Congrats on the tattoo, Cristi! I was going to post something about it not being all that painful, but you found that out for yourself. I have a bunch of violets in about the same location; got it done last year during my vacation. Thinking of getting another one this year, just debating the spot.
As for the squash issue, I’m a long way from having kids so my only comment is, “Ewww, squash is icky.”
Gamera is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we’ve been eating Gam-er-aaaa…