This past weekend (now a few weekends ago) was our one year mark in Houston. We celebrated by a trip to the beach. I can't believe it has been a year. On some days it seems like yesterday; on others it seems like we have lived here for years.
I don't know if I've posted our daily routine at any point, but it is quite comical so I will give you a rundown of our current life. Its not every day you hear about (or care to hear about) the inner workings of a family.
6:30am - Kendall's alarm goes off. He wakes up and does stuff that I don't know because I sleep. Yesterday or today he accidentally snoozed the alarm instead of turning it off and I didn't even notice.
6:49am - I hear the bathroom door open and roll over.
6:55am - Kendall comes in and sits on the bed next to me and checks his vitals on his iPod. He used to do it in the front room, but it has evolved to the bed. Sometimes we mention what needs to get done that day, and most others I roll over again.
7:10am - Kendall goes to the closet and I roll over. He makes his way to the front room or kitchen and does stuff.
7:21am - I swing my legs off the bed and try to pick my head up. Then I walk to the bathroom then to the closet. [Note: If I take a morning shower, this happens at 7:01am.] I hear Kendall in the kitchen making lunches. If it is a good day one or the both of us will make the bed.
7:30am - We brush our teeth.
7:33am - Due to the fact that I don't give myself enough time to think about what I'm doing in the morning, I gather all the stuff I might need for the day and take it with me to work. This includes the phone charger, sunglasses, keys, purse with all the contents, a fleece hooded jacket, and any misc. stuff I might need.
7:37am - Get in the car, put on sunglasses, and drive to school.
7:59am-8:01am - Arrive at school. Kendall gets out of the car before I park. I park below the hotel and go up to work. [On a pretty consistent basis I get the comment, "you look tired" from students. I've started to say, "if I look tired every day, maybe it is just how I look." Although, I'm sure my 15 minute morning prep doesn't help with looking awake. The sadder part is, every day I push the getting out of bed later and later; 7:21am is about the latest I can get up without begin late to work. I am NOT not a morning person, I'm sleep and warm bed person. I hate getting out of bed!]
12:00pm - Kendall or I walk to the other's place of study/work for lunch. Kendall (and friends depending on the time of year) usually walk over to the Hilton to get out of the Optometry building. In the fall and spring we ate outside, but for the summer we eat in my office. We eat the small wonderful lunch that Kendall prepares daily. It usually includes a type of fruit, a carrot, pretzels (sometimes other crackers), string cheese, and a granola bar. To be honest, my granola bar is gone by 9am. Kendall takes such good care of me. I'm not sure what I would do without him. I'm sure I wouldn't make my own lunch. So I would starve or go broke because I would buy food every day. He is a dream and I couldn't ask for better!
1:00pm - Back to work/school.
4:55pm - Kendall (and carpool) arrives at the hotel and we meet at the elevator by 5:00pm. Then we drive home!
5:20pm/5:30pm - Arrive home. The evening consists of making dinner and doing the dishes together. We try to switch off with each of the duties. I usually do the dishes while he is making dinner or while my pizza dough is rising. If I make dinner, its a toss up. Sometimes it looks like a bomb went off in the kitchen/house, but I do a whirlwind cleanup depending on my mood. While cooking dinner we usually watch world news, local news, and the big bang theory. Then we have varied activities in the evening 7pm-11pm; more times than not it is more TV or meetings.
Our favorite places to eat out right now are Chipotle and Chick-fil-A. I have been also enjoying the black bean burger with avocados and bacon at Smash Burger.
That is our life in a nutshell.
