"How is married life treating you?"

If you have gotten married, you know that the very first thing people ask you once they see you is "How is married life treating you?"

So I figured I would answer that question for all the wondering minds and that way, I can look back after we have been married for awhile to see how the answer has changed!

Married life for the Gilgours is:

-getting up 45 minutes early so I can make Patrick's lunch and be downstairs while he's eating breakfast
-having Good Morning America play on two different tv's in the morning because we watch it during different stages of getting ready
-making pancakes (or waffles) on weekend mornings
-endless unpacking
-making the bed every weekday morning (Patrick thought I did that every day before we got married... but I just did it when he came over. My mother can attest to that.)
-having our parents and friends over for dinner
-visiting all our newly married friends new houses/apartments/etc.
-hitting the snooze button about 14 times in the morning
-experimenting with new brands for our weekly frozen pizza
-daily talking about going to the pool in our neighborhood... we will get there eventually
-trying out the new Costco membership
-exploring the Memorial area with all its many conveniences. It has turned out to be the PERFECT spot for us, at least for now.
-listening to all the fun stories that are sparked by other people when they remember when THEY first got married.


More to come. So we have had dinner plans for almost two solid weeks now. Which of course we love... becuase about 90% of those meals have been graciously offered to us by others. This is our last night of dinner plans (we are cooking this time! for our friends Justin and Kacy who got engaged the day before we got married. Yay!) and then it is time for us to buckle down and start unpacking all the stuff that gets put in the guest room when people come over. That will be quite a project. I guess guest room is a strong word. Those usually have beds, or at least a couch. Or some piece of furniture. That's ok, it will come. We're taking a Dave Ramsey class, so we are taking the whole furniture buying process very slowly. Plus I'm cheap. :-)

To sum it up, it's been fun. A learning process, but fun so far. We are going to San Antonio this weekend to celebrate my belated birthday and our one month anniversary. We got a sweet deal on Priceline and I am SO excited. We're going to get some yummy breakfast at the Gunther House, hang out at the pool, have some excellent Mexican food at the River Walk, get a couples massage, and remove all alarm clocks from the vicinity. I can't wait. I love weekend trips. Especially ones that require us to leave work early on Fridays! It always makes the week seem shorter when you know Friday is going to be shorter.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday!