Tuesday, February 14, 2006
It’s Valentine’s Day! Happy, happy Valentines Day!
Since I have class tonight, Freeman and I decided to do the Valentine’s thing last night. This was an interesting choice since I was leaving the gift buying thing until last minute, so I didn’t actually have a gift to give him. I had purchased a card over the weekend, so at least I had that.
He, on the other hand, had gone shopping for me! Whoohoo! I received a beautiful bouquet of dried flowers and a heart shaped block of very good aged cheese. Here’s a picture of the cheese after I had already cut into it…
It was very yummy!
To make up for the lack of “real” present I took Freeman out for dinner last night. We went to Bad Albert’s for Chicken Fried Steak, Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Gravy and Vegetables. It was super yummy!
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone
Friday, February 10, 2006
Everlasting love…
For some reason I have that song in my head, “This will be an everlasting love…” Could it have something to do with the sun rising and shining on the city at 7:30 in the morning? Could it have something do to with the lack of rain for a few days straight? Or, could it have something to do with the yummy egg, ham and tomato crumpet I’m nibbling on? Hmmm…any one of the above plus a hundred other things have all added up to a happy me.
The Crumpet Shop has become one of my favorite places to visit on Friday’s. There is something wonderful about walking down first ave in the early morning, the light just beginning to shine on the city and seeing the lights on at the shop. It’s owned by a family, at least it’s a family that runs the place, and they are super friendly and happy in the mornings. I’ve always been greeted with a smile and the wonderful smell of freshly brewed tea and crumpets when I open the door. I walk in, breath deeply, place my order and watch as the magic happens. I leave with a fresh breakfast, fresh coffee or tea and a feeling that everything is right with the world. The shop is like a little oasis of sanity and family. A wonderful way to start a Friday.
I was walking to my office from the Crumpet Shop, my nose too stuffed up to smell the city after a few days with out rain, and stood on a street corner in awe. The new buildings going up look majestic in the rising sun. The light playing off the glass and concrete, the sky blue and yellow behind the towers, the planes crossing the sky, humanity is amazing in all of our creations. It’s pretty cool so see the city rising around you.
Of course not so happy is the fact that I was sick for most of the week and now Freeman is sick. That’s very sad. I can almost breathe out of my nose again and I haven’t sneezed since yesterday, all very good signs. But Freeman went home sick yesterday morning and stayed home today. Sad.
This weekend will be all about wedding and homework. Though perhaps not in that order. I’m heading down to my mom’s tomorrow to get some planning started. Well, the planning that hasn’t already begun in my head. Because I’ve been doing a lot of planning in my head. But reality will hit tomorrow and then, then we shall see! And I have got to get my homework done. I’ve got an assignment due, one that I have been avoiding, one that I have been using any excuse not to complete! I HATE when that happens. But I have to get it done. It’s not part of the story, it isn’t a scene or something to move the plot along, it’s the synopsis. It’s basically a 3 to 5 page document detailing the story line at a high level. Aurgh. I so don’t want to do this! But I’ve put it off for as long as I can and if I want to get credit for it, I have to complete it. Gr.
I guess it’s back to work with me!
Thursday, February 09, 2006
No Longer Wondering
I’ve always wondered where women get the ideas for the hideous fashions they force upon their bridesmaids. Fluffy shoulders, ruffles galore, big butt bows. I found the web sites that explained it all.
I was searching for ideas on dresses, trying to get an idea of what I’d like to see and what my bridesmaids will be facing during their search. These are a few of the examples I ran into:
It’s a butterfly top, and it’s backless. I’ve seen belly dancers in this outfit, but never a bridesmaid…
I think the flame patterns, ruffles and liberal use of sparkly beads is what got me on these dresses.
I really like this picture because the girls look so comfortable and relaxed. I’m thinking of asking my friends to get the purple one…
Stripes? Really?
I think the green dress might be my all time favorite. The cut out on the bottom cleverly covered by lighter see through fabric is just wonderful.
No wonder women end up in such hideous dresses!
I can’t wait to see what I end up with!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Warning
Engagement rings should come with warning labels. I imagine mine would read something like: WARNING: The proposal you are about to make will cause excessive giddiness, temporary loss of sanity, frequent outbursts of sighing and loss of sleep. When ring is added to proposal, be prepared for day dreaming, staring off into the distance and general loss of all focus on reality. Then be prepared for the freak out.
The “freak out” sneaks up on you. You don’t expect it, when all of a sudden you find yourself freaking out. I’m engaged. I’m going to get married. Freak out. I don’t know how else to describe it.
It’s not a bad freak out, this is something I really want and have wanted with Freeman for a long time. But the fact, the reality, the ring, brings the situation home in a different way. Yes I will spend the rest of my life with this person. I don’t just want to, I will. And he feels the same way. Wow.
Of course, after the proposal come all the questions. When, where, how, who. At least we have the “what” covered. It’s a wedding. As for the other questions…well…I have no clue. I don’t even know where to begin with the planning process. Truth is, I never thought about it. I don’t know that I ever really believed I would be getting married. Hoped, yes, dreamed, yes, planned? No.
Truth is I am putting all of that off, at least for a week. This week I will enjoy telling everyone, showing off the beautiful ring and soaking up the attention. I never thought it would be like this, the attention is outrageous. And I am amazed how happy people are for me. For me.
More than anything though, I feel loved. I feel lucky that I have someone in my life like my fiancé. Someone who has chosen me as much as I have chosen them. Someone I can turn to at any point, who will and has supported me, who wants me to be successful.
Damn. I wasn’t going to get sappy. I guess I should have put that in the warning label “situation will lead to sappiness.” 
Monday, January 30, 2006
It happened one Sunday
Freeman’s mom called him on Saturday. She wanted him to come down and clean her gutters. I secretly jumped for joy. Almost a whole day to myself? Whohoo!
I made plans to get laundry done, clean the apartment and work on the book. Freeman left about 10 am and I got to work. I got all the laundry done, vacuumed the living room, cleaned up the kitchen (which wasn’t that dirty because Freeman had cleaned it the night before) and finally sat down to work on the book. I’m happy to say that I was able to get an entire scene down, about 5 pages. I’ve been blocked a little bit because I haven’t been able to really come up with anything new. It was the whole pressure thing again.
Freeman got home yesterday evening and I was happy to see him. Though I really enjoy some time to myself, I don’t need more than a few hours. After that I am ready for company again. We were doing our normal thing, talking about dinner and I was picking up some change from the dresser. I went to the bathroom to put it in the monkey bank when it happened.
He asked me to marry him.
I’m not kidding.
I’m getting married people!
I’m so excited, I could hardly sleep all night. We haven’t set a date yet. We haven’t done anything yet. I’ve got some ideas, he’s got some ideas, and it’s all very exciting.
We went out to dinner after we called our mothers. We had a funny moment of silence were both of us were feeling a little freaked out. I’ve been having those moments off and on all day – but mostly I can’t stop smiling. I’m engaged!
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
