Aurora, IL

The day after our wedding we woke up, had breakfast in our room, then headed back to my parents' home. My family and a few friends gathered there while Tom and I opened up our wedding gifts.

After, it was time to say "see you later" to everyone. Tom was already living in Illinois. He had been living with his Aunt and Uncle, but now he had an apartment waiting for us.

(Us = Tom, Me, my dog Justin, and my cats Simon and Spike.)

I remember getting in Tom's truck and backing out of the driveway. My father and my nephew Daniel were standing in the doorway. And as we pulled away, it was just my father still standing there.

I cried.

When we got to our new home in Aurora, IL, we started unloading Tom's truck. Our apartment was on the 2nd floor. No elevator.

Poor Tom. He tried hard to find a nice place for us to live. An affordable place for us to live.

This place was ok. It was a small 1 bedroom apartment.

I spent a lot of our first evening crying on our floor. I do not like change. I was scared being in a city I didn't know. Living in a new place. But I soon learned to focus on Tom and our new life together as husband and wife.