Artificially two inches taller tonight

Bah, I’m sleepy. I just spent the past hour (half hour, I think) walking around U.N. Avenue with Anthony, christopher and my sister. My cousins’ mom, my Tita Belen, just gave birth this morning to this really beautiful baby boy. I’m not kidding. You know how newborn babies come out looking all bald and wrinkled and shriveled up? Well Matthew (that’s what my tita wants to name him–isn’t it great?) is really cute. His skin is fair and smooth and his eyes are so beautiful. Looking at him made me kind of wish I had a baby myself…except of course, without having to go through the nine months’ pregnancy and painful, painful delivery. Ugh. I cannot imagine myself pregnant, not ever. Of course, I do want to be a mom someday but just thinking about varicose vains and stretch marks and having to expose myself in front of a team of doctors–it’s not a very appealing thought. My mom and tita keep saying that the pain makes it worth it and I suppose it does, but I don’t know. For now, I think babies are really adorable and all, but I guess I’m really not responsible enough to actually take care of one.

Anyway, my cousins and I were kind of hungry so we went to McDonald’s for some grub. I had a McFloat and fries and now I feel so bloated. Anthony has the hugest appetite–he actually ordered a two-piece chicken meal. At 9:30 in the evening. God, where does he put all that food? It felt good to hang out with Anthony and chris cos I haven’t seen them in ages. Whenever my sister and I go to their place, they’re always somewhere else. For some reason we all decided to play basketball next summer. I mean, my cousins are jocks but my sister’s interest in basketball has been growing and now she wants to play. It sounds like fun, but I’ve never actually tried playing a real game. I wonder if I’ll be any good. Suddenly, I became painfully aware of the fact that I’m the shortest among them. And I was already wearing my platform sandals. Ugh.

Dad’s nagging me to go to bed now. As if I will automatically fall asleep the moment I lie down.