What an amazing birthday!

Yesterday, March 10, 2010, was an amazing day!! I just love my birthdays, I always feel so special and loved. I get to talk my friends and family and just get to do whatever my heart desires. I woke up early and immediately ran to my closet to put on one of my new shirts that I was saving for this joyful day. I got dressed and then cleaned the apartment, because I hate relaxing in a messy place. I kept the door open most of the day as the weather has been absolutely gorgeous! I then sped off to buy some make-up at Origins and get myself pampered with a pedicure. It was so relaxing and I enjoyed every minute of it. Then I came home and had a phone training for one of my jobs and it seems very interesting, sorta complicated, but I will get the hang of it as time goes on. No worries. As I was on the phone with my grandma, I noticed someone had put something on my door. I saw a person walk by my window and then the walked away. I opened the door and found a little gift sparkling on my doorstep. My first thought was, "ANNE"!! I just knew it was from her. She left the sweetest card and the most beautiful blue glass heart necklace from Venice. It is perfect! I love it so much!! Oh and the night before my birthday, we were going to bed and for some reason I put my hands underneath my pillow and felt something odd. I pulled out a gold box with a purple bow on it. I was so surprised! It was a beautiful pair of earings with aquamarine stones. Perfect!! Che is so amazing when it comes to surprises. He always takes my breath away with how creative he gets.

Once Che got  home from work we went out to eat sushi. It was so yummy, but we could hardly eat any of it for some reason, we were stuffed. So we have lots of left over rolls...mmmm! Then we went to Central Market to get some wine and a dessert. I picked a chocolate mousse mini cake and Che got a brownie. They were morsels of heaven! The rest of the evening was spent listening to our favorite songs and new songs from bands that will be at Coachella in April, can't wait. Needless to say, it was one of the best birthdays ever. I loved having the day to myself to relax and enjoy myself!  So here is to my 28th year! I can feel it...it's going to be the best year ever!!

The windows of opportunity are wide open!

I got a job!! Not just one but two!! I think it is amazing that I have been waiting 3 months to say that! After all of the hunting I did and the patience that I endured I received 5 phone calls for jobs the other day, haha! Well, I accepted a home health position and will be caring for patients 3x a week for 2 months and I also accepted a position as a clinical trial nurse and will be seeing my first patient 2x a week for 6 weeks, then 1x per week for 6 months!! That is awesome, I really think these jobs will perfect for me right now at this point in my life. It will be so nice to be able to have my own time to spend with patients instead of worrying about hospital life and stressing over 6 patients at a time. I am excited to give individualized care to my patients, it is going to be an adventure.

On another note: I am finally discovering the TRUTH to my world. I guess I will go back to my amazing Valentine's weekend to explain. First of all, me and Che decided to make no plans and just see what happens. Saturday we headed downtown for happy hour sushi and since we arrived a little early we went to Fado's, an Irish Pub, to have a beer. We ordered our beers and picked a very quiet, dark and romantic spot and just talked and laughed, it was sooo nice! I love our talks! Then we headed over to wait in line at the sushi place, it is so good that people line up outside the door for happy hour. We sat down to eat our delectable longhorn and barton springs rolls and took a look at the Austin Chronicle. Turns out RJD2, a DJ, was playing that night at Emo's. It was still early and I remembered that my friend Amber from school was celebrating her birthday at The Dog and Duck Pub, so we headed over and played pool and darts before everyone arrived. We got to hang out with everyone for a little while before we headed over to Emo's for the amazing show. We had sooo much fun!! He was incredible! We finally made it home around 2am and then we were up early for the one plan for the weekend. CHURCH! Che suggested that we go to church on Valentine's day and so it was my job to find one to go to. Well, needless to say I found the perfect one for us. I was searching on the internet and came across The Austin Center for Spiritual Living and read the section on 'what we believe' and it aligned perfectly with what I believe. So there we were bright and early for the 9:30am service and it was incredible, so much so that we have been going for the past 3 weeks. I just love it! Everything makes perfect sense to me as the believe is that there is ONE source for life and we are all a part of that. People call that source all kinds of things, God, Buddha, Allah, but there is only one and it is infinitely beautiful and good and amazing. I recently came to the realization that "god" is just life, from watching a documentary about Viruses. They were combining 2 different parts of genes together and then they had to give it the juice to turn it on and make it living. That shook my world. What is this essence of life that we have? What is it that allows us to breath, love, and create? So now it all comes together...it is the life source. I am absolutely loving the church that I am becoming a part of. They talk how to live in unity with this life source and I find myself living differently, with my consciousness wide open and aware of my actions and my words. I am learning so much about myself and life and how to just be. The last sermon was about the godly nature of giving and creating. It was beautiful and inspired me to act, so a few friends got some surprises and I can't wait to keep on giving!

After that first day of going to church, we decided to take a road trip and drive out on 183 to see what we find. We drove and drove and we finally came across a creek. After turning around about 5 times to try to go down and see it, we came upon the most beautiful clear blue water under the bridge. It was amazing! I took so many pictures and can't wait to play with them. It was such a beautiful day of exploring.

One more little tid bit.....I was watching another documentary called "Pluto and beyond". Just when I think my mind can't expand any further it pushes through those boundaries. My heart was overjoyed while watching it. It is so amazing to me how much the universe feels like home. Another interesting thing on that show is that they found out the make-up of comets. CARBON! The very building blocks that make us. It is incredible to know that we are a part of it all and I am at PEACE.......