A little bit of salsa and a little bit of running

Friday evening was the Fiesta Brevard Salsa Festival at the Holiday Inn in Cocoa Beach. We had gone last year and had a blast so we figured we would try again. Nina and Jill were supposed to come with Rene' and I but Jill had to work and Nina had to go back out on the boat again for a short trip. Her job is getting out of control but we will cover that later. Anywho, Rene', Grady and I decided to go. It is such a fun thing and people really seem to enjoy the atmosphere, music and of course all the tasty salsa you can sample. The ticket was $10 and you also got 2 food tickets too with it. I opted for a taco and burrito, mmm yummy. Here is Rene' and Grady chowing down on their grub. There was also all the charity groups and a few vendors there doing raffles and giving away some great prizes. Unfortunately, none of us won anything :-( Here is a pic of me on a giant dog belonging to one of the vendors (I fear after I sat on the baby cow one time, I will forever have to mount any large animal, human, etc that is nearby). The only thing that I was a little put off by at the Fest was the fact that you could get a margharita every 10 feet but forget it, if you wanted a water. Rene' and I had to search high and low to find water for sale and needless to say, ended up paying $3 a bottle at the hotel bar! Strange right, with all that salsa around there was on alcholic beverages for sale. They were tasty but we weren't drinking (pity, I know) because Saturday morning we had a 5K to run.

Speaking of the Run for the Gecko 5K, Rene' and I did awesome! We improved our overall time by 9 minutes from the previous race and we couldn't be happier about it. I mean true, the top racers can do it in like 15 min (Insane!) but our 37 minute time was a great accomplishment. I actually kept a much higher pace than I am used to so I wouldn't slow Rene's long legs too much. It was a good morning and we were totally psyched about it. Can't wait for the next one!

Ok, so back to an earlier subject, Nina's reatrded job. Alright, the job is not retarded (it is actually super cool) but the people running the company she works for. She has been gone close to 6 weeks now and she was originally supposed to return May 7 but ended up leaving on the following day to go out for another short 5 day job. She was not keen on that but she figured if she did this for them then they would leave her alone for like a month until she had to go back out again for a long trip. Wrong! She was supposed to be home late last night and she called me from the airport to tell me she was on her way home. Too good to be true. Not 2 minutes later she calls back and tells me she is going out again until Tuesday! Ok, this is getting friggin' ridiculous! There is no one else who can go out on these jobs?!? She is pissed and now they tell her she is going out on a long job May 31. That gives her only about 2 weeks home before she has to go out for like 5 weeks. How is this girl supposed to have a life or meet a guy or anything with a sense of normalcy? I know she loves what she is doing but I really wish her boss would stop taking advantage of that because sooner or later I fear Nina may go postal and take out all the whales!