Establishing a routine

Having been in country for a week now, and seemingly cured of jetlag, it is time to settle into a routine. So I decided to actually get up when I set the alarm. At 6 A trill of the guitar strum alarm of my iPhone -- well, it is not functioning as an iPhone for now; let's just pretend it is now an iPod Touch -- went off and I hit snooze. Not a good start to the new routine. The husband was already up and getting busy with his day, shower, dress, breakfast, email. After me hitting snooze for the third time and still splayed out on the bed, the husband comes in and reminds me that I will need to moving the following morning to catch the ride to his work with him. Sneer.

After pulling myself out of bed and showering and breakfasting (which seems to be an actual word), I decided to see where I live. I'll write about my meandering adventures afoot another time. But for now, I will tell you that I came home soaking wet. Isn't this supposed to be a desert? What's with all this humidity? It was drier in southern Arizona with all the greenery and a whole lot less dust.

While I was out, I gathered info on exercise classes in the area. Again, more info another time. But for now, I will tell you that apparently all the ex-pat wives work out. I was, by far, the heaviest woman I encountered (did I encounter myself?) while out. Anywho, I will be adding working out to my daily routine. Just need to wait for a few other details to work themselves out. The idea is to get up, walk to the exercise place, workout, walk home. Sounds like a good morning routine. Once I get used to this, I'll try adding in some local photo scouting in the early morning when the light is nice and the sky is actually blue.

Afternoons will be filled with stuff, like blogging, uploading photos, learning to be a better photographer, straightening up, etc. Evening will be dinner, talking, and a little Netflix (we are currently watching Season 3 of Burn Notice on the computer).

Nothing riveting to the routine. Just need to establish one.