busy october

not sure why i've been feeling good these past couple days, but i like it.  altho not much has happened, it feels like, at the same time, lots did. 

this month has been going well, at least from what i remember.  my fam and i got together in the 661 to pray.  it happened to fall on the same day as sue's bday, so before going up, i bought a couple cupcakes for her.  we had a good dinner, lots of laughter.  it's always a good feeling when that happens.

what happened next?  celebrating the 1 year anniversary w/ my babe!  my long term project/gift was completed for him.  he wouldn't tell me (for obvious reasons) what he was doing, but he initially wasn't sure if his plan would work.  did it? YES.  what did he do?  he placed roses at places where i'd be.  the first one came during my lunch break.  after having lunch, i walked back to find a single rose taped on my office door.  the card read something along the lines of "follow the roses home".  when i left work, i found rose #2 - on the windshield of my car.  when i got home, i parked my car on the street and headed up the side entrance to the garage, which is where i found rose #3.  rose #4 was in the elevator.  rose #5 was on the apt door.  last but not least, rose #6 was w/ my love.  it was very romantic - candles, roses.  i loved it.  he loved my gift too.  he had no clue that a scrapbook was the gift (whew!).  we got dolled up and headed to fine dining at arroyo chop house.  it was THE perfect ambiance for our celebration.  it was an amazing anniversary.  <3  he said he's never gone all out to do these things before, that just made me really special.  i think i mean a lot to him. =P

then comes this past wknd.  it was a BUSY one.  on saturday, we headed to lbc to pick up my bib, d-tag, shirt, etc.  we met robert and florence at the expo.  after getting those things, we went to have lunch at open sesame.  food was good!  then we split up - robert and florence going to a wedding followed by a jason mraz concert, and we headed to a baby shower followed by a bday dinner.  it was a looong day.  we got home 10:30ish.  we had to get up at 4:30am so my babe could drop me off at robert's.  robert, florence and i carpooled to go to lbc for our half marathon.  initially, i thought i wouldn't finish.  luckily i bought two shinsplint wraps at the expo, one for each leg.  those were my lifesavers!  it helped me get past mile 1.  towards the end, i almost cried thinking "where the heck is mile marker 13?!?"  each mile felt like it was longer than the mile before.  anyhow, i was in a lot of pain, but i FINISHED.  3:07... not bad for not training!  at least that's what i think!  my love couldn't make it on time to be at the finish line, but that's okay.  he put up w/ my pain and took me to pho 79.  after dealing w/ some of the pain, it just felt rewarding that i accomplished that.  i guess there were ppl praying for me!

since the half marathon, i started thinking about cali dreamin' medal.  i WANT it.  i'm gonna work for it. i will work for it.  i think i can handle it, i'm determined.  i will put my time into this.  yes i will.  watch me do this!  more on this later...

another highlight... i bought a BR bag.  i saved $80!  it's bigger than i thought (esp since it's a 'medium'), but i still like it.  good purchase, good purchase.  =)