strep, graduation, and tats

Thanks to all of you who have wished and prayed for me to get better. I am still battling this darn stuff and it sucks, right smack dab in the middle of finals.

Also I wanted to fill you all in on how the meeting with my teachers went the other day. My mom talked to all the other teachers besides the one that is trying to fail me first and they all said that I was a good student and was pretty much passing all of their classes with a's or high b's and then the counselor told the other teachers they could leave so that it would just be my mom, the counselor, and the trig teacher. Well two of my teachers did not leave and a third one did not want to go, but left anyways. The trig teacher pretty much told my mom that I WAS NOT going to pass at all. Well thats when my Government teacher a man, who keep in mind has never met me and my Lit teacher(who is very nice and has always been there for me) stood up for me. They told her they would not let her fail me and asked her what they could do to get me graduated. They kept on until she gave in. I will be sure to thank those two teachers on graduation day, because my mom said they literally fought for me. Anyways I have to work up until the day before graduation redoing tests from the second nine weeks without having someone standing over me to show that I do know what i'm doing. Also, I have a junior they assigned to come out to the house and help me with it, so that I can graduate in 2 weeks. Thats right folks, I will be graduating 2 weeks from tomorrow!!!

Alright on to my next BIG topic. I have been thinking about this for a while and I have decided that I want to get a tattoo to symbolize my struggle through highschool and with my sicknesses and how I am finally graduating and moving on with my life. I am really really leaning torwards birds because they kind of symbolize that with the whole flying away thing and all. Anyways I have found the one that I REALLY REALLY want and I'm not sure how it would go with my skin though. I have lots of freckles as y'all have seen and they are peppered across my shoulder. Anyways this is the tat I really want, so tell me what you think about how this will work with my freckles.

Also here are some other ones I like that I would love your input on. And feel free to send me some of the ones you all find that you think would symbolize my struggles and success.

yes it is a tat..all of it including the chain.