I still remember the day that Jonathan and I got married. It was on a Wednesday in March. I was twenty years old, and scared out of my mind. Up until that moment marriage seemed like a dream. However, after I arrived reality soon came crashing down on me. The first thing I noticed was my husband in his little black church suit. I think we were both nervous, but neither one of us wanted to hurt the other one.
One the way to the Bell County Annex building I caught a major case of cold feet. I remember looking around for an exit. However, my cousin was near and I knew she would never let me run! It was scary! I saw all these couples coming out of the court room as husband and wife. They seemed so happy. Yet, there I was standing with my soon to be husband feeling down right terrified. It was finally our time to stand before the judge. I turned around and looked at my cousin, and she knew exactly what I was thinking. She mouthed something to the degree of kicking my butt if I didn't go through with it. So, I swallowed my fear and said I do.
After it was all said and done I went back to Dallas. Life is so weird. After I returned to Dallas there were men coming on to me like no tomorrow. I remember this young doctor asking me for my phone number shortly after I returned. I can laugh about it now, but I was so heartbroken then. I was like why didn't you come up to me a few days ago. I'm married now. Okay maybe I shouldn't have thought that way, but I did. I wasn't ready for marriage. The idea of marriage seemed great. However marriage is one of the hardest things a person can ever enter into. If you think that was bad, wait until you hear about my journey to our new apartment.
Once you marry a soldier things start to happen really fast. I never dreamed getting an apartment would be so easy. It was now April and Jonathan and I had been married about a month. I went to Killeen for a visit, and the conversation about living together came up. We were married after all! The first apartment we went to, was the first apartment we ended up living in. We filled out the application, and the apartment was ours in a matter of hours. I returned back to Dallas once again.
I knew the apartment was the true nail in my coffin! LOL No, I can't say that! I'm joking. After I finished closing out my accounts, and working my final two weeks on my job, Jonathan came to get me. On my ride back to Killeen I was so scared. I didn't know how to be a wife. I was terrified at the idea of being with him alone. It was now April the 18th. We had our apartment, and no furniture. We didn't have anything. So, we went down to a furniture store in Killeen and purchased a mattress, box spring, and a love seat. We were now really living as husband and wife.
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