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A Survey thing I filled out from Myspace. I *did* have a blog post yesterday but I did it from my PDA and for some reason it didn’t post here. Grr. I’ll update later. Got TONS of crap to do!

1. WHAT IS YOUR MIDDLE NAME? Jannet

2. HOW BIG IS YOUR BED? Full size

3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The TV, Man on Fire is it?

4. WHAT ARE THE LAST 4 DIGITS IN YOUR CELLPHONE NUMBER? 2658

5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Brisket breakfast taco.

6. LAST PERSON YOU HUGGED? Mario, before he left to work.

7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW? Cool and sunny.

8. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Mario, just right now.

9. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX? Their eyes and smile, simultaneously.

10. HEIGHT? 4’11”

11. DO YOU WANT CHILDREN? Already got two boys :), but I do want two girls, too.

12. DO YOU GET HIGH? No

13. EVER GET SO DRUNK YOU DON’T REMEMBER THE ENTIRE NIGHT? Never.

14. HAIR COLOR? Brown

15. EYE COLOR? Brown

16. DO YOU WEAR EYE CONTACTS? No, but I wish. I hate glasses >_<. 17. FAVORITE HOLIDAY? Christmas 18. FAVORITE SEASON? Winter/Spring 19. HAVE YOU EVER CRIED OVER A GIRL/BOY? The husband, way back in the day LOL. 20. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? At home, Man on Fire. At the movies, that stupid Doogal one >_<. 29. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisburger, or something like that. 30. PIERCINGS? 2 in each ear. 31. FAVORITE MOVIE? Bruce Almighty and Where the Heart Is. 32. FAVORITE COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM? Not into football. 33. WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE FILLING THIS OUT? Eating breakfast and getting hubby’s lunch together for work. 34. ANY PETS? Oh yes: 9 cats, 2 red-eared slider turtles, 3 rats, 2 dogs and 1 gerbil. 35. AIM? RainbowBrite5500 36. DOGS OR CATS? Cats 38. FAVORITE FLOWER? Daisies. 40. HAVE YOU EVER LOVED SOMEONE? Of course. 41. WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE RIGHT NOW? Mario, even though he just left :(. 42. AGE YOU LOST YOUR VIRGNITY? 16, and I married the guy I lost it to ;). 43. HAVE YOU EVER FIRED A GUN? Yes, a rifle. 44. DO YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL BY PLANE? Never have, and I’m terrified to. 45. RIGHT-HANDED OR LEFT-HANDED? Righty 46. IF YOU COULD GO TO ANY PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
Hawaii or Disneyworld with my hubby and kids.

48. ARE YOU MISSING SOMEONE? Yes

49. DO YOU HAVE A TATTOO? Nope

50. DO YOU STILL WATCH CARTOONS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS? Don’t have time.

51. ARE YOU HIDING SOMETHING FROM SOMEONE? Nope

52. ARE YOU OVER 18? Yep, 23.

53. WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR CELLPHONE? Some stupid mountains. It won’t let me change it!

54. DID YOU GET ENOUGH SLEEP LAST NIGHT? Two hours more than I usually do.

55. FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS MORNING? God, I have a lot of stuff to do.

56. WHAT DO YOU HAVE HANDY AT YOUR BEDSIDE? Lamp, alarm clock, Apple & raspberry lotions.

57. GRILLED OR FRIED? Grilled

59. WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE? That I’m just me :).

60. ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? Sort of, since I can’t see well in the dark =\.

61. FAVORITE HANGOUT? Taco Bell with the girls or the mall :P.

62. 3 THINGS YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT? Family, friends and my computer :P.

63. FIRST THING YOU WILL BUY IF GIVEN 5 THOUSAND DOLLARS?
Another car or save for a down payment on our future house.

64. FAVORITE SONG? Still the One by Shania Twain

65. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? Losing people I love.

66. ARE YOU A GIVER OR TAKER? Giver

67. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES? Yaya

68. WHAT IS YOUR DAD’S NAME? Juan

69. WHAT’S YOUR MOTHERS MIDDLE NAME? Lydia

70. STUCK ON A DESERTED ISLAND & COULD ONLY BRING ONE THING? A genie in a bottle so I could wish for my family to come with me, food and drinkable water :).

71. FAVORITE T.V. COMMERCIAL? The Capital One ones with…that dude…

72. WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? Mario

73. FIRST THING YOU’LL SAVE IN A FIRE? Family, pets and my purse and if there’s time, some photos and my external harddrive!

74. FAVORITE COLOR? Pink

75. WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU ALWAYS BRING WITH YOU?
My purse, which holds my cell, wallet and checkbook.

76. WHAT DID YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU WERE A KID? A veterninarian.

77. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO WHEN THE CLOCK TURNS? When it turns where??

78. THE COLOR OF YOUR BEDSHEET? White with swirly pastel designs.

79. WHO DO U WANT TO MEET? God and my grandfather.

80. WHAT DO U THINK ABOUT BEF0RE Y0U G0 T0 BED? How thankful I am to be here with my friends and family and all the stuff I have to do the next day.

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Matthew Thomas was born on Saturday morning weighing 7 lbs. 14.6 oz.–and he was four and a half weeks early! He’s such a beautiful baby. He’s got the chubbiest cheeks, chubbier that even Eenan’s were at birth. I just want to squeeze and nuzzle him. He was born with a full head of hair. I’d forgotten just how soft and silky brand-new baby hair feels.

I went to visit him and Yadira around noon with Mom. We took her some flowers and were really quiet in her room since she needed total silence. Her blood pressure was still high so the doctors were trying to keep her as calm as possible. Mom, Mary (who’d stayed with her since 4 a.m. and was present for Matthew’s birth), and I whispered amongst ourselves while she rested. Mary went out to do something and Yadira couldn’t sleep so we talked. Her pediatric nurse, Tony, came in and told her how Matthew was doing. They were running glucose tests on him since she had Gestational Diabetes and his sugars were low. Babies are supposed to be around 45, but he’d gone down to 33 and Tony was afraid he’d go lower so they were keeping an eye on him. He said if it got lower Matthew might go into a coma. That’s scary to hear. Matthew was fine within a few hours so he got to visit and feed with his Mama.

I decided that I need to take care of myself, especially since I want to have another baby soon. I haven’t had Gestational Diabetes with either of my pregnancies, but I couldn’t forgive myself if I didn’t eat well and excersize and I got it this time around. Mom and Dad both have Diabetes, so there’s a chance I might get it, but with a proper diet and excersize I should be fine.

I have at least 15 lbs. exactly to lose before I’ll allow myself to get pregnant, which I’d really like to get a move on already . I thought once Matthew was born it would be enough to satisfy my baby hunger, but I think he just made me want a baby even more (he’s so CUTE!). I’ve been thinking of conceiving for the past few months and kept hinting to Mario about it who would just say he wanted to have our house first before we had another child. It made me sad to think about it, that he didn’t want to try, but I started thinking maybe it was for the better that we waited. Although my uterus yearns to be occupied, I kept thinking about finishing school and starting work and how a baby wouldn’t be possible at the moment.

Tonight, my husband came home and tossed my birth control pills in the trash. I’m so ready for this. I’ve got names picked out and everything. Who knows when we’ll actually start to try; what with him working all the time and school and the kids and housework draining me out it seems impossible to even start trying, but it thrills me to know he’s come around this time, and hopefully for sure. We’re not telling anyone till we actually know we’ve conceived . Maybe I shouldn’t be writing about this here…

I got this wonderful news about Mario wanting to try for a baby after I got a call from Mary that our Padrino, Arturo, was found dead, probably murdered, at his ranch. Our Madrina, Oralia, couldn’t find him for two days and today in the afternoon, they found him. His truck and body were completely burned. It makes me sick to think of it–of how someone could be so damn inhuman to do something like this. We hadn’t seen them in so long; I feel horrible. Why would anyone have something against him? I just don’t get it at all. We’re going over there tomorrow to visit Oralia and pay our respects. I don’t know how I’ll be able to see her that way. They’d fight all the time, playfully most of the time, but she spent most of her life with him. She just had him ripped away from her, just like that. It came out on the news tonight, the first breaking story they had, but didn’t say much. God, I just can’t believe it. I hope they find/catch whoever’s behind this.

I should go take my shower now and try to think of the good things instead of the very, very unfortunate.

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