25

yes, i'm that old.

yesterday, i made time to celebrate my birthday in spite of my being behind in preparations for crim 2. i started my day by rushing to makati to pick up abi so we can celebrate my birthday over lunch. it didn't go well in the beginning because of one reason which snowballed into one big fight inside my car. for some unexplainable phenomenon, there was traffic in edsa on a saturday morning. of course, ever the impatient one, i got---well---impatient. the supposed ten-minute cruise became an hour's worth of cursing and honking.

when i finally got to our rendezvous point, abi wasn't there. i blew up. i was so hungry at the point and so pissed because of the traffic that i wasn't able to control my anger. i called her and screamed and screamed and... guess what?... screamed. i was so mad because she wasn't there and i had to make a couple of rounds around the block just so i won't have to pay a parking fee. of course, she also screamed back. :)

anyway, after all the screaming and fighting, we patched things up. we ended up eating at this place near her office. boy, was their food good. nothing like soul food to shut up two quarreling lovers. damn, i would love to have that salmon again one of these days.

after lunch, my day started getting better and better. it turned my worst day ever into my best birthday ever. i'm glad abi was there. in a way, i'm glad we had that fight because that became the turning point of my day.

abi also joined my family for dinner that day. my mom and my sister prepared a spread that night. my birthday would never be complete without spending time with my family. of course, it's a little bit more special this time around because abi was there.