Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Yes, it is the 5th of May, aka Cinco de Mayo, which is celebrated all over the US but especially in CA where we have a v. large proportion of latinos. There will be parties all day, some people are undoubtedly already drunk as I type this and you are taking your lives in your hands driving on our freeways today (although that's really always the case anyway). A lot of people think I am latina, looking at me, olive skin and dark brown hair, but I am not at all, I am a mix of a bunch of different things, none of which are from central or south america. I get spoken in to in Spanish pretty much everday, I was just in a Ralphs supermarket and one of the employees said something to me in Spanish as I walked by, no idea what it was, but he sounded polite, I don't think it was dirty or anything. I do speak poquito espanole, but it's hard for me to hold a conversation, I can't think of what to say quickly enough and if they speak fast I only catch a few words out of every couple of sentences. I will be going to Happy Hour after work today with friends and having a couple of margaritas to celebrate and then probably going home as I have a spa appt tomorrow morning to get a massage and have to be there by 8:15 and it's in the valley so I have to leave fairly early then I work all day, 4:15 or so till 12:45 am the next morning, so I want to get some rest tonight if possible. It will be SO nice to get a massage, it's been a long time and I am stressed and tense and my neck has been really jacked up lately, I am looking forward to it. Then we are having lunch at Cheesecake Factory then I have to head back home to get ready for work.