i'm engaged!

on wednesday morning (may 23rd), joel got up really early and went to the grocery store to buy roses and blueberries. he then made me oatmeal with blueberries, and english muffin and tea (several of my favorite breakfast items). i on the other hand did not wake up early. joel, a bit perturbed that i was not working well with the plan, repeatedly called the house phone to try and wake me up. when that didnt work he had his friend and his friend's sister call my cell phone to wake me up. that to was fruitless because i turned my phone off after the first call.

so around 10 i rolled out of bed (joel had been up since 7). i decided to take a shower and shave my legs before waking joel up. what we had been doing was whomever got up first would crawl into the other's bed to wake that person up. so, joel thought that i would crawl into his bed to wake him up - but i'm difficult and decided to shake things up on wednesday morning. about 45 minutes later (after waking up) i went into joel's room to wake him up. instead of crawling into bed i decided to jum on him. when i entered his room i noticed a mound under the covers. so i touched it and realized it was a pillow and not joel.

i turned around and noticed him peeking outbehind the door of the other room. i walked up to him and saw that he was full dressed (this puzzled me since joel usually is pretty slow in the morning and i didnt think he had woken up yet). i asked him if he was playing a trick on me. he threw his hands in the air and said 'do i have to do everything for you?' he then walked into his bedroom and lifted up the covers on his bed. there on the bed was a dozen red roses and my ring in its box. i was shocked. i asked him if he was proposing and he responded 'will you marry me?' to which i replied 'of course.' it was wonderful!

afterward he led me into the other room where my breakfast was waiting. i later found out that he had been up most of the night and had been laying on the floor of the third bedroom. he was peaking under the door so that he would know when i woke up. so cute! he was so nervous. he had been carrying the ring around with him the entire time we were in washington because he was waiting for the right moment.