Beer and fish tacos taste even better when you have slipped away from work to celebrate your 39th birthday.
My birthday was heck of great. There was a too early morning, of course, and a bit of work, but then there was an authority-approved escape from the work and a clandestine meeting in a shady coffee shop patio. There were phone calls and e-mails and packages. There was a cute suitcase filled with wee multi-colored presents. Then there were fish tacos in OB, accompanied by Stone beer, my fave. Then hiking! Many pictures of plants and flowers. Then there was getting gussied up and going to a surprise location for my first ever Ethiopian food.
Verdict? Best Birthday. Ever.
Right now, my life is full of grace and abundance and i am grateful to the gods of coffee cups and jacaranda blossoms and slow morning walks.
No idea what part of the race this was, but it's likely it was before mile 13, when we were still running a lot. Or it was later, because Marila would nudge me and say, "Run! Camera! We have to look like we're running." Pride is a great motivator.