Friday Night Lights

I had been fighting a bad cold for two weeks now and this was the first weekend in a long time that I felt ready to go out and do something, so come Friday night I was ready. Unfortunately, Ryan came home and told me he had a work dinner to go to and wives weren't invited :(
A number of VPs are here and Pasco Thailand (aka Intermap) was taking them out. They were going to the Fish Market, so I wasn't too disappointed!
Still, not wanting to ruin my Friday night, I called Steph to see if she was up for dinner. A few weeks ago we found this amazing Mexican restaurant that gives Mexi Cali Rosa's a run for its money, and have been finding excuses to go back ever since. The guys said they would meet up with us after dinner, and knowing who they were going out with we didn't expect to see them anytime soon! So Steph and I got all dolled up and headed out for a girlie night on the town.
Steph surprised me with a foot massage before dinner. There is a great place near our building and she wanted to treat me for taking her cats in again while they had people coming into their apartment. (We are not aloud pets in our building so they had to sneak the cats out for a couple of days while the repair people went in.) It was my first foot massage, and man it was great. Usually I go for the Traditional Thai Massage - its a little more intense, but more theraputic for me. The Foot Massage was really relaxing though, the perfect start to our night out.
Surprisingly the guys called while we unwinding after our massages - they give you tea to drink when your massage is finished, not sure if its supposed to help relax or soothe muscles or what, but its yummy so we always drink it! They were finished dinner already and had found a way to excuse themselves from the group. (Usually when they go out with the company they are stuck for the night). We told them to meet us at the restaurant where we would have a quick bite and then see where the night takes us - yeah right, we ended up closing the restaurant! We were just chatting, enjoying the food, margaritas, and ambience and before we knew it we were the only people left in the place! We all still wanted to go out (and it was only 11) so we asked the manager where we should go. He drew us a map and we hopped in a nearby Tuk Tuk. I am not sure what Clem said to the driver, but we had the ride of our life! The Tuk Tuk kept revving his engine and doing wheelies after every stop! We hung on for dear life, but made it safely to our destination, managing to spot the baby elephant walking down the street on our way!
None of us were sure where the driver was taking us, he took us to the right street, but dropped us off at some club we had never heard of. We walked in and were surrounded by white people! Ususally when we head out on the town we are the only white people in the place! I guess the driver didn't understand where we wanted to go and figured, hey I will just take them to a popular Farang (white people) club. Oh well, there was a great band playing and we met some interesting people. We had a few more drinks and danced the night away.
While it wasn't the best way to celebrate my new found health (we were feeling pretty rough come Saturday morning!) it was definitely the fun way!