(Dang... she's sharp... we've got a live one here folks! stand back!!!)
OK fine... I'd show up in a two place....Only because you own a warbird........
.. lemmie see... the internet says 2600 miles from here to there..... 160 mph at 7gph = 113 gallon drop tank on the centerline of the -3 that I'm trying to buy should do it, not to mention the JATO rockets I'm gonna need to get this fat little piggy off the ground a thousand pounds over gross......
I admire your bravery getting a tattoo on your foot. I'm not quite sure what I'd get done if I had the desire. I have the feeling that this little lady would be the kind to have you hold onto a spark plug tester on a first date!
If I were you, I'd bang out a Vans toolbox or three... and start knocking out a tail kit. I hear rave reviews about the tail kit completion centers. I just ordered my -3 preview plans today even though I'm building a -7a tail kit (cause I need a cheap x-c machine). With your amount of spunk... you should have no problems staying motivated. I think the amount of response you've gotten is in part two things... one, you are fairly young and female and interested in airplanes which seems to be quite rare..... and two, you do not represent the average young lady... in fact, most of the young kids these days know nothing of welding, or riveting or bending metal... or even how to work a ratchet! It's scary knowing the average youth is going into the work world with little to no mechanical experience. Pay attention to Roberta Hedgy and any other good tech counselors out there and go with it. My dad was a Electrical Engineer and I did not learn much mechanically from him.... Uncle Sam taught me that... however his math skills he passed on to me have been very valuable.
Best
Brian