My Top 5 Moments of 2024 Gitzel by Gitzel Pelayo-Martinez

My birthday- July

gpela281_2 — 2025-01-09 19:38:21 UTC

I wanted to include my birthday as one of my top 5 moments, because it was a day where i felt truly happy. For my birthday i got ready and dressed, my mom took me to the nail salon to get a pedi and gel mani. After the nail salon my mom took me to Yogurtland, it was really good. Once we got home, my ex- boyfriend and his brother came to pick my up as they wanted to take me out. They took me to the mall where i went to Victoria's secret got some pants, perfume and lotion from there, then bath and body works and got some lotions and perfume. After we were done shopping i changed into my new pants. Once we were out of the mall we waited outside for his dad to pick us up, when we got to his house they surprised me with cake and pizza. We all ate pizza and cake, his brother then got ready, once he was done we drove to a view. Wen we got to the view we all took pictures. At the end of the night he surprised me with a bouquet of pink roses and i got some canes and went home. ☺

Summer in mexico- June/start of July

gpela281_2 — 2025-01-09 19:44:57 UTC

During the summer my mom sent me and my younger sister to Mexico. My sister met my grandpa, aunt and uncle, and cousins. We went to thermal waters, it was a place called 'Las Grutas de Tolantongo', there we went into the cave and saw a dead bat. I would go over to my aunt's house most of the time and just hang out. My other aunt who is my mom's cousin would take me with her to get boneless wings, fries, hot dogs, and cake. My grandma would take me to the centro and over there I bought jewelry and my grandma got me taquitos. My sister and I would go to this little store that was behind my grandparents house, there we would buy chips and drinks. I also went to this restaurant that was in a mall, the food there was so bomb, I loved it so much. While over there I got a bit sick, so my grandpa went and got me some sugared bread, I was so happy. I would also go to an outdoor market with my grandma, aunt, and little sister, they sold food there which was amazing.

Christmas Party- December

gpela281_2 — 2025-01-10 19:38:10 UTC

For Christmas Eve I woke up and got changed, that day I curled my hair and styled it. Once I was done I did my lashes and got my boots on, I was going to wear cute sparkly heels but my mom said it was going to be cold :(. Once I was done getting ready I had a sandwich, and went to my mom's job, when she was done we left to my aunt's house. When we got to her house I ate some pozole and drank soda while watching my fav show. After I finished eating I got bread and champurrado (a chocolate drink) to drink with. When I finished my bread I went up to my cousin's room I sat on his bed watching a show, while he and my brother played a game on his PlayStation. After a bit my aunt called us to hit the piñata that they got, we all hit it and got a bunch of candy it was really fun. Once that was over i got more bread and went up to my cousin's room and continued watching my show. I then fell asleep, but woke up to my cousin fixing the pillow and the blanket so i could sleep better. An hour or so later my mom called me and my brother since it was late and time to go home. We went down and said our goodbyes to my aunt, uncle, and cousins and got my dog and went home.

Staying at my aunt's house- December

gpela281_2 — 2025-01-14 19:19:47 UTC

A few days after Christmas, I was picked up and stayed at my aunt's house for a week. During my stay, I would wake up to the best breakfast ever. We had a friend come over, she's one of the sweetest people I have met. While she was over we had some pan dulce with coffee it was so good. While i stayed over there i would talk with my aunt a lot, i also played with chalk and my cousins. We outlined our bodies as if it was a crime scene, it was really funny. I also went to an autopart shop with 2 cousins and my uncle (i got m&m's), we then went to costco after. While over there i binge watched squid game season 2, i really liked it and honestly cant wait for the 3rd season. We also went to a woman event for our bible study, we had lots of food, champurrado, and desserts, and there were a few games we played. Then sunday came and we went to church and i got all my stuff and put it in my mom's car, after church we went to denny's then mall then home.

Las Cañadas in Ensenada- July

gpela281_2 — 2025-01-14 19:36:25 UTC

During the end of July my cousin asked me if I wanted to go to Mexico and I asked my mom and she said yes. They picked me up really early, we then went to Chick-Fil-A to get something to eat. While on our way there me and my cousin ate our food and colored. It took a few hours to get there and to cross the border. After crossing we went to Costco and got some pizza, it was really good. After that we went to Las Cañadas and got our wrist bands, we then set up our tent and beds and went to the wave pool. While in the pool I almost drowned like 2 times, but we got a floatie to help us but it didn't :(. After the wave pool we got esquites (corn) which tasted so amazing. The next day we went to the pool again for about an hour, we ended leaving after since we were all tired. We got packed up and got in the car, crossing the border took so flippin long, but once we did we all went home.