The Mermaid.

Last night was Fat Tuesday. Yes, I know it was extremely early this year, and I, like most of you were not prepared for lent to come so quickly.

Back in the days of college, Fat Tuesday, was a great night to go party. I can still remember being 2 days away from 21 and sneaking underneath a black tarp to get into a club to celebrate Fat Tuesdays. Only to find out that it was an 18 and up night. Oh, the good old days of the stupid things I tried to pull off in college.

Fat Tuesday, now seems like a ridiculous reason to go out, have a few drinks and wear some beads. Last night at the bar I frequent, happened to have adult cart races. Cart races were teams of four or five people who decorated a shopping cart and drove/pushed someone (me) around the bar in the cart. I was on the mermaid team. Our cart was decorated like a pirate ship and I was the drunk mermaid held hostage by the pirates. Rather amusing, considering it was about 15 degrees outside and I had on a bikini and a mermaid tail in a bar. There has be some health code violation for that, but we will save that for another time and place. Our team made it to the finals but we lost to the booby team, who happened to show their boobs. I guess that is what Mardi Gras is really all about, anyways.

It was getting late last night, and it seemed so easy to just put on my pajamas and stay home. But come on, it was Fat Tuesday and I had already committed to helping out my team. So I got dressed in my mermaid outfit and headed to the bar. I was definitely a hit, hell any female in a bikini/mermaid outfit in Colorado during the month of February, is sure to be a hit. A few drinks down and an open bar tab, it was hard to not stay. So, I handed over my keys and stayed to party with my friends. Great times, Great times. It reminded me of the good old days of celebrating Fat Tuesday during college. Although, I wasn't feel to great this morning, I survived.
I am finally beginning to set some roots here in Colorado. I am happy and feeling pretty good about where I am. I am making a good core group of friends, and that definitely helps :).