So I have been MIA since starting this PJ. But I am back and going to fill everyone in on the details of "us".
How we met:
Brian and I met at, of all things, a wedding. His college roommate and my college roommate were getting married. My friend whose wedding it was sneakily sat me at the table with Brian and two other single guys that I didn't know. I am pretty shy so I was worried about this. I didn't know them at all and I was far from any of the friends I did know. I decided to pull up a chair next to my girlfriends instead and never ended up sitting with Brian or his friends...later on Brian admitted that he was pretty upset about that and thought that I was not interested in him since I didn't sit there.
Anywho, we did stare at each other all night and there was obviously a mutual attraction but neither of us worked up the nerve to talk to one another. So we left the wedding and my girlfriends and I ended up at a bar in our college town. Low and behold, Brian and his buddies came walking in the door. So naturally we said "hello" and it went on from there. He ended up asking me fro my phone number after we spent the night talking. He lived in Atlanta, GA and I was still living in Statesboro, GA where our college was. But somehow it worked out. He sent me a text the day after we officially met and he received my number and we have been attached ever since.
The Proposal:
I will make this as short and sweet as possible. Brian and I had been talking about getting married for a long time. He was not in a place of his life where he felt it was right, but I was ready for at least a year before he popped the question. I know he wanted to have the right career, be successful and have no debt, all of which i understood. But at times I didn't think it would ever happen. Sometimes I thought that was an excuse. Boy was I wrong.
A few days before we were to go on vacation Brian sat me down and told me that he had been looking at rings and wanted to ask me to marry but he just couldn't afford it at this time; it would be another year or so. I knew he has been looking b/c one day he asked me to input an address in his GPS and a list of recently searched places popped up; one was for a jewelery store that specializes in engagement rings. He knew I saw it. But when he told me it would be a year or so I was a tad bit heart broken and decided that we'd keep on waiting.
We headed to Hammock Beach, in Palm Coast Florida, for vacation a few days later. On the first morning there we woke up super early, before the sunrise, and he told me to sit outside and watch the sunrise while he made coffee. He kept going inside to check on the coffee a ridiculous amount of times and I was wondering why he was acting so weird.
After the fifth time of going in to check on the coffee he came out with two cups and sat next to me. The sun came up and we were chatting. Then he started telling me so many sweet things and that I was the most wonderful person in the world.
Then, BOOM, there it was...he was down on one knee, took out a ring from his pocket and asked me to be his wife.
Of course I said "yes". And there you have it!
Without further ado, here is the ring:
Well, I will be back to post some pics of the dresses I am thinking about and some pics of me and Brian.
We are scheduled to be at Disney for our site visit on Thursday at 1pm so these next few days cannot go fast enough. I just can't believe we are getting married.
We are viewing ADH and WP as well as a few other locations to be decided...most likely the Grand Floridian Ballrooms or maybe Yacht or Beach Club.
Thanks for reading everyone!