Life after a Honeymoon...

Coming back from our Hawaii honeymoon and entering back into reality can be a little harsh. Anyone who is married and been through this process will agree with me. You have to move into a new apartment, unpack all of your stuff, put everything away plus the wedding gifts you received, write the thank you notes, cook, decorate, clean, and go back to work as if nothing major has happened in your life. Plus, if you are the girl, you have to change your name on every piece of paper and plastic you ever had. A little overwhelming! And I think the funniest part is when people ask my name, I don't know what to tell them yet. "Hi, I'm Jessica Anderson/Pless" That will get some attention. It makes me look like I'm constantly confused.

But, the good news is, I think Mike and I are almost done with this "transitional" period. Our apartment is almost finished, I can tell people my last name is Pless without stuttering or stalling, and all the Thank you notes are out! But before I can post pictures of our new apartment, I want to show you what we started with. We didn't take "before and after" pictures...(even though that would have been awesome!) But Mike did capture a moment when we were moving in that I think EVERYONE can relate to...
This is a picture of me giving up cleaning our apartment after we unwrapped every wedding gift and unpacked all our stuff. This is what our living room use to look like. But, after many hours of tender love and care, I can happily say it will never look like this again...until we move out. But now, when I post the pictures of our cute, updated apartment, you can appreciate it more!