Saturday, December 13, 2008

News

On December 12, 2008 at approximately 2:15pm, The Guy proposed. To me.

I was not expecting anything. We had gone for waffles at Denny's for lunch as we usually do when we have a day off together. I paid (as he said later, It was her turn!) and we went for a walk outside around the local lake. It was the last nice day before the horrible weather was supposed to hit, so it was nice to get outside while we could.

We walked for quite awhile before returning to the frozen marina to sit on a bench and watch the world go by. After some time, The Guy reached into his pocket. I assumed to get his car keys. But no, he pulled out a wooden jewelry box.

I still didn't clue in. I thought "That bugger. He already bought me a Christmas gift. If he got me something else, I will kill him." I thought he'd gotten me a necklace or earrings. But no.

He told me he bought me something and opened the box. A beautiful ring lay there sparkling in light. I burst into tears. All I could say was "Holy crap! Holy crap!" while I processing the whole thing. Then it dawned on me.

"I'm wearing a Rider toque!!"

But I finally figured out what was going on and what I needed to say. I believe my exact words were "Yeah, okay." but considering how hard it was to get my brain to work, I'm not surprised.

So, yeah, I'm engaged. To get married. Wild.

16 comments:

  1. Oh, goody. It is in the public domain. I'm going to tell EVERYBODY (actually they all read your blog anyhow so who's left to tell?)

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  2. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Congratulations!!!!! Lemme see it!!
    Lemme see it !!!!

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  3. Wooopsie....I guess now would be a good time to take back the joke (I swear, it was a JOKE!!!) I made yesterday when I said it wasn't too late to replace the guy with someone on Match.com.

    He has totally redeemed himself, and thus I approve of your impending nuptials.

    CONGRATU-FREAKING-LATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. WOOOOT!!! Honey, I am so thrilled for you!!! Can't wait to see the ring... and the Guy, for that matter! lol. *sigh* Long-distance friendships...

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  5. Oh, HAPPY HAPPY!

    That's WONDERFUL!

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  6. Take a picture of the ring, please! And post it here!

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  7. Hooray! Congratulations!

    I agree with QWP...show us the ring!

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  8. CONGRATULATIONS! OMG! ZOW! YEEEHAW!!! (SO COOL!!!!)

    Yay!!!!!!

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  9. When I saw that you had an announcement to make, the first thing that popped into my head was that you were engaged. But I said, "No, Jen, there are other things in the world, and it is incredibly annoying to have people think that the only worthwhile announcements in the world are boyfriend/engaged/baby announcements." So I stopped myself. But I am SO HAPPY that my first instinct was right!

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  10. The Rider toque is appropriate. You're marrying my brother after all. I think he's planning to wear one to the ceremony actually. All of us are. You do know you have to name your first born after George Reed or Ron Lancaster, right?

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  11. That is so great!!! A great big huge congratulations to you both!

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  12. Congratu-freaking-lations!!!!! I haven't been online all weekend, so I'm late to the party. But HOORAY!! So happy for y'all.

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  13. Congratulations!

    (Oh and the diamondlust is thick in the comments, better post the goods.)

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  14. Wow, I'm away from blogs for a few days, and look what I miss!

    Congratulations, Bronwyn - I'm super happy for you.

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