I cannot believe that it has already been a year since we first arrived in our uhaul truck, ready to live our dream of being Chicagoens. On one hand, it’s really hard to remember what life was like before we moved here. It seems as if we have been living this lifestyle forever. But when I think back 12 months ago, and that feeling of “wow, we are actually doing this!” it seems like only yesterday. There was a moment, crossing a bridge on the way into the city that I thought “what in the world are we doing?” But the moment we stood in our apartment, surrounded by boxes and a cat who was wondering where in the world she was….I knew, looking at The Husband and the happiness on his face, we had made the right decision.
It is so nice to be so happy with our city lifestyle. I know not many people understand our love for it, but it really fits The Husband and I. While walking on the lakefront trail yesterday (yes with my Starbucks in hand because it was ooh soo cold, brrr!), I thought about how The Husband and I have seemed to come into our own in the last year. Not that we have never been ourselves until now, but there was always a missing piece, something that we continued to look and strive towards. And with moving to Chicago, it’s as if we have found it. We do so much in the city; hockey games, theatre, concerts, baseball games, shopping, trying new restaurants, blues clubs, ….well you get the picture. The Husband loves working from home, I have been lucky to find a terrific company in The Loop to work for, we still love the apartment and our neighborhood; everything really has come together.
Tonight, we are going out to a celebratory dinner at Grand Lux Cafe, because that is where we ate lunch that first day after unloading the moving truck. We will raise our glasses to our good fortune, to Chicago, and most of all…to ourselves for making it happen!!