as a long lunch break on a slow day.

Not at all just tell them the rest of your day was cancelled due to lack of interest.

Found a FIST fitter that isn't too far away from me and have made contact seeing what the prices are.  the Reul fitter was at a tri shop in Hilton Head that closed this past spring   that one would have been much easier to make.

Nope!  I specifically didn't start anything new because I wanted the option to go home early.  'Cuz I'm lazy like that.

That is the best excuse ever!