Birthday Week Adventures

It's been a great birthday week! I've had a few nights off to recover from the crazy amount of hours I put in last week. Yea for sleep! I FINALLY went to see "Frozen." It's pretty fantastic. Very musical. Good storyline. Hilarious. Literally laughing out loud, hilarious. I was like, "I'm 23, I should not be this captivated by an animated film." It's that good. If you haven't seen it, you definitely should. This will obviously be added to my movie collection.

On Monday, I ran around Mitch Park a couple times. I think that's like 5.6 miles. It was nice and sunny, and I finished up right before the wind got really bad. It was a great way to enjoy a pretty day! And because it's fun for me, I also got in some X2-Core before cleaning up & heading out to dinner. 

I polled my Facebook friends for a good place to go for birthday dinner. I always try to pick somewhere I haven't been. All the suggestions were great! In the end, I went with Inca Trail (partly because I couldn't talk the family into going downtown and partly because it was the most different...I've NEVER had Peruvian food before). It was delicious! It looks a little sketchy, and it seems like one guy does everything. But the food is good. I make it a point to get the sampler app platter (above) when I go someplace new, especially if it's a new kind of cuisine. I'm a huge fan of the calamari. I ordered the ceviche mixto (below), which was recommended to me by a work friend. Excellent. I was kind of nervous about the raw, chopped fish thing...which is weird since I like sushi...but anyways it was fantastic. Served up with yucca, corn, onions and a clam. Yum!

That was followed up with the perfect birthday cake. I went back to the basics with this one. White cake, buttercream frosting, and sprinkles. You can see my full post with links to the recipes by clicking here. This is the first time the smoke alarm has gone off when I blew out my candles...

Yesterday, I got a massage and partied at Zumba. I've also managed to catch up on all the errands I've been needing to run this month...like getting a new driver's license. And I've finally finished up the P90X-3 workouts, so at some point I will have a post up on those. I've already repeated some, but I was holding out on a couple because they're mostly chest and back, which isn't really my favorite thing. It's been a nice and relaxing time! And I'm so thankful for all the birthday wishes I've received!