Wild Burrito Ninja Tatt Girl....

The countdown is on people

only ten days or so and I will be through to the end of the whole chemo journey

seriously can't wait because it has been kind of kicking my butt up one side of the street

and down the other these last few weeks

but the end is in sight so who bloody cares right.... 

I certainly don't because I got to paint a little this week

which always makes the crappy bits easier to deal with

plus I finally became like the cool kids and got myself five tattoos...

Okay so they aren't cool tattoos

in fact I'm not a huge fan of the tat so I'm not sure there is such a thing..

and in fact unless you knew where to look you would just think I had some suspect black freckles... but I am claiming those babies...

why... because I went through quite a bit to get em that's why

turns out radiation planning is just one more embarrassing experience to add 

to the list which involves a whole lot of people in a room playing with what is left of poor lefty

dear god I swear there are only a handful of people left in the hospital who haven't prodded, poked, cut into, squished and now drawn on and tatted up that sucker

The whole process was quite the experience

walk into a room filled with people

get yourself topless self onto a table thingy attached to a CT scan

without flashing the world and rolling off the other side like a burrito

flop old lefty into a hole in the table / bed thingy

and proceed to lie there while they basically squish, prod, measure, draw on, scan and tattoo the bejeezus out of you

not too bad in the scheme of things I suppose

but then comes the fun part

you have to dismount this contraption

and you have been lying in one position for 45 mins and everything has gone to sleep

I did achieve it, though with very little of my dignity intact

and I was awarded some points for attempting a rather exciting dismount technique

the technician gave me a 6.5 for my wild half pike with a twist in a reverse position

which I thought was a touch harsh as I am not coordinated at the best of times

and doing the whole thing topless with various limbs still numb

was quite the achievement in my book... 

those technicians are so jaded I tell you

or maybe people just do really impressive dismounts... who knows...

 but I impressed myself by sticking the landing like a gymnast

actually better than a gymnast because I didn't do one of those ridiculous back arching things

I was like a ninja

Phantom Steve decided we should celebrate my induction into the tattoo club with something more appropriate than the paltry five dots that I have

and so she gave me this baby on the inside of my arm...

seriously perfect isn't it

and from now on I would like to be referred to by this title...

and with that Wild Burrito Ninja wishes you all a happy painting weekend...xx