These are my coworkers. After almost a year of working with these people, I finally have the pictures to show for it. We are celebrating Heydee, the girl on the right, who just received a $1000 award from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Milwaukee for going back to school. She's planning on getting a law degree and taking all of my current bosses clients, though by that time my boss might want to retire anyways and become a caterer. She's a damn good cook, but I've only been able to smell it. Never taste. Anyways, Heydee is sweet as pie, and cooks a delicious lunch, just like her mama. I really hope that she accomplishes her goal of becoming an attorney. That way she can make enough money to keep a house in Milwaukee to be with her family and still buy a house in Sarasota to be with her husband's fam....and near me.
The other lass is Gloria. If it's a beer drinking contest, a chili eating contest, or --worse yet--a chili-spiked-beer drinking contest, prepare to lose. She is a tough mofo, but she's also the gentle mother of three...I think three. They're all young, so they require a lot of work. It's a testament to her mothering that she has never heeded my advice of selling them. Apparently they mean a lot to her. I'd take the money.
This is Victor. He's my brother. My big brother in Milwaukee. We finally hung out for the second time all year this past weekend when he invited me to a comedy open-mic night with his wife and a friend. I brought my roommates, one of which was practically asleep, the other which was rolling and laughing it up. But, this is about Victor, not them. Victor is a generous guy who wants to make big positive changes for the Hispanic community here in Milwaukee. He thinks big, and seems to not get tired or lazy. Either that, or he talks a mean game. He was running up and down the line when Milwaukee Hispanics and friends marched on International Workers Day to make the impression of immigrants felt while Washington debates their futures. He's a winner.
