58/365: Have you seen my matryoshka tattoo?

 I love tattoos that represent parts of my past. I studied Russian in undergrad, and I'm still in love with Russian culture. One symbol of the culture that I cannot get enough of is the nesting doll, or matryoshka doll. I even have owl matryoshka dolls on my tv mantle. In 2011, I decided to start my Russian quarter sleeve with one giant matryoshka doll.  Two session, six hours, and $600 later, I have my beautiful beginning.

If you look close, it's three different dolls in one, instead of three separate dolls. It provides so much graphic detail and gives me more arm room for future imagery. The red hair and green eyes were done to match my hair and eyes at the time.

I haven't done any work to it since, but I've started actively planning the next stage of the half sleeve. I can't wait to add to it!

57/365: Oh no, the sickness caught up with me

At least I get this adorable view every time I reach for the tissues. Runny nose, headache, sore throat...this is miserable.

56/365: Finally taking a breath

Courtesy of my CEO, a picture from the bridal shower we threw for our investor relations manager today during lunch. It was nice to relax a little.

This weekend has been a whirlwind. Johnny got extremely sick, water had to be boiled to do almost anything, and there was the concert to balance with an intense weekend of reading and paper writing. This was a nice break.

55/365: Household upgrade

I've been complaining for a while now that our current bookshelf doesn't hold my obscene amount of books AND all of my books from school anymore, so I finally went out a bought a second bookshelf on Sunday for what I have deemed "MBA Corner". I love it so much! It fits perfectly in this random corner we have. Somehow, the living room was just pulled together with this shelf. I'm also excited to better show off my school stuff, because that's just the kind of nerd I am.

54/365: Muse on a Saturday night

I bought tickets to Muse for my brother's birthday, and the show finally happened on Saturday. Absolutely amazing! Hopefully I can get a video that Johnny took to upload here, since my phone failed both on picture taking and recording aspects at the show.

Look at that face behind us...

53/365: Boil water advisories spoil the weekend

Do you need a laugh?

A squirrel, or some related rodent, chewed through a main power line for the biggest water plant in Tampa, and the backup line failed. That meant a water outage and a subsequent boil water notice starting Friday afternoon. That's cool. It also meant happy hour beer served in plastic cups. I was excited at first because I technically live outside of Tampa city limits, which lead to this Facebook status:

Then I checked out a water service map. It turns out that I still live within the water service zone, so the notice affected me as well. Damn.

52/365: Throwback Thursday

I completely forgot my camera. Luckily throwback goes well with Thursday. This is from early 2012 at the World of Beer five year anniversary block party. I took 10 beer shots in a row. Nothing special, but it produced this hilarious picture of me all sweaty with no makeup.