For my first blog post, what a better rant than going over all of the things I am excited for in the next 2-3 weeks! It's a little lengthy, but pretty dang awesome!!
I can't believe it!! We're finally down to just 13 days before we move and get to be together!!! Since 2012 began Bobby and I have been living between 385 and 404 miles apart, depending on the route you take. With the exception of our wedding in December and his UPT graduation/ Honeymoon we haven't been together for more than 5 consecutive days and we're supposed to call ourselves married. In 13 days we will head on the road to Delaware TOGETHER!
There are so many great things about this new adventure! The first of which is when I see him return from training after not seeing him for 24 days and run into a huge hug...well that's my expectation anyway! I hope he's prepared! :-P
Secondly, we are going to my 2 favorite places in DFW to do nothing other than EAT! Duh! We're going to Dough Pizzeria for a house-made mozzarella ball, then traditional Neopolitan pizza in their 800* wood fired oven, and finally their marshmallow-nutella panini with homemade whipped cream and caramel drizzle!! My mom and sister-in-law, Tiffani, can attest to the greatness of this place! Just in case we don't have diabetes by then we're going to stop by my first favorite, a little closer to home, Sweet Sammies! There they have homemade cookies of nearly 20 varieties and they sandwich any 2 cookies of your choosing with a big round scoop of Blue Bell ice cream! After our tummies are happy we have to load up our last minute items into the cars and weigh them full. Then we will be ready to hit the road!
The third exciting part of this new adventure is all of the wonderful places we have decided to drive through on our way to Delaware.
Day #1 August 31 Destination: Oklahoma City, OK
Since Bobby is going to begin his day VERY early it is going to be a plenty long day for him.
Day #2 September 1 Destination: Des Moines, IA
A very good friend, Nicky, who was actually the Matron of Honor at our wedding just had a baby and moved to guess where? Des Moines, IA. Since we're headed to the north anyway this wasn't too far out of the way so I finally get to hold that baby that was hiding at my wedding! About the time we're going to need lunch we'll be in Kansas City, KS which means we are getting BBQ! I've already mapped out the Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives along our route and picked a place. For dinner, Nicky chose Zombie Burgers. (There weren't any dives near Des Moines.) I'm not a Zombie enthusiast, nor a big burger fan, so I looked up their menu. I think I will survive since they have a ton of options including...CAKE SHAKES!! I already warned Bobby that he is going to have to get one so I can try 2 because I just can't decide. Go figure. They have cake mix and ice cream and some even have vodka! Ready for those!
Day #3 September 2 Destination: Chicago, IL
Neither of us have been to Chicago, but it is directly on the route from Iowa and from the sounds of it, there's always something going on in Chicago. We're going to stay downtown and eat none other than Bobby's favorite...Deep Dish Pizza! Yeah...we like food...A LOT! From one of Bobby's UPT peers we have a recommendation to check out Lou Malnati's for the deep dish! After dinner, we're going to be about a mile away from the Willis Tower, previously known as the Sears Tower. I think we'll need a least the mile walk.
Day #4 September 3 Destination: Cleveland, IL
Cleveland has been in the spotlight lately and not for anything good, but it is a dead split between Chicago and our next destination. The best part about Cleveland, according to my inexperienced opinion? There's a dive, Melt Bar and Grilled! They have some awesome grilled cheese masterpieces apparently including a Man vs. Food Challenge with some 5 lbs of cheese. I told Bobby about it and he's seriously considering it- he could do it!
Day #5 September 4 Destination: NIAGARA FALLS in Canada
I am probably most excited about this day than the others just because I never thought I would get to go here. Everyone says that the Canada side is better than the U.S. side, apparently they take better care of it, shocker! It's a short drive from Cleveland so we're going to get there pretty early. I'd like to do the Maid of the Mist boat ride down to the falls. Ahh and how romantic is it that the room we're staying in has a view of BOTH of the falls!? It's going to be a great night!
Day #6 September 5 Destination: Hershey, PA
Originally, I was very excited to stay here, although recently I looked up the hours of downtown Hershey and I'm not positive they are going to be open. That would be a bummer. In any case, the best rated place for Philadelphia cheesesteaks is apparently near Hershey where we are staying.
Day #7 September 6 Destination DOVER A.F.B.
Finally! After driving separately for over 2,000 miles it will be so great to be in our new home with the long drives behind us! We already have an address assigned to us on base and an appointment with the housing office at 11am! It would be absolutely fabulous if our belongings, which should already be in temporary storage in Maryland, could be delivered and unpacked that day! We could use to the weekend to get settled in; however, I'm not getting my hopes up that that's how things will work out. In any case I'm hoping that they will be delivered early the next week since the next part of our adventure happens...
Since we knew we were going to move not long after getting married, I left most of our wedding gifts packed up which means that we get to open them all over again! We get to really be newlyweds in OUR home and have matching dishes and print wedding pictures. Over 8 months into our marriage we get to start all over again in bliss!
Fifth, my dad and step-mom are coming to visit us Thursday, September 12! I love entertaining so I am very excited to use all of our new wedding gifts to entertain for them! I think everyone in our families enjoys food so it's going to be awesome. I already have a list of things to bake for them! The first weekend they are in town we're going to head up to New York specifically for the surprise I managed to get Bobby. It was mine and my dad's idea to do this, but currently, I only have 2 tickets for the event and obviously 4 would be great so we can all be together. The problem is the tickets for the event are upwards of $200 a piece aka TOO MUCH! I'm sure things will work out one way or another.
Beyond all of that excitement we have 2 more families to come visit us AND my 99 year old Great Grandma lives just over an hour away and also, my uncle lives about 2 hours away in the opposite direction.
