Below in an earlier post, I mentioned Matt's "breakfast routine" a couple of times. I feel as though this deserves it's own explanation. See, Matt HATES mornings. He is slow to wake and slow to get moving. There is an exception to the rule though, if surfing is an option, he can get himself together pretty quick :) So, back to the routine. Matt has the same order of morning activities each and every morning, even saturday. He wakes up, several different times, then takes a shower to fix his cowlicks. They he mixes his cereal: Kashi on the bottom, layer of brown-sugar and maple mini-wheats, then a LOT of Maple Pecan Clusters on top. He eats cereal faster than anything I've ever seen because he wants even the last bite to have some crunch, hahaha. Then he eats some fruit - usually over the sink. His last step is fixing his one cup of coffee. He and his cup of coffee then go into the den to read the Word and pray to get the day started. This process from start to finish usually takes half and hour to 45 mins. I love Matt's routine, it is a constant in my morning for sure! And it's always a little fun to see his reaction when we're out of something...just throws everything off!
All of that was background to tell a funny story about Matt. He is finally at the place where he can laugh at this, so I think it's time to share.
We were at an *extended family member's house*, (not specified to protect the innocent). We are preparing to leave REALLY early in the morning to get started on the long drive back to St. Louis. So, Matt is already up way earlier than he ever wants to be. [Scene: my entire family awake at this hour packing and preparing to load way too much stuff in cars for a really long drive]. The breakfast of choice is S'more Poptarts. However, one of my brothers just ate the last one. The rest of us are going to drive through somewhere and eat a greasy biscuit that will make us wish we hadn't. But Matt would rather eat some cereal. He sits down to a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats. He's just eating...probably half way through the bowl he looks down. And oh my goodness...there are little bugs floating around. GROSS! Apparently the cereal was a *little* old and had those little bugs living in it. I've never seen the color run out of his face so fast! Needless to say, he threw the rest of the bowl away and was just going to settle for a piece of fruit. But there wasn't any fruit....it had been eaten earlier in the visit. So, Matt's breakfast was ruined and he was sort of sick to his stomache about eating bugs. So we finished loading the cars and I'm pretty sure he ended up ordering a biscuit like the rest of us, but he didn't like it.
Moral of the story. Always check your bowl.
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Also, somewhere in Ethiopia some kid is saying "Dude. You threw away a rare delicacy. Unbelievable."
From this post, we learn:
1. I am a freak.
2. Maybe a little high-maintenance, although I maintain the routine myself and require nothing from others besides peace & quiet. Leslie brews my coffee but that's only because she's sweet.
3. It was actually Raisin Bran, and I will never look at the stuff the same way again.
4. If they mingle for long enough, bedbug-like creatures taste like bran flakes and raisins. They also look a bit like raisins and are thus easily camouflaged.
check your bowl, indeed.
Man, it's hard to top that breakfast story. But maybe this one is close. When I was in Uganda, we always ate incredible bread with honey on it for breakfast. The only problem is, the moment you lathered the bread with honey, bees flocked to have a party and invited all their friends. So in order to eat this delicious breakfast morsel, you had to wave bees away with every bite. Well, one one bite I didn't wave enough, and I bit off a piece of bread, including a happy little bee who became very unhappy once he was inside my mouth. Needless to say, a bee sting inside your mouth is a great way to wake up!
oh my goodness! a bee-sting in the mouth is a terrible/great breakfast story! that's awesome Wes :)
Does this mean Matt does not like to go out to breakfast?
you are correct in your assumption. Matt does not like to go out to breakfast as this means getting up earlier than he likes. Plus.....what if they have sub-par fruit (like a bruised, room temp red apple)? What if they have crappy coffee? What if he gets up, takes his shower, gets dressed, and then the only option is a bagel? "Where's the protein in a bagel" would be his response. hahahaha
I love Matt.....
that was Leslie that just wrote that.......
but Matt read the part about the red apple and gagged. made a spitting sound to be exact. haha
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