Life of Hattie: I'm back! (honeymoon part I)

I haven't written anything in about 2 months. That's a long time. When I started a blog I decided that if the pressure to write was stressing me out at all I would take a guilt free break.

So, finals came and then the semester finished and then we went on our honeymoon and then summer got into full swing, which for me meant summer classes and work and busy weekends and a very hot week with no air conditioning.

I think my life has finally settled into a nice summer schedule, also it is now only 74 degrees.

I feeling like writing.

This means I have to decide what I want to write about first. There are so many things I could tell you about that happened in the last 2 months.

I have since got a haircut too!

I think the first thing we have to get out of the way is me telling you how awesome our honeymoon was.

We got married in the middle of the fall semester. I literally drove home on a Wednesday afternoon (Matt come up on Thursday night), got married on Saturday and went back to school on Tuesday morning. So, we planned to go on our honeymoon right after Spring semester. It was a much needed vacation for both of us.

We decided on going to Washington before we even got married. It is pretty much the only area of the country I haven't been to, and I had a feeling I would really like it. Matt has been there before, to see family and he really likes that area of the country. The idea of laying on a beach for a week does not seem very appealing at this point in my life. I would much rather spend my time exploring a new place, drinking coffee, going to museums and visiting fun shops. I also wanted to meet some more of Matt's family. His grandma lives in Port Townsend, which is a couple hour drive from downtown Seattle. His aunt and uncle live within a days drive as well.

I have never planned a trip by myself before, so I was a little overwhelmed to put it lightly. But, I do believe I have discovered a new favorite thing. It was probably helpful watching my mom, the expert family trip planner, through the years. So, throughout the whole thing I would just keep asking myself, what would my mom do? And then I would do that.

So, I booked the airplane tickets, booked the hotel, booked the rental car, found fun stuff to do and did it all on a pretty tight budget.

So, the day to leave came and we took a bus to the airport. The butterflies in my stomach we trying their best to burst out of me. We got to the Milwaukee airport, checked in and had breakfast while we waited to leave. Then, we just got in the plane and flew to Seattle. And, the rest of the trip went pretty much just like that. Everything went PERFECTLY! I think we had one fight. It lasted about 15 minutes. We got to spend time alone together. We stayed in a fancy hotel. I took relaxing baths in our huge tub. We went out to eat at a fancy restaurant. We walked down to the market and wandered happily enjoying the sights and AMAZING smells. We than got to spend time with family, wonderfully fun family. We got to drive through gorgeous towering pine trees, ride a boat through the ocean, stroll around an island. We then got to spend a couple days with friends. We spent hours laughing and talking about fun memories and exciting plans for the future. Then we flew home.

That is our trip in a nutshell.

I will share some more fun details and stories later.

I am a successful trip planner. I am an adult. There is really nothing I can't do.

What you will hear about next time: