Full of Happiness...need i say more?

I'm a little lost at how to begin, because I had another amazing evening tonight. I feel like I'm in some Happy Movie that keeps going on and on.

Basically, I consider my B-day as just a day. It's nice to reflect on the passing of time, but I don't bother much otherwise. However, warm celebrations began from last weekend. Then last night, Elida cooked for me. And tonight Rachel and Cesar invited me over for dinner. I'm being spoiled and pampered!

And what a special evening tonight was because Kimi, Noriko, Mieko, and Manisha were there too...totally as a surprise. But get this: Rachel has never met Kimi, Noriko, and Mieko. Rachel emailed Dav, he told her about them, and she arranged this whole gathering. I can't begin to explain how thoughtful that is. You see, I have several circles of friends from Campalicious, Japan, and high school. I've been looking forward to having them overlap and meet each other. But tonight was the first night that this happened. It was very special for me to see everyone together tonight.

In addition, Rachel didn't just cook a dinner. First, there were my favorite kinds of cheese (oh, how I love cheese), and pink champagne that Kimi brought. Then we sat down to a delicate vegetable pie with Japanese flavorings that Rachel made; the top had my name and a heart baked onto it!. She also made scrumptious vegan chocolate cupcakes with matcha cream inside (she knows I love matcha) and a marzipan Totoro! Can you believe? I'm so sorry Dav is missing all this...

And I'm a bit bashful to say that tomorrow night, I'm invited to Kimi's for dinner too! Seriously, I didn't plan this, but I somehow finagled to have 3 great cooks offer to cook for me 3 nights in a row. I'm trying not to sound like I'm bragging, but I'm simply at awe of my luck!! Thanks, everyone!!