Nest of Salt

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Beginning (in the works) to Frozen Teardrops

Keep in mind that this is just what I'm working with. I'm not that great a writer, so I'm sorry if this lets you down. Enjoy!

As tears ran down his cheeks, Chris stared out at the horizon. The sun was rising; casting orange flames and glistening pinks that danced across the dark waves of the Gulf.
He sat atop a twelve-foot drop above several stones and life-threatening waves. It was at this point that his tears went from sadness to desperation. It was then that his thoughts went from death to dying. He slowly stood, took a deep breath and leaped to his fate.
The rain clouds from the west moved away from the small town of Ocean Grove when his body slapped the tops of the waves. The winds grew stronger when the tip of the rock below the water ripped open his stomach.
His eyes shot open when he felt the rock tear at him, and he let out a muffled cry. His hands reached for his stomach, struggling to hold in his intestines. He breathed in water and began to panic. His heartbeat echoed through his ears. At first it quickened, and then it began to slow. Five minutes later, Chris Douglas Mathews was dead and food for the fish nearby.

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

I am six months pregnant

Six months and probably some weeks, but you can tell now. I'm having a boy and his name is going to be Xander Villanueva Apelo. His face is shaped like Donald's, so I think he'll probably look like him a lot. It's getting closer and closer to June 17th (my due date) and I'm starting to understand that I'll have a baby soon. I know that's weird to say 'cause obviously I'm going to have one, but it hasn't really hit me all the way yet. I get kind of weirded out when I buy any baby stuff for X, so I guess it's starting to hit me. I just found out this morning that my sister Annette is pregnant. She's freakin' out and it kind of shocked me, but not really. I mean, she's been having unprotected sex a lot lately, so it's not at all out of the ordinary. I just never thought she'd be pregnant this soon. I hope her mom takes everything okay. Her brother might be a little mad, but I think in the end everyone will be happy. That's how it turned out for me and X.

We finally got cable and the internet again, so that's ... odd. I was used to not having the internet. Donald bought me the Sims Makin' Magic game as sort of a gift. I don't know why. He's been trying to spoil me lately. It's kind of cool, but weird since he hasn't done that since like... high school. He's been acting like a little giddy school girl about Xander. He's so excited that he'll be a dad soon. I think he's more excited than me. I'm just starting to get scared about raising a kid, so I'm more scared than excited. I've been trying to plan the baby shower around the Carnival and Fiesta and all the other crap that goes on in San Antonio in April, so I haven't really set a date at all. I wanted to get the same "hall" where we had the wedding reception, but I haven't called the lady about it. I'm sleepy. I think I'll take a nap. Thanks for reading!!! Bye bye!