i am officially 26!

this year's birthday wasn't a week long celebration (don't ask me how it became a week long celeb!), since i had to work on the day of, it was celebrated the day before and the day after.

the day before, horacio took the more relax route this year. we had dinner at astoria called Grand Cafe. the place and food was great. we had dipping platter to start and a bottle of white wine. for our entree i had the chicken kebob with mixed veggies and sweet potato fries (yum!). Horacio had their burger with fries. it was a nice dinner, talked about how my life has changed and my walk with the Lord. for dessert we had this really yummy greek dessert.. it was phyllo with some kind of custard in it... don't ask me what it was called it was a mouthful! the dessert was really good! it was light and not too sweet. although it was a nice evening, we couldn't walk around since i had to be home and get my night's sleep for the next day.

(from horacio)

the day of, went to work which was okay, for some part. it was a fairly quiet day, until it was time for us to give report... a patient coded. wasn't able to leave work unit almost 8! got tons of phone calls (which i missed all of it hence the voicemail!), text messages and e-greetings! (thanks to everyone who greeted and remembered!) as i got home, i was surprised with a nice arrangement of fruits from edible arrangements - from the estrellas! changed into my pjs and watched tv. it was a nice 'quiet' moment for me. was able to speak to my sister, dad, auntie fe and jacqueline for a good amount of time...

(from nancy, the estrellas and ahiya)

next morning, woke up rushing to get to sunday school and service. then waited for mom and the rest of the family for like 3 hours for us to celebrate my birthday over lunch. we had korean food at flushing. then horacio, wench and i headed out to madison square garden for the greg laurie harvest 08. met up with friends then had a late dinner at chipotle!

although, my birthday this year was very low key, it was great. i just feel blessed with my life right now and just happy that i was able to share it with those who matter most - my family.