Yes, it’s been quiet time on the blog, I know sorry, having a kid will do that to you, takes lots of mindshare to prepare for the arrival of mister little man. We’re now 8 weeks and counting. Slowly slowly we’ve become seriously disillusioned with the “Mexico Baby Factor Industry”. The medical establishment in Mexico is a horror show of C-Sections and Episiotomies. So we’ve decided to go the natural route and have a water birth. More on this process in a dedicated post.
My shaper friends Marco and Amy rolled in to town last weekend and we spent Sunday catching some nice hollow sliders. No serious size just a nice day in the sun and some good waves, this rivermouth sandy bottom break is one of my new favorites. Nothing quite like the feeling of pulling a hawaiian pullout on a waist high hollow closeout toobito.
This past week we went up to Guadalajara to go to our birthing clinic, meet our new doctor and our “doula“, an amazing woman who will assist us through the birth process. I’ve learned more about the natural and “industrial” birthing processes this past week than I have after 6 visits with our local Vallarta doctor.
I also got some time in the shaping bay with Marco. I snapped some great pics and he took the time to give me my first lesson on shaping. It’s all about geometry, which happens to be the only math I excel at. We’ll be spending 3-4 weeks in Guadalajara, in late December and January as we’re having the baby there. So I’m hoping to spend a few intensive weeks in the shaping bay and glassing studio, studying under Marco. Hoping. more pics from the shaping bay coming soon.
We have a new addition to the Q.Peeps familia. Her name is Paquita and she’s a Mexican Hairless Dog or Xoloitzcuintle, pronounced like “cholo-skwink-lay”. We’ve been thinking about getting a dog and as luck would have it, a friend of ours had puppies a few months ago and Paquita needed a home. She’s three months old and has the illest, cutest personality. She’s super shy and already has impeccable manners. She gets a lot of attention on the street. Mexicans ask if she’s a Xolo and remark that Aztecs used to serve Xolos with molé at the dinner table and gringos kinda screw their faces up in wonderment at a black-as-midnight dog with no hair and creased skin like a pachyderm (hence her given name). She’s freakin awesome and once she’s crate trained we’ll be happy parents. She’ll make an excellent companion and guardian for the baby.
Lastly, I’m computer-less. My dvd drive took a crapper about 6 months ago and I’m finally getting it fixed. I had to drop the cpu at an apple service center in the GDL, they have to order the parts from Mexico City and then do the work and ship back to me. They say it’ll be done early this week. I say with luck it will be done early next week. And back to me by late next week. I’m already having withdrawal symptoms. I’m writing this from Marcia’s cpu. But I’m missing all my music and photos and work stuff. Having a mac in Mexico is awesome. Until you need it serviced and then it becomes a massive headache.
