SO. For Christmas I was gifted with Disneyland tickets from the Chad. I knew that was my present because he is bad at surprises and gives too many hints. It's fine. So we planned out a whole trip and went at the beginning of February. We were so excited that we were going on a trip just the two of us, plus life was reaching getting to be pretty darn stressful. It was so nice to get out of town for a while.
We woke up and left at 4:30 in the morning. We were not going to miss a second of Disneyland time. Because we are Disneyland obsessed. It's fine. When we go there the weather was amazing and there was almost no one there. It was so nice to be able to walk onto any ride with no wait. Even Indiana Jones and Star Tours had no wait. That was a first for me. It was so much fun and just what we needed. I don't think I have ever been so relaxed in my life.
Now, while we were walking around and such we were holding hands and such. Because we are a couple and that's what couples do. Who knew? So anyway, Chad was doing this thing where he was paying a lot of attention to a certain finger on a certain hand. If I didn't already know a certain thing was a about to happen I would have had a pretty good idea at this point. Yes, I knew. Chad's bad at surprises. I already said that.
We would find some of the cutest places that were secluded and romantic and I kept expecting it to happen..... but nothing. I was getting quite impatient. At around 3:00 we were exhausted. Remember waking up at 4:30? Yeah, I love sleep more than Disneyland. I guess I forgot that when I decided we would leave at 4:30. So we went back to the hotel for a nap. On the shuttle ride back I looked at Chad and just said, "Really, could you put an "H" on this. I'm getting impatient."
So we are walking back to our hotel room and I am raving on how relaxed I am and how much fun I was having and back to how relaxed I was. At that point, Chad said "I am not relaxed at all."
I knew the answer but I'm a brat and asked, "Well why not...?"
Keep in mind about right now we are in our hotel room. He answers, "I've been trying to figure out where to do this all day and I'm stressing out like crazy and -"
And I'm screaming. Like a high pitched squeal. And I throw my arms around him and keep squealing. And he keeps talking. So what I'm trying to say is I couldn't hear a word he was saying. He gets down on one knee and pulls out the most perfect ring I've ever seen. Except I didn't even see it. Because before I could think about anything or anything registered in my head, I yanked the ring out of the box and threw it on my finger. Yeah. I'm impatient.
Chad calms me down and I get a look at my ring and I start begging him to tell me what he said. And he refuses to tell me. Apparently he likes the story a lot more without me knowing. Frankly, I wish he would tell me. But whatever. He is a brat :)
Now, a lot of people have called him lame because he didn't do it inside Disneyland, namely in front of the castle. But let me explain. Chad and I talked about this a lot before it happened. He knew full well that I didn't want a big public display. I would much rather have something just between us. So I couldn't have asked for a more perfect place to do it. Say what you will, but I love Chad. I wanted the proposal to be about us, not about the display and how he did it and that everyone saw it and it was so cute. I don't like those proposals. So again, it was perfect. And I loved it.
Summary: I'm engaged. To the most amazing man I could ask for. I am so lucky to have found someone that is so good to me. I am incredibly blessed to have him in my life.
The big question everyone and their dog asks me. When's the date???
I like to think August or November 2013. But it could be later. It won't be sooner. I get A LOT A LOT A LOT of judging "why so long" questions about that. Here are a few of thousands of reasons:
-I'm young
-I am a perfectionist and it will take a while to plan
-School is a priority for me
-We move slowly and cherish every step in our relationship! This is the main thing. Those of you who get married after a three month engagement: Good for you. That's fine. I'm not one of those people. Chad and I have been dating for three years. Part of this is that we started dating in high school, but mostly, it took us a while to get engaged because we were still DATING. We built our friendship for a while. We made sure that was there before we were even dating. Then while dating we made darn sure that we wanted to be together forever. Now that we are engaged we want to BE engaged. We want to live that part in our relationship.
So it will be a while. But when it happens, it will be amazing. Promise :)
I'm done rambling! Now back to planning the wedding that won't happen until all my friends have met someone and married them!
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AHHHHHHH this makes me happy! Thank you for finally posting! :)
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