As I am currently going on Day 3 of living with a broken water heater, overcoming a complicated week and coming down with another cold Saturday night, I decided that this gives me a great opportunity to catch up on my blog.As I have been sipping hot lemon drink, savoring comforting mung beans, and homemade chicken and rice soup, I have been able to think of the many blessings that have come to my life despite my thinking that life has been in chaos.
This week has been a difficult week for me to experience for some reason. Friday with the water heater breaking and other things occuring, I decided that I needed a day off. I was blessed with all my clients being able to switch their session times from Friday to Saturday. After getting in a warm shower at my parent's home, I drove up to Payson area (about an hour away). I realized how much I miss being in the mountains and just away from city life. It was the break I needed - to just take a break, listen to old, fun traveling music (Backstreet Boys are still the great!), and being amongst trees and mountains. I had told my friend I was going up there and they told me that I wouldn't be able to see any snow. There is something amazing about just driving without a specific destination. Sometimes you go where you don't realize you are going, but it's good to go. Not realizing I missed my last destination (town was smaller than I remembered), I was able to drive where there was snow on the sides. It was so beautiful!... ok this picture doesn't have much snow, but it was the only place I could pull off to take the picture. There were some areas with a lot more snow on the sides... but then this is Arizona...
Friday night I received a call from my Supervisor who told me that DDD/DES was court-orderd that they are not allowed to make the cuts that they did in March. It was good to heart that my paycheck won't get cut 55%. Thank you to everyone who wrote, called and allowed themselves to be educated on what has been going on with the government and those dealing with developmental disabilities.
A few weeks ago I celebrated my 30th Birthday! It was a really nice day. The day before, my family surprised me with a cake and song:) The first picture of this blog is one that was given to me of that night. It looks like the cake is just fire... it's way cool!
I didn't really do much for my birthday, but it was nice to keep it simple. That is what I was needing at that time. My sister sent me a list of all the free things you can do on your birthday. It would have been fun to take the day off work and just do free things, but that wasn't an option. I did discover a new favorite restaurant "Jim's FarmGrill." It's in Gilbert. They grow their own organic vegetables/fruits and the prices are reasonable. If you go there on your birthday they give you $10 off your meal.
I have also discovered a new snack I make regularly. I place carrots and broccoli in a glass dish. I pour a bit of lemon juice and garlic on top and then cook it in the over for about 30 minutes. It's been the perfect pick me up snack during work. I tried to take a picture of it, but it didn't turn out the way I was hoping...
