Wow. It’s been a while huh? I guess all the life changing angst and such has kept me busy. Actually, I was reminded of how little I write here when I checked Gen’s blog today. Thanks Gen!

It’s been a month since I moved out, and I gotta tell ya, life is pretty damn good. I like single. I like my own space. I get to watch whatever TV I want, take up the whole bed, stay on the internet all night if I so choose to. It sounds harsh, but I haven’t truly been this happy, this relaxed, in a very long time.

My new place is right downtown, very close to Elgin, which makes life interesting. It’s nice to be back where there is some life – although that has it’s good and bad points. It’s a fairly decent sized place, but I haven’t even finished unpacking entirely yet, and it’s been a month. But hey, I can take as long as I want now, and no one can say ANYTHING.

I got a new tattoo yesterday, and broke one of my major tattoo rules in doing so. I always told myself that I would never get a foreign (specifically asian) character tattooed anywhere on my body. Well. Yesterday I went and got the Korean word for Perserverance (wow I can’t spell) tattooed on my inside left ankle.

I can, however, justify this. I’ve been taking Tae Kwon Do for almost a year now, and recently acquired my red stripe (which means two more belts until black belt!! Of course, that will likely be in a year and a half or more from now). As part of my Tae kwon Do training I have to learn some Korean. As well, TKD has been a huge challenge for me because of my disability, and it has truly taught me about perserverance.

Plus, you just have to admit that it’s not nearly as functional to get “perserverance” tattooed on you.

I love it, and am obsessed with looking at it in that way one does when they get a new tattoo.