For those of you who have shared a living space with Matt, you probably remember how slow and painful his morning routine is before work. He is of a rare breed who need 1.5 hours just to eat breakfast, shower and dress. Just when I thought I had seen him at his slowest, the first week of school came. The first day, we woke up and started eating breakfast at the same time. I finished before him and started stretching in the other room. After about twenty minutes of yoga, I finally heard his dishes clinking in the sink. At breakfast the next morning, Matt looked up at me with a pained look and slurred, "I could butter my bread all morning." The next morning I set my alarm fifteen minutes later than him and was surprised to roll over and find that he had actually gotten out of bed. When I approached our living area, I was alarmed to find that no lights were on. "Matt???" I called nervously. From the living room I heard a faint "I just couldn't do it..." Sure enough he was lying on the couch in the dark, staring into space. The next few mornings were a little better. When I emerged from bed, the lights were on in the living room and he would jump up and pretend that he had been doing something. Now he's pretty much back to his typical slowness.
As for life in Manila, school has been eating up too much of our time and energy. We had a nice three day weekend last week where we finally got some free time. We finished our house shopping, got massages (or beat up depending on how you look at it) and did some general relaxing.
One odd discovery here is that people go to church in the middle of the Mall hallways. Otherwise, there hasn't been too much in the way of "differentness" here.
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haha I love the new update. Also, im so glad to hear about another person who requires 1.5 hours in the morning to "wake up" and get ready. Im pretty much on that exact same timeline although most of my time is spent drinking coffee to the today show. Massages sound wonderful even if they do involve a beating! I hope you can share more pictures soon. Im headed off to Acadia for the long labor day weekend for my b-day. Very excited! love and hugs, Jessie
Indeed, it has reached an all time "slow." Mornings are hard, always have been. In my defense though, we are in our classrooms starting work at 6:30 AM! And the refrigerated butter was very hard and the bread was mushy.
Hi Heather, Jen told me about your blog. I am impressed by yours and need to start up my own :) I just wanted to let you know that the "I could butter my bread all morning" line gave me the best laugh I have had in a couple of months!!
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