{"id":19919,"date":"2018-11-09T14:48:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=19919"},"modified":"2018-11-09T14:48:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:48:50","slug":"another-year-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=19919","title":{"rendered":"Another Year Older"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/31702199228\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1916\/31702199228_57f3beed32_q.jpg\" width=\"109\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/43757237630\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1929\/43757237630_22a8928772_q.jpg\" width=\"109\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/31702199218\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1933\/31702199218_9b30835fa6_q.jpg\" width=\"109\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/43757237590\/in\/datetaken\/\"   title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1940\/43757237590_22a8928772_q.jpg\" width=\"109\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Made it through another revolution around the sun. We didn&#8217;t do anything exciting this year because it wasn&#8217;t <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=18076\" >a big birthday like last year<\/a>. We did, however, celebrate all month long and we&#8217;re still celebrating. Yeah. I milk the heck out of birthdays. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/44881003384\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1973\/44881003384_6c84933d8c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my Zumba besties, Cristy, made some delicious Zumba-themed cookies. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/44691672675\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1968\/44691672675_78300d3911.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then a couple of my VASA girls got me presents. Eylaf made a cat shirt for our <em>Mala Mujer<\/em> song with the cat moves.  Luwam gave me some workout pants and bunny costume accessories. These Zumba girls are so thoughtful! <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/44881003484\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1902\/44881003484_16a8b9454f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s weird being the giftee because I&#8217;m usually the one giving gifts to people. For example, I had buttons and wristbands and cellphone holder thingamabobs for my Sunday class on my birthday weekend. At VASA I gave Zumba shirts to everyone who attended either all four Saturdays for Aqua Zumba or all five Mondays for Zumba. It was their reward for hanging with me during my birthday month. I couldn&#8217;t do that for my Y classes which are typically bigger than my classes at VASA so I had to settle for just little trinkets for the Y. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/31802663438\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1964\/31802663438_403d787d5a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got Brian a box of delicious chocolates from <a href=\"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=7677\" >Sweet Granada<\/a> since Darcy and I were in Emporia for a meeting a couple of weeks ago. We hit the chocolate shop before heading back to Wichita. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fflipandching%2Fvideos%2F2138056423121834%2F&#038;width=500&#038;show_text=false&#038;appId=162933833794177&#038;height=893\" width=\"500\" height=\"893\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"1\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brian earned it for baking the most delicious brownie cake for me to take to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vasafitness.com\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VASA Fitness<\/a> staff meeting on my birthday weekend, among other things. He started making it on Saturday afternoon and we ended up missing the Halloween party in Mulvane because the cake took longer to make than we originally thought. But it turned out so delicious and was such a huge hit. It was totally worth it! <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/30667725547\/in\/datetaken\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1946\/30667725547_7732f5a714.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of, Brian is making this brownie cake again for our annual Harvest Feast at work next week (Friday before Thanksgiving). He&#8217;s also baking me some brownies to take to my VASA Fitness staff meeting on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, that&#8217;s pretty much it for the birthday recap. We will probably do something special next year for my second 21st birthday. This year was pretty much just another day, though. Until next time. GNG. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made it through another revolution around the sun. We didn&#8217;t do anything exciting this year because it wasn&#8217;t a big birthday like last year. We did, however, celebrate all month long and we&#8217;re still celebrating. Yeah. I milk the heck out of birthdays. One of my Zumba besties, Cristy, made some delicious Zumba-themed cookies. 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