cumpleaños.

October 5th (yesterday) was my 27th birthday. So far, it's been one the best ones yet! All the energy & love I received is still with me today & I hope it follows me throughout this new year. I decided on a low-key birthday this year. What mattered to me most was spending the day with the ones I love most. My Chino treated me to brunch at Gaudi Cafe, where I ordered the largest decaf coffee I've ever drank. We ate cream of carrot soup, a salmon wrap with aioli sauce, & the Juanita wrap with fries. I indulged in the amazing croquetas de pollo with chipotle sauce I order every time I can! Anyone who gets chance to check this place, please do so. Even if you order a small soup, trust me, you will not be disappointed. 

After we stuffed our bellies, I asked to check the day of the dead exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art. It was nice to walk around with my Chino & discuss art & point what caught our eye & why. There's was so much beautiful photography & information I gathered from our Mexican tradition. It makes me want to create an altar at home with Ada. 

And, as if we hadn't stuffed our bellies enough, my lil brother, Manolo, took the family out for yummy pizza at Home Run Inn. Garlic bread, strawberry pecan salad, Hawaiian pizza... enough said. Cake & jello barely made it that night. I went to bed hap, hap, happy! :)

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It's been a while since I last posted. I'm obviously still a novice at this, & it's been hard to set a day or time for blogging. It sucks because there's so much to share with the world & I desire that very much. I hope that the recent things in life right now make their way here. I like this time to share, but also to be with my thoughts & watch them unfold into words before my eyes. Afterwards, I can go back & recall those moments again because I took the time to put down. Ever since I was a preteen, I journaled. It's been my meditation since as long as I could remember, & has always been in me to do for myself. I think I especially owe that time to myself these days.