Change of Plans

Originally, my next post on this blog was going to be about milestones and anniversaries. See, within a short period of time this past couple of months, a lot of anniversaries rolled up, one by one: 10-year anniversary of our high school graduation, 10-year anniversary of when the majority of my college crew all met each other (we all initially became friends because we got assigned to live on the same floor of our dorm, so we made our first introductions on our first day of college), 10-year anniversary of my grandfather's passing (seriously, 2003 was a buuuusy year), umpteenth anniversary of our annual "family" vacations down to Delaware, and the 3-year anniversary of when my boyfriend and I started dating.

All of these occasions led me to be pretty introspective and think back on some significant points in my life, as you can imagine. However, something happened to throw a wrench in that blog post idea (which I may revisit eventually).

On the onset of our anniversary celebrations, while sitting on the beach sharing a glass of champagne, my boyfriend pulled out a white ring box and asked me to marry him.

In that minute, my entire world shifted in the best way possible - I am still on Cloud 82 (that's where they send the people who are just too dang giddy for Clould 9), and I just cannot believe we're planning our future together in such a permanent way. Now, I've known for years that I was going to spend my life with him by my side, but to be able to share that commitment with the world is the best feeling. I get to marry him!!! This freakin' rules!

So yeah, my planned posts are going to shift a bit. There are plenty of events and such that I still want to share with y'all, but in between those ramblings will be details about my fiancé and I putting together our wedding and all the great/awful stuff that goes along with that. But since you didn't know what I had planned, this really doesn't affect you at all! Yay you!

For the time being, though, before getting to all that writing, I'm just going to bask in the glow of being engaged to the love of my life. Because it's awesome.