SURPRISE ENGAGEMENT

The far-away view

WRITTEN ON SATURDAY:  LITERALLY!  So I got off work last night, got on the treadmill, did half a set and was breathing so hard I thought I was going to keel over (I have so got to figure out a way to quit smoking) so I stopped to rest with the intention of getting back on and finishing after a few minutes.  While I was resting Snackers started asking when I was going to get dressed because there was a street fair in Henderson old-town for St. Patties day that lasts all weekend and he wanted to go check it out (there was a whiskey tasting contest last night, hence the urgency).  So ... you know me, I talked myself into calling it good after half a work-out and jumped in the shower.

When I pulled back the curtain to get out of the shower, however ... there was Snackers with a ring in his hand asking me to marry him.  It's funny because we've been talking about getting married for a couple of years now.  In fact he even had plans to propose two years ago at a family function but a little bird (named my sister) told me he was planning it and then he found out that she ruined the surprise so he decided not to go through with it and I've been waiting, wondering this whole time, if that was my one and only shot with him.  I guess he had originally planned on asking on our anniversary (which was Wednesday the 14th, just three days ago) but then cut his hand at work and then had to go back to the Dr. on Monday and was on Keflex and pain killers and just wasn't feeling it.  So last night he decided it would be fun to ambush me climbing out of the shower ... pretty damn cute actually.  Definitely something I'll never forget.

The close-up

So of course, I said YES.  Well, actually I said "Are you serious?" and then I said "As in, you're proposing?"  It wasn't that I was disappointed in how he proposed because I wasn't, I thought it was super cool actually.  But I just really wasn't sure if he was being serious or not because he was still hiding the ring so he just said "Are you going to marry me?" and I thought maybe he meant it in the "someday, if I ask will you say yes" kinda way.  So then he started to explain (and ramble because he's just like me ... we both ramble when we're nervous) that if I "said no now after all this time, blah blah blah" and I blurted "I'm just waiting for you to stop talking long enough for me to say yes".  So it's not something you'd see in a movie but it was very real and, knowing us, very fitting to our personalities.  We do everything a little quirky.

In the pics the top ring is the "promise" ring I've been wearing since I moved to Vegas just to let everyone know "I'm not single" (though I still get the occasional block head who either doesn't notice the ring or just doesn't care) and the bottom ring is the engagement ring.  I actually picked this ring out at the Renaissance fair two years ago and didn't know it but he bought it and has been holding onto it this whole time.  It's a Claddagh - an Irish wedding ring.  We've set the date for March 14, 2013, our five-year anniversary.  That way we don't have to memorize a new anniversary date.  :)




Saturday Food:
140 oz of water
1 cup of coffee w/creamer
2 slices leftover pizza (breakfast)
1 serving chicken and green beans (lunch)
1 serving beef w/broccoli (lunch)
1/2 serving veggie chow mein (lunch)
1 home made chicken sandwich (no cheese, light mayo w/evoo: dinner)
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Intake: 1455




Saturday Activity:
Walking: 2 hours around town trying to entertain ourselves and back at the street fair
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Fitocracy Points: 86





Sunday Food:
100 oz of water
2 cups of coffee w/creamer
1 cranberry muffin
1 serving corned beef (dry)
1 cup tomato salad
1 chicken sandwich (w/marinara)
1 small fry
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Intake: 1347




Sunday Activity:
Walking: 1 hour (looking at ceremony locations for the wedding
Walking: 1hr 20 min (weekly shopping)
Sprints (@ the dog park w/vladdy) x 3
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Fitocracy Points:105