Going, Going, Gone

Going...

Going...

Gone!

This is it! Over the past month, we have been busy, busy, busy! Here is an update on all we have been up to!

First of all, by the grace of God, Josh and I both graduated college! He received a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a focus on Accounting from the University of Washington, and I received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Seattle University! We attended both my Nursing graduation and the big SU commencement ceremony, and celebrated together with our families in a joint grad party at my parent's house! It felt great to finally be done with school, and to have our friends and family with us.

Josh and I at my Pinning Ceremony

My cap for graduation

                     

My family at my Nursing Pinning Ceremony


 

We then got to celebrate our first year of marriage! Josh planned a special secret trip to the Oregon Coast for us to relax and celebrate together. We had a very limited amount of time due to our upcoming move, so we spent just one night on the coast, but it was enough to feel relaxed and rejuvinated. We enjoyed listening to Harry Potter on the road, indulged in a delicious dinner, and got to have a lovely experience getting couples massages at the spa in the morning before heading home to finish packing.

Harry Potter!

Anniversarry wine!

Then comes the moving. Along with the moving comes the stress, exhaustion, and good-byes. We had plenty of each of these. We returned from our Oregon trip on the night of the 18th and finished the last minute packing. The movers arrived on the morning of the 19th to take away our things. This was quite an amazing experience. They showed up and immediately got started on taking all of our things to the truck. One guy lifted our couch all by himself to wrap it up! I had never really seen anything like it! We also had to go to our storage unit to have them move a piano, some chairs, and extra shelving. All in all, including travel time to our unit, the move took only one hour and forty-five minutes, and I didn't lift a single thing! This is my kind of moving, people! So, after that, it was just Josh, me, and Lena left in our apartment.

Josh and I spent the afternoon cleaning our apartment before heading to our friends, the Grimstad's apartment for a small going away gathering. It was great of them to host a barbecue to send us off! We enjoyed hot dogs, drinks, and yummy deserts together and laughed a whole lot. Unfortunately, it all had to come to an end, though, and we had to say goodbye. This may have been one of the hardest thinsg I have ever had to do. It felt so surreal to say goodbye to my best friends and family, not knowing when I would see them again. Through many tears and lots of hugs, we got through it, and the next morning we hit the road to come to Spokane.

We have gotten to spend the past week in Spokane visiting with family, watching my brother in law complete an Iron Man race, and finishing the last details of our move. We took Lena to the vet, got her some sedatives, and purchased her plane ticket so she can ride as my carry-on! We made plans with your future land lord to get our keys, double checked all our flights, and have started packing our suit cases. All we have left to do is go!

Tomorrow, we get on a plane at 4pm to head to Chicago. We are toting a cat, two large suitcases complete with air mattreses, pillows, and sleeping bags to camp in our own apartment. We will arrive around midnight, stay with Josh's aunt for a night, and get our apartment keys on Sunday! I can't believe our adventure is finally beginning, and I am looking forward to starting our new life in the windy city! We will try to update the blog more consistently as we become more settled!