Who's Engaged???

This past Thursday, May 27^th, Andy proposed to me. I was in complete shock. One might say that after six and a half years I should have been expecting it, but I honestly had no idea it was coming, or at least not on this past Thursday evening. Since we were going camping this past weekend I took off Thursday and Friday for the fun of it. On Wednesday night Andy told me he had a surprise for me on Thursday and I had to be ready at 5pm. I assumed dinner reservations somewhere or he was taking me to see Sex and the City 2 since he knows I really want to go see that movie. We spent the day on Thursday shopping for all the things we needed to go camping. This took us four hours and by the end of shopping Andy was pretty short with me. I was getting annoyed with him for this, but assumed it was because of the long day of shopping, but later I found out it was because of his nerves. I had no idea what he had planned at 5pm until we pulled into the parking lot of The Melting Pot. Now, for those of you that know us you might say “It’s about time he took you there.” The background to The Melting Pot is that he told me six years ago that he would take me there one night since I had never been there and I love fondue. Over the years I have given him a hard time for never taking me and breaking promises, etc. It basically turned into a joke between us. So, when we pulled into the parking lot of The Melting Pot I really thought he was finally following through after six years. It was funny, but I was also pretty excited that he took me there. Then we got seated in a private table with a curtain that blocked us off from everyone else. It was nice and romantic. Following the two and a half hour dinner we proceeded home and Andy was talking about how he had about another hour of work to do when we get home. So I figured I would pack and watch the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy when we got home. By the time Andy got in the house I was in full packing mode. I guess he was kind of thrown off by that and figured he would wait on the couch for me to finish packing. Fifteen minutes later I had my camping bag packed and now I was on a mission to watch the season finale of Grey’s before Andy got done with work. At this point he figured I was in a mode and he would just let me be and continued to park it on the couch. I guess he was thinking “What the hell, you are ruining my plan.” So he thought about waiting until the morning to propose, but decided against that. Once Grey’s was over he told me my surprise night wasn’t over and handed me a card. I was wondering why he didn’t just give me this card at the restaurant…mmmmm. It was a very sweet card that said exactly how he was feeling. I told him thanks for the very sweet card. Then he proceeded to talk as he pulled a box from his pocket. This is where things get kind of blurry for me. I was in complete shock that I don’t even know what he said. Once I saw him pull a box from his pocket my memory goes blank. Of course I said yes and now we are engaged. You think I wouldn’t have been as shocked as I was, but trust me, I was completely shocked. I wish I could remember what he said to me, but that’s ok. I do remember though that Andy was really nervous when he got down on one knee. I was surprised at how nervous he was. He said that he was worried I wouldn’t like the ring he picked out. Of course I love the ring and it means a lot to me that he picked it out and put effort into it. This explains is cranky and odd behavior throughout the day.

Now, we will be planning a wedding and of course I will blog about the wedding planning journey as stressful as it will probably be.