Flashback Friday

As I was driving in to work this morning and once I got closer to the 101, I switched stations to Q 104.7 (my fave radio station when I lived in Simi).  It was time for their "Flashback Friday".  A bunch of old school music from the 90s, like Da Brat, Next, Tyrese, JD, 112, Blackstreet, Brandy, ODB, etc.  It was a good mix of old school songs; it's been a while since I've heard a good 90s mix.

I need caffeine.  Yay for traffic being good on a Friday... it was the best traffic all week.

distraction

When I have weird feelings in my gut, I try to find ways to distract myself.  There are times where I try to convince myself things are okay when I deep down inside feel they aren't.  I guess it's why I feel like I can relate to the phrase "So I go outside and I fake a smile".  I'm not sure why this happens.  Maybe because I've gone through phases where I get used to so much crap and shit happening to me to a point where I don't expect anything good.  Growing up, I've gotten used to that mentality.  I dunno... it's difficult.  Things that upset me run through my mind and it bothers me.  A lot.  It gets frustrating.  They just sit and linger inside me, it builds up.  My trust is difficult to earn.  Situations that had hurt me before stay in, leaving the pain and anger inside.  As time goes on, my mind doesn't change its mind.  I'm fed up w/ ppl interfering w/ my happiness.  I stand up for myself; I've learned that bitchiness is needed when setting your foot down, especially when things bother the shit out of you.  I will not waste my time w/ them, I don't care.  I've gotten screwed over so many times, and I ain't letting that happen again, even if some may think differently.  I've dealt w/ enough bullshit, I ain't putting up w/ any more.  Period.  Ish.

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25

I turned 25 over the weekend.  It was a good weekend, mainly cuz I felt relaxed on my day.  Saturday morning we packed up, and just as we're about to leave, my babe hands me a package from Amazon.  He got me the movie UP!  Aww, looking forward to watching it again!  Then we headed out.  We made a pitstop in the OC then drove to SD.  It turned out to be a good thing since it made the overall drive feel short.  We got to La Jolla and walked around the village.  Surprisingly, we went to a store that sold Olukai sandals.  I've been wanting a pair but never got around to actually finding out where they were sold.  There was one pair I liked.  Fortunately, out of the three different sizes they had left, one of them fitted me!  Emmanuell ended up preventing me from reaching for my wallet and paid for the sandals himself.  I finally have a pair of sandals that fits and is comfy!
Afterwards, we drove to downtown SD for dinner.  We made reservations for The Oceanaire Room at 5:30pm.  Early, I know... but I wanted to make sure we had room for dessert!  Anyhoo, the food was DELICIOUS!  Everything was well prepared, and we loved every single bite of our dishes.  Hopefully we'll get to go back there again!  We then met up w/ Mike, Emmanuell's best friend since they were 6 yrs old.  As we drove to Mike's place, we passed by the civic center where my lil brother was performing.  Too bad I couldn't see him.  
After the three of us rested a bit and watched some of the NBA playoff game, we took our walk to Extraordinary Desserts... yay!!!!!!!  It took a while to get seated since it's always packed, but we were looking at all the delicious desserts to decide what we wanted by the time we got seated.  This location actually had my fave - Tortamisu.  Since Emmanuell promised me a while ago that he would get that for me on my bday, I had no choice but to pick that one.  It's actually been at least a year since I last had a Tortamisu.  (Hehe, searching for that particular dessert and driving all the way to deliver it to me was how my babe got some brownie points!)  Anyway, that place is always good.  Can't complain.  We walked back to hang out before going to bed.  I talked to my lil bro for a bit and went to sleep after he wished me a happy bday.
Then came Sunday morning.  I woke up before 6:30am, woke up Emmanuell to tell him I was hungry, lol.  I managed to fall back asleep for 30 mins before actually getting up.  We waited til Mike woke up then headed to breakfast.  Afterwards, we made a stop at the Fashion Valley mall to go to the Apple store.  We ended up heading out at about noon to come back to LA.  We got home and lounged til dinner w/ my old school friends (well, mostly old school).  Dinner was good.  Very thoughtful gifts.  Haha, they know what I like!  Half the gang went bowling after dinner, planned out by John (since we have bowling shoes we bought back in college).  It was a good wknd, a fun and relaxing way to celebrate my 25th bday.  (I'd post a pic here but haven't uploaded anything, and also waiting to get a dinner one from one of my friends.)  =)  

"I wanna go back"

LV was fun.  Very relaxing.  Even though I've been there several times now, it's only the second time where I would be back home and wish I were back there.  We stayed at the Wynn this time.  Shopped at stores I never thought I'd shop at - Chanel & Cache.  I didn't plan on going in the pool but did.  Being self-conscious does that to me, blah.  Anyway, overall, it was fun.  We had delicious meals and fun times lounging w/ Jeannie & Jerry.  I'll be keeping my eyes open on any deals for next time. 

Tomorrow I turn a quarter of a century years old.  Nothing "epic" or anything.  Just heading down to SD to go to dinner, then we're meeting up w/ an old friend of Emmanuell's to go to my favorite dessert place.  Looking forward to it!  Did I mention that I love my babe?  He took my car in for service yesterday cuz I want to take my car down to SD.  I couldn't really take off from work so he took my car in and waited the 3 hours at Starbucks til it was done.  Yay!  <3

Okay, I'll write more later...


 

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