One Month. One Change: May

We tied the knot April 28th, so May was more or less learning the beginner ropes of being married. I didn’t want to add any new habits/projects because well, being married is that in and of itself. So my one month, one change this month is marriage!

Week 1: The honeymoon.  That was bliss. We spent our time hiking in the redwoods, camping in Monterey, touring San Francisco. The “theme” of the honeymoon was “anything our parents had previously said no to, we did”. This meant historical boat tours in San Francisco and caricatures at the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. We had dinner at Boudin’s. Desert included. We tried a different coffee shop every day to have a slow morning instead of rushing to tour some really nifty places.  We really took advantage of the time (and budget) we had. I loved it. I loved the adventure of a road trip, and the intimacy of spending a week with my best friend.

Week 2: I had wanted to use this week to move into our new place, but it wasn’t ready yet. Thankfully, the couple he rented a room from let us stay there until our place was ready. It was quite cozy. We shared a twin bed and lived out of our suitcases since there wasn’t enough room for our stuff. It was kinda insane, and a little tight but as I tell the husband, it makes for a good story. The family was really nice, and while the living situation wasn’t ideal, we made it work.

Week 3: Move in.  This week was insane.  We went from sleeping on a twin bed to a blow-up queen size mattress our pastor’s wife lent us, which is an improvement. And we’re really grateful since we haven’t gotten our real bed yet. Elsewise, It was basically nonstop unpacking. Growing up, my mom always did a great job of making sure every new duty station felt like home, and I’m very comfortable with the swift unpack. All of our stuff was unloaded within a week. Except for the stuff that we left at the mother-in-law’s place.  We decided to let that slowly trickle in to make sure we find a place for everything. Plus, we have WAY too many books, and so we need to build shelving to make sure it all fits.

Week 4: We finally started to get into a routine. Thank God! The hubby and I discovered that I turn into some kind of evil monster if I don’t have one, or if the house is too messy. So this week we focused on regulating both of those. Of course, fate has a way of being funny and this was ALSO the week my car got a flat tire, and it took us a week to fix. I kinda liked it though. We shared his car, which wasn’t great on the budget since my car gets superior gas mileage, but it gave us a lot of quality time together, and it forced us to better manage our time away from each other since we were splitting a vehicle and have very opposite schedules.

Takeaway: marriage is wonderful, yo! Wouldn’t change it for a thing.

Moriah Joy

Moriah Chace founded this site in 2018 to narrate the money journey she and her husband were on. After their divorce, she pivoted and is now tackling living well on a low income budget. She is currently the editor at Poorer than You. And she has words in Live Better, Deal Taker, and EcoFrugals. As part time barista and a full time coffee addict, she currently attends UTA for a master's in Civil Engineering and wants to change the world one high speed train at a time.

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