Awkwardness revisited

My last post was a general "we had a great time!" post, but there were a few moments that I didn't share and now want to. Luckily, I have pictures to go along with them:

This was one of the images on the ball court at Chichen Itza. It is a representation of a man being sacrificed. The snakes you can hopefully see shooting out represent blood. I realized a long time ago why I couldn't be a nurse, and this image (along with other detailed sacrifice descriptions) reminded me. On top of which, I started getting really overheated. Right after we looked at this and walked out of the court area, I started to see stars, but no Nate. I eventually stumbled my way over to a tree with some shade where I sat down. I continued to walk, then sit at the ruin sites until we got to the coke stand by the cenote (sink hole). Coke helped along my recovery, but I felt like a wuss because there were at least a handful of people older and (I thought) less fit than me. Maybe it's hip to be weak.

One of the days we went to the gym, we took our camera to document how nice the gym is so we could drool over it later. As we were leaving, this "magician" came up from behind Nate. The three of us stood around awkwardly for a moment, then the magician motioned to Nate to take a picture of he and I. I was secretly thrilled at the chance to get such a weird picture, but I tried to act professional. My big smile might have given me away.

While we were at the pool one day, we actually saw another couple. One of them was reading the popular novel "Twilight". Guess which one it was? I don't even think every woman should read that book, but a guy? They had books at the gift shop, so something tells me the only thing this guy was desperate for was a vampire love story.

I'm so proud of this one; I don't think he noticed cause Nate was doing a fake pose-you can almost see the edge of his hand. Keep this man in mind for the next one:

Nate was taking pictures by the pool and wanted me to pose. Our camera doesn't have a view finder and Nate was experimenting, so I had been standing around for a few minutes. Suddenly I hear, "Come on, you can do sexier than that!!" noooooooooooooo.... it was my tanned friend, now sitting at a table where he and his wife could watch what was happening with Nate and I. So to review, his wife and my husband were present...and that's what he decides to say. I could also comment on how I looked similar to a drowned rat, but that is beside the point. I don't want to look like anything, especially not for Tan Tannerson. I guess that's what I get for sneaking shots of him. oops.

This wasn't the exact sunset, but one evening Nate and I were out on the balcony enjoying a sunset similar to this one. Suddenly we hear: "FEATHER*!!! FEATHER!!! Where are you?! Where's my wife?" Eek. Apparently someone's all day drinking fest had caught up to them by 8:00pm. The good news is that he found Feather and she and a mother in law (I think) took him to his room.

*name has been changed

The last morning of our trip we saw MJ in the restaurant during breakfast. He was promoting a Michael Jackson show for that night and because we'd be missing it, I really wanted a picture of him. He was milling around the buffet tables, couples eating, etc., every now and again yelling "Woo Hoo!" ala Michael. It was awesome. Luckily, he had the same hammy spirit as the magician (it could've been the same guy for all I know) and was willing to pose!