Something I can never be

I did something today that I have not done in nearly six years. It took forever, and was thankfully not as painful as I had anticipated. It was messy, and by the time I was finished, I was completely bored and pruney. Can you guess?

I shaved my legs.

Try to contain your ghastly responses. This is not territory with which I am familiar. I have many reasons for not making this a regular practice, and I won't go into them here (that's a whole other post, eventually). For now, I will tell you about the reasons that I decided to undertake this adventure earlier this morning.

I have a tattoo on my calf. A big one. And it is not finished. So, I finally found an artist that I seem to be in-sync with, ink-wise, and made an appointment. May 22. It's circled on my calendar.

So, part of the process of getting inked requires that the area be relatively fur-free. Because leg-shaving is not a regular activity for me, I thought I should do it well in advance, and multiple times, before my tattoo appointment. Otherwise, the itchies would be overwhelming. So, today was the day.

I bought special shaving lotion (Alba Coconut Lime - highly recommended for all you regular shavers) and a brand new razor (Schick Quattro for Men - nice!). I took a nice long shower, washed thoroughly, and then spent what felt like an hour tracking down each and every little teeny brown hair on my legs. By the time I thought I was finished, my fingers were dense and wrinkled. I couldn't believe how long it took, but boy oh boy are my legs smooooooth.

After the shower and a generous lathering of Mountain Ocean Skin Trip (a.k.a. heaven in a bottle), I thought I was done. However, it wasn't long before I realized the ultimate downside of this whole endeavor. I suck at leg-shaving.

The knees were the worst. I missed most of the fuzzy goodness there, as well as strays here and there and everywhere. I couldn't believe just how bad it was. So, I set forth to attack them all, one by one, with a little game of "I'll git you sucker." After what seemed like another hour, I finally feel like I've gotten them all. Smooth and clean. Ready for ink!