Going the Distance

When the house first flooded (six months ago), I would have never dreamed that we would still be working on it in March.  In all the frustration of getting work done, one of the biggest challenges is time management.  We have our regular life in San Antonio- filled with kids' activities, demands of our jobs, finding time to clean house / do laundry / go to the grocery store.  But we are not really in a routine because we are on-demand chasing down supplies, making day and weekend trips to Houston, balancing watching the kids (taking turns going to Houston), and Dave working as much overtime as possible since we have been paying two mortgages all of this time .  We don't have regular weekends and the girls didn't play spring soccer. 
The drive from our house in San Antonio to Katy is two hours thirty-five minutes (if I am driving / #davedrivesslow), but the additional time it takes to get from Katy to Clear Lake turns the trip into three hours and forty-five minutes. Since the house flooded we have made about 24 trips (I think I counted them all, but knows), that's more than 11,500 miles (our poor cars)!
In the back of my mind I have a small running list of things I am looking forward to doing once the house is off of our plate: finally being able to buy a new phone (pardon the quality of my photos), taking a vacation (spending time with the kids that doesn't include DIY projects), and not being so tired all of the time.