The Morning Routine

Get up, feed the cats and let them out. Then it's off to the gym. An hour or so later a shower followed by a sensible breakfast (OJ, mini bagel with light cream cheese and a vanilla yogurt). That leaves time for a cup of coffee, a check for any new email messages, and perusal of various web pages. Sometimes, like today, even time to enter the blogosphere. Oh yes, why a picture of Harley? After they've been let out, like Hobbits they'll often come back in (maybe several times) for second breakfast. Their first course is moist stuff from the can, they then come back in for second helpings of the dry stuff. Which they seem to like well enough. After that they get let out once again to spend the day outdoors. But they don't seem to venture very far away, sometimes spending most of the morning on the deck railing as in the pic. (Today Sidney came back in for a third course and then hid under the bed. Very strange since she's usually quite eager to get back outside. Maybe something spooked her? I had to chase her out but finally once I put her on top of the recycling bin and opened the kitchen door she jumped down and out like normal. Goofy cats!)

That just about describes my "morning grind". Corey's is a bit different in that she does a workout at home and then prepares lunches. We generally eat at our desks, munching on salad and fruits. These days it's still quite warm so I throw the lunch box on the back of the Harley (the bike, not the cat) and ride that to work. During the first week the "campus cowboys" (as they used to be called at TAMU), meaning the parking enforcers, are pretty lax about handing out parking tickets. They give this grace period that seems to drag on for weeks if not the whole semester. This results in full parking lots, with many of the spots designated for faculty/staff occupied by students. So the bike makes a lot of sense: less gas consumption (last week I think I filled up for about $6) and a guaranteed (well, almost) parking spot right in front of the building. See what I mean? Not counting half the bike on the far left, mine's the 3rd from the left with the helmet on the back seat (no helmet law down here).