Houston, we have landed

I wanted to write a post yesterday, but I was too tired after the long plane flight. We said goodbye to everyone on the weekend and then left on Monday (5/5) night on a 9:00 pm (HST) flight. We traveled from Honolulu to LA, LA to San Jose, San Jose to Phoenix and Phoenix to Houston.  The most fun was the scheduled 30 minute layover between LA and San Jose.  The LA flight was 25 minutes late so I arrived to hear a greeting, "Final call for passenger Claveria, please proceed to gate 11 as the plane is about to leave without you.  Luckily I'm a good sprinter and San Jose airport is very small. We finally arrived at 5:00 pm (CST) on Tuesday (5/6) feeling exhausted and got picked up by Bo.  He took us out to Thai food and we promptly feel asleep afterwards.

Me and Lyneth in Pearland

Today we woke up early and went out with Lux to Pearland. We bought some hangers, a hamper, shaving cream and a bunch of other little things. Lyneth took some pictures of us in the shopping center. We also bought groceries, ate delicious Vietnamese sandwiches for lunch and Lux got his iphone fixed at a store called, "You break it, we fix it." The most productive thing I did today was helping Lyneth clean the refrigerator by removing and washing all the shelves. We also through out all the old, smelly food.

We had some tasty sandwiches at Lee's

 Lyneth had a phone interview today with one company and she has an in person job interview tomorrow with another company. I hope she gets an offer, but I believe she will have many more opportunities for an in person interview as she gets multiple emails each day from different recruiters looking for a php/sql developer. On the other hand, I haven't gotten any acknowledgment of applications that I've been filling out. I believe it will take more time for me to get a job as my resume and work experience isn't as solid as hers. Hopefully, I will get a call back for an interview soon.

Lux and I in Bellaire Chinatown

 So far I haven't seen any of the "horrible" things I expected in Houston. The weather has been great and I haven't noticed any humidity at all. It's been nice, sunny weather around 70-80 degrees F.  I also haven't noticed anything about bad air quality or allergies. There is so much space in Houston, that I feel like I could take all the houses in Hawaii and fit them into a few parking lots here. We visited Chinatown in Bellaire and unlike some of the other Chinatowns I've visited in Hawaii, San Francisco, or Philadelphia there is actually room to spare between stores. Also, the food is so much cheaper. I saw a sign for 3 loaves of french bread for $1.00 (total). In Hawaii it would be 1 loaf of french bread for $3.00.

Good bread in Houston