24

     SO! I successfully aged to 24, almost a quarter of a century. It was a blessed day by all my friends. I feel loved :)
     It was a wonderful morning at the courtyard. Breeze, sunlight, birds, and friends. Eric and Jo took me out for lunch. There's a place called Diane's where Jo wanted to take me to, but it was closed. BUT! I was not upset at all because there are tons of good restaurants in this town. So we went to the restaurant where we had new year's dinner last time. It is Curious Kumquat. It is a very neat restaurant. We sat outside and enjoyed the breeze. I met our waitress Shannon who I was impressed by last year at the Square Dance in downtown. She is a very delightful person. So I had beef and fish tacos. They were very tasty. AND! I had a chocolate cake with moose as dessert. The chef is specially good at chocolate dessert. Eric is going to supervise me of making moose someday while I am here. We will see how it turns out. Oh well, it can't be bad because I have a supervisor. :P
     After lunch, Jo and I went to grocery and had some girl's talks. :P And met a very cute and friendly local nursing student. People here are just friendly and nice. Wherever you go, you always have people to talk to. I wandered around the downtown in the afternoon. There's no reason to be shy here. Walked into a shop and spoke up. I enjoy knowing random people here. Plus, artists at the shops always have interesting stories. I bought a hat at the Old Post Office. Lots of people here walk around with hats on. Sunlights are very strong. In China, many people carry umbrella with them.
     We had a yummy steak, grilled fresh mushrooms, bak choy, fruits, and red wine for dinner. Have to say that Eric and Jo are great cooks! I enjoy every meal they make. So during the coming semester, I will bake the mushroom with cheese and some jalapeno. I've learned so much new stuff here. My goal of next semester is to make healthy food instead of eating fat food all the time. Need to keep myself energetic and healthy. So eating is very important part! Today I learned to drink something new. Sparkling water with strawberries, lemon, cucumber, and some vinegar. It is very easy and healthy. I need to cut down the number of soda I usually drink.
     Overall, it was a fabulous birthday. I enjoyed it. ^^

     Today we went to Deming Museum, Pony Hills for Indian carvings, and Hatch. The museum has many good and old stuff donated by people. They even have a medical room, which is interesting to see what the gears look like back to years ago. Have to say that the chile in Hatch is sooooooo good! Had green chile cheese burger. It filled me up for a whole day. :P
   

     Having such a great time here makes me not want to go back to school. Maybe because I am kind of nervous about new semester? I am actually missing studying at the coffee shops and on my routines, even though it sounds very boring. haha.