Last week...

Last week was pretty fun and exciting... Starting off with my cousin's (Joto) birthday on Wednesday, we got together for lunch and had some amazing food. I spent the whole afternoon with him and some other family members, just talking about the past and future plans. That same day, it was Lucky's birthday, so we got together for dinner at this one restaurant where they play live eighties music (songs in English only). So I spent the entire evening singing along to the songs (as some of you may have experienced in DC, this may not be the most pleasant experience, unless you've had some drinks as well) and talking to some old high school friends I hadn't seen in a long time. So here are the pics from that evening...

From left to right: Rebeca's Friend, Rebeca, Lucky, and Lucky's Sister-in-law

Lucky and Cristina...

Victor (Gato), Lucky, Cristina, Victor's wife, and yours truly...

On Friday I had another interview with the National Liquor company, which went from 2 - 6 PM... very long interview, along with personality tests and other crap (I have a follow up interview this Wed or Thursday). Friday evening we got together for a friend's party, who is getting married in March. I must admit, I was a pretty happy boy that evening... so on Saturday I took it easy and rested up.

By the way, to my DC and NYC friends, I must let you know that the weather is amazing over here... sunny every single day... how about you guys? Did I hear that you got some snow over the weekend??? I hope you guys didn't have to go to work... if you did, that sucks!!!

Sports news: Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan) will be reporting back to the MLS with FC Dallas... glad to see his situation finally resolved, but I was hoping he would en up in some European league. He's signed a two year contract, with an option for a third with MLS... Arriba Pescadito!!!

Here's Ruiz...though because of the time off, we should call him Carlos "The Whale" Ruiz... a little chubby.

Hope everybody is doing well wherever you may be... and don' forget: "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars".

Take care,

CRCP

P.S. Saw Dave last night, and he had a pretty funny Top Ten...

Late Show's Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses
10. "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm"
9. "Wanted to get the Iraq mess off the front page"
8. "Not enough Jim Beam"
7. "Trying to stop the spread of bird flu"
6. "I love to shoot people"
5. "Guy was making cracks about my lesbian daughter"
4. "I thought the guy was trying to go 'gay cowboy' on me"
3. "Excuse? I hit him, didn't I?"
2. "Until Democrats approve medicare reform, we have to make some tough choices for the elderly"
1. "Made a bet with Gretzky's wife"