Birthday Love

what a crazy weekend!

i was debating whether i should plan a celebration for my birthday or not~ but i was tired and the older you get, the less likely you're to celebrate how old you really are!

although i may not consider myself "old", even though how many of my beloved New Wave and Mario remind me, i consider right now to be my prime!

let's b optimistic here right?! =)

i'm a bachelor, i'm a student, i'm a teacher, i'm a musician, i'm a singer, i'm athletic (occasional joint aches), i still have my hair! (my 5 uncles are all bald incl my dad....), i still have pimples, i'm a historian, i'm a child of God...i'm young! ;D lol, and this blog will remind me throughout the year!

ne how,

this year i wanted to keep to myself and bless the Lord bcuz lets face it.... God has done so much for me that i couldn't or shouldn't ask for more.

when it turned 12 am my roommates or roommate Curtis and friend Victor who was spending the night, surprised me w a heart shaped ice cream cake and we celebrated together~ lol, i was very blessed and touched by that~ something small can go a long way =)

honestly that was all i was really expecting this year and i would've been content w it~

i was really looking forward to going to the "Don't Walk By" homeless event in NYC but the Lord closed that door and then i wanted to go around the community and shovel with my NWB but the Lord closed that door as well~

it seemed as much as i wanted to give to the Lord on my birthday, He wanted me to receive his blessings and grace all the more.

after coordinating the band meet @ 10 AM in the morning and ending the meet around 2, they arranged a small and warm celebration that i really had no idea about! awesome job guys lol

notice the melted wax from the candles that were prematurely lit! some have completely dissipated into the cake lol

due to my 3-5pm shift i had to leave early and so Easter asks me if i will come back~ to which i replied, "do i have a reason to EAsterrrr??" and she tells me she has some cupcakes or some kind of baking she's doing for me, as she does so well ;)

as P.Sang and Sarah drive me to Queens Blvd. PSang basically blows every1s spot and "accidentally" tells me to act surprised!

as i arrived to church @ around 8 pm, i was practicing my surprised look :O

every1 seems to b doing there own thing and i was like "hello". I sat down in the sanctuary and then every1 left... i was like..."okkkk"

and then Enrique asks me to eat w him downstairs and as i walk downstairs all the lights are out and LO AND BEHOLD~ a burst of shouting & screaming to what seemed to be them singing "Happy Birthday"!

i was more overwhelmed then surprised! lol

the food was great, the company was right, and the presence of God was thick!

i was truly blessed for my EMC family esp my New WAve babies lol

afterwards i had gone to a "very special" friends house who is going away to Scotland this Friday to study abroad and as i was leaving she gave me a gift basket/survival basket!! that i loved and was filled with her moms awesome salsa, SPAM, huge bag of tortilla chips and more! lol, what a sweety! gracias carina =)

i was immensely fatigued by the end of the night, but even as i was going home.... the night was not over..... mind u, it's about 1 am.

a bunch of the guys came over and spent the night~ we all slept around 3 am.... let's just say, i woke up to Bruce wearing my hoody as pants!!! (no alcohol involved) it was weird, but funny....

i woke up praising God =)

here's a glimpse of how crazy it got! lol (this pic will b removed soon due to parental discretion)

in all of this i realize that the Lord really does bless and overwhelm His children w provision and grace and mercy and ultimately the blood of His Son through which all of this is possible!

this journey/race called life, is that much more joyous and fulfilling w the Lord guiding each step and year that we're given.

a psalm that reminds me every year that i'm thought about...

"For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well."

Psalms 139:13-14

God is amazing

*JPeaceout =)