a golden day!

this past saturday was my birthday and i had the most excellent birthday EVER! thank you for all the sweet birthday wishes everyone!

this weekend was jam packed! friday night my job was having an art opening and it was a great way to start off the weekend! the mister joined me and hung out with my new boss, whom i just LOVE! we hopped on our bikes and went and grabbed a super late dinner and then got on bart. it was 12 o'clock when we got on bart and with all the talk about the rapture some asked whose birthday it was and a couple of us raised our hands and then the ENTIRE bart train sang happy birthday to us! it was brilliant and it made me smile from ear to ear!

early saturday morning the mister, my cousin and i went and got a yummy breakfast to start out the day right and then headed over to berkely to the golden gate fields for the horse races! in the fancy turf club we met my mom and my grandparents! i was so excited that they were able to come too!

view of the finish line

man was the view amazing! it was so cool to be able to drink our mimosas and watch the horses race by! we had no idea what to do so we started to read the booklet they hand out about all the races. people were really friendly and helping us out. we decided to go bet for the next up coming race....

it was really simple pick a horse, how you want to bet and then how much you want to bet...then it is all up to the horse! well when i got back to my seat a realized i had put the wrong horse and i was so sad...but then the race started and everyone started yelling  and got out of their seats! we were sitting right in front of the finish line so we had a great view of the winner...when they came around the final corner, i started to get so excited, i was clapping and yelling...because my horse was coming up fast....and WON!!!!! my heart was racing with excitement, i had WON!!! i could totally see why people could get a addicted, the feeling was awesome, and i didn't even do anything, it was a total fluke! birthday luck was on my side and i was totally okay with that ;D

i went to see what my winnings were and it was a big $80!!!! WOW i have never won that much EVER! since the odds of my horse winning were so low and i had bet that he was going to win, my winnings exceeded my expectation! i was hooked! i bet for pretty much every race..but never very much, i won and then lost a few..but i was okay with my $80 win!!

one of the races we were able to go down to the field where were we got to take a picture with the winning jockey of that race! it was so cool to be so close to horses and to hear them thunder by!

we all had such a blast! we will be going back for sure!

after the races we headed out to dinner, one of my favorite cuisines, ethiopian food! oh if you have never tried it, you must!!! there are no utensils, you eat with your hands and use the bread called injera as your fork. injera is super good for you, one of the healthiest grains you can have and one of the smallest! bet you didn't know that! hehehe

after dinner we headed over to golden skate for a 3 hour skating workout! oh man it was super fun and i got to cross off something on my things to do list too! yayayayay! i felt like i was in 6th grade again, it was fantastic! the mister and i are now on a mission more then ever to find some skates! the mister was pretty good and boy did he look so cute!


we ended the day with frozen yogurt....it was a pretty golden day!! can't wait for the next one!