Tattoos & Dancing

So I figured out where I want to go to get my tattoo done. And I figured out what I want it to say. And I know where on my body I want it, and I possibly have someone to go with. I am pretty happy with this.

I am basically only worried because:

1. I'm a pansy and I have no idea how much a tattoo hurts, although I believe I could handle it, plus it's tiny and only black ink
2. I have no idea how much it's going to cost
3. I don't know if I need an appointment (but if I go and they tell me to come back, then whatever, I'll learn)
4. My job doesn't allow tattoos (but it's an easy location to cover up and also this dude at my job got a huge thing of Jesus or something all over his chest and they were like whatever with that and it was kind of weird looking)
5. Certain people are not big fans of tattoos and I am like "oh man what if they stop liking me?" But then I am like "You know, this is going to be a really meaningful thing to me, and it's not my fault if they stop liking me just because I am letting my words out." It's going to be a good reminder to me.

I am just narrowing down the sort of font, now. Even though I won't go get this done until summer, most likely. It is just a weird subject to talk about with a lot of people, I feel like, but it's something I've been seriously thinking about for several years and I feel like it is the right thing for me. I get excited about it already.

On another subject, I'm in Dance Club, and it is one of my favorite parts of St. Mary's. I remember coming here to visit and hearing about dance club and being like "Oh my gosh mom I need to do this!" And I did it last semester and this semester and I just love it. I did ballet when I was really young, and then a combination of tap/jazz/ballet for a year in middle school. I love dancing, but I never did it in high school because it didn't fit into my schedule and because I was involved in the music department, which took up a lot of my time also. I had never done any kind of hip-hop before college, but it turned out that both last semester and this semester I got put in hip-hop dances and it is my favorite thing ever. I actually feel like I'm kind of good at it.

This semester I am doing this Shakira song and it is so much fun. I keep watching the video and being like "why can't I have practice more than once a week?" I'm super excited for the dance show even though it isn't for a while. Mm.