QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS

Heya! I've been retired for almost 2 months now and I must say that the whole thing is pretty easy to get used to. Yet I am in a quandry. I have contacted the BIG boss at my old office and told him that I would like to return to work for 3 days a week. I'm hoping that it will be enough, if I bank all the money I earn, to visit New Orleans for an extended stay of 3-6 months. However, he called a day or two later to let me know that it may be awhile before budget approval is secured. The problem is that if I can't get my butt to New Orleans by the end of January or so, the whole thing might be a mute point. You see, I need to get back here before the ugly hot/humid weather hits and thusly, hurricane season. I want to be back home by the end of May, probably, so I really need to get back to work soon to save enough money. And so I can leave for NOLA by the end of January. If it all doesn't happen soon enough, I'm thinkin I would still go back, but would have to change the New Orleans plan to a nice vacation somewhere else plan. If that turns out to be the case, I guess I could still visit New Orleans for a week or so now and then. I hate that I don't know how it will turn out. But I'm trying to get rid of any and all control issues (not many but some created out of necessity by working 9 to 5 for almost 35 years), and so I'm trying to become entirely "Go With the Flow". Per usual, I'll keep ya posted.

Now a little info on my second quandry. I'm thinking of adding to the armband tattoo I already have (see photo). Since I am so in LOVE with New Orleans, I am playing with the idea of a Fleur de Lis inserted kind of behind my armband tattoo. I want it to be feminine yet show strength, utilizing shading for depth, etc. Or maybe the whole thing should be in shading to rather signify that New Orleans is always in my thoughts. Or if I was really bold and courageous, I could do a Fleur de lis on the other arm and it could be bursting out of my skin. Obviously to signify that NOLA has gotten under my skin.

hmmmm........the photos I've included are examples of Fleur de lis' that I've stolen off the net.
I would combine these into a single tattoo.

If I actually end up doing this, I will do a post to my blog with the final art. I'm not going to do it unless I am TOTALLY excited by the artists design. Saturday we tooled around Midtown while Larisa's brother, Steve, got a cool tattoo at The Royal Peacock Tattoo Parlor. A guy named Jesse, a friend of Noah's, inked Steve's work. I am going to chat with Jesse sometime in the next few days and see what he can come up with. I will definitely keep ya posted.....well.....until next time......