First Move: I’m so excited!

I was about to shake off the dust of my small Ohio town and head out to see the world! I was so excited!  I’d just graduated from college, become engaged to a Naval officer, and we were leaving Ohio to start our lives in the exotic (and warm!) San Diego, California.  The world was my oyster!  The biggest challenge (other than planning the wedding, that is) was to get all our worldly possessions from point A (my house) to point B (my fiancé’s house three hours away, and from whence the military move would originate) to point C (our very first apartment in Imperial Beach, California.)

     We didn’t have much; a few suitcases of clothes and books; an antique Jenny Lind bedroom set from my Aunt’s estate; and various and sundry bridal shower gifts that would enable me to set up housekeeping in our new home, far far away. 

I personally drove the stuff from point A to point B, wherein I enjoyed yet another bridal shower, oohed and ahhed over the gifts, then left everything there for the movers to pick up and transport.  While there was a list made (for purposes of thank-you-note writing) I didn’t spend more than a few seconds with each item, hence had only a vague recollection of all the wonderful gifts we’d received.