nebula

Spoke too soon on the house. The sellers lied about how much they owed on the loan I was assuming. Got blindsided with the extra when I was sent loan paperwork. Counter offered on purchase price to cancel out the difference and they declined. Should have known it was too good of a price to be true.

Unfortunately everything is kind of fucked now. Already...
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Yesterday I did my 14th and 15th tattoos on skin, and it was also exactly one month since I started tattooing on skin. Still also practicing on fake skin, drawing, and observing the artists in the shop as I continue my apprenticeship. Still enjoying it a lot!

Working two jobs full time has been catching up to me though. I'm a little mentally spent/fried, but...
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Sorry I haven't been as active - turns out that working two full time jobs is kind of a lot 😅 thankfully still loving the tattoo apprenticeship. I actually sit for my body artist permit test tomorrow, and then start tattooing on skin on Thursday. I am nervous/excited/anxious/ecstatic.

I'm also pretty mentally checked out of my day job. I'm not sure how long it will...
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I'm sorry I've been less active here, I've been grinding working full time and at my tattoo apprenticeship all the rest of the time. It would mean so much if you could follow and support my art/tattoo Instagram for my birthday though 🙏🏻🥹💕

@annika.tattoos

I thought I was going to be starting in May, but - ended up starting my apprenticeship at the beginning of this month! And honestly, it's been amazing and exceeded all of my expectations.

My mentor is awesome. He's an incredible artist, but also a really rad human being. I've already learned so much. The other artists at the shop are also incredible, it's been...
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