Restart

Long time no blog and I am excited to pick this up again. I previously restarted the habit of writing daily gratitude 6 months ago, but I stopped because I got too lazy. I am overall a happy person, so I am always grateful. Nothing much has been happening anyway other than my new job - Till today, I still feel so lucky to be able to join such a great team at a great institution. I just want to note a couple of things that happen in March. I turned thirty in March. 1)I had a combined birthday celebration with my friend, Chantal, along with my PA school friends. We had Spanish tapas and blind wine tasting. I was in charge of the paella and it was so-so. Instead of just pouring water into the pan, I need to add something more flavorful such as chicken broth or at least water with salt. We had a fun game of Fishbowl and everyone's acting and noise was on point. Nonetheless, friends froM Wisconsin came to celebrate with us. 2) The following weekend, I celebrated with my college friend at her place. We had a fun night! Even though I brought my own balloons for decoration, I was surprised by the birthday cake they prepared! Appreciate that! 3) The weekend of my actual birthday - I spent it with my sister's family in Ann Arbor. My niece asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I asked for a card, a painting and a batch of cookies. She was fulfilled all my wishes. Thank you! My sister always baked me a birthday cake as well. We had KBBQ and just spent quality time together. Last year, COVID and city-wide lockdown started a week before my birthday, so I am happy that I am able to celebrate my birthday with friends and family. I feel like things just fallen into place, finally, when I became thirty. I am now done with school, have a job that I truly enjoy, engaged with someone I love and I can depend on (for the most part). Life is just so much clearer. I have also started working out again in Jan after I got the apple watch. It took me a long time to say yes to an apple watch and really no regrets. It motivates me to work out more days than not. I will keep it up!