Man has the past week been a lot to take it.
Last Tuesday Chad and I set out on our journey to Washington D.C.
So that means Monday (the day after we got back from our honeymoon) we had to pack EVERYTHING into my little Hyundai Accent.
Surprisingly enough we are pretty light packers because we could still see out my back window.
Monday was bittersweet saying goodbye to family for the summer.
I was already an emotional stressful wreck so saying goodbye to my family just about did it.
If it weren't for the loving hug and kiss from Chad saying "it'll be okay" I would have broke down. Seriously though. I've never lived away from home, let alone my family. So it was a little overwhelming
Although I am missing my family like crazy, there is no where else I'd rather be than with Chad.
We left Tuesday morning around 7 a.m.
The drive was a total of about 3200 miles, that we decided to split into 3 days which was about 11 hours a day. The first day we drove to Lexington, Nebraska.
It wasn't a very pretty drive, and it rained and snowed like crazy.
We tried to play the alphabet game to keep our minds off the rain and not being able to see because of it, but it didn't last very long. There weren't enough signs.
Lexington is a very small town that smelled like cow manure. No joke Chad and I were
gagging a little bit over the smell.
But we were so grateful we didn't have to drive anymore, we were pooped.
Wednesday day 2 we were headed to Joliet, Illinois.
The drive from Nebraska to Illinois was beautiful! So pretty and green!
We stopped for lunch in a super small Amish looking town in Iowa, that we both fell in love with and want to live in someday.
When we got to our hotel in Joliet later that night we decided to go out to dinner, and while driving around we found a carnival!
I love carnivals, and was pumped!
Until we saw it costed an arm and leg to go on a couple rides. So we just people
watched for a bit then got some food.
Thursday, day 3 and also the last day in the car, bitter sweet!
We listened to comedians and conference most of the drive today.
It definitely helped time pass by faster.
Once we finally arrived in D.C. we got all giggly and hyper (we had been in the car waay too long).
We are actually staying in a town right outside of D.C., called Herndon.
It's in Virginia, and is beautiful.
The people here are so nice, and welcoming. Although we had some confusion and mix up with our apartment and couldn't get into it until like 11 p.m. it was still a successful day,
and I absolutely love it here!
I am an old lady secretly and Chad makes fun of me, but I love the show antique roadshow.
We such an antique junkies.
Between going to Washington D.C. and all the cool things they have there to going to all the antique stores on the way back home, we will have to have a budget to spend on antiques,
or else we might come home with waaay too much stuff.
I loved it though. I loved every minute of our roadtrip.
From me getting frustrated with Chad telling me how to drive, to being so weird and goofy jammin' out to music, to barely having enough energy to talk. It was the best, we made so many fun memories.
I am definitely living on cloud nine and could not love being married more!
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