Normally, when I have written an entry in this blog, it is because I need to talk/write something out that is stuck in my head or I'm wound up about. This post is different. I has been months since I last wrote, mostly because everything has been going amazingly well, and I haven't had anything to vent about. The very abbreviated synerio is that at a good friend's wedding reception, T proposed to me in a very visible, public way... and I accepted. We're getting married next June in my home town, and I will be moving there shortly before that. That also means I'll be leaving the job I have agonized over, and probably the career that has been my life since I was a freshman in high school. It's scary, but not what this post is about. This post is about my Birthday last week. Because I want to remember it forever, and it was an amazing page in the complete turnaround of my life.
I turned 36 last Thursday. It wasn't a particularly significant age, and I rarely notice my birthday in general, except the students I work with love to make a big deal out of it. I had gone to visit T the weekend before, and had a great time, and was looking forward to seeing him again the next weekend as we had made plans to be silly and go to the Ren Faire. I went to lunch with a good friend (Sushi- YUM!) and at lunch, she announced we would be getting together that evening. Ok. Why not. :) So after work, we went out for ice cream. Actually, frozen custard which is so delicious and so rich and so bad for you. As we were pulling back into my street, we passed a blue pickup with T's state's plates on them, and my heart lurched just a little because it couldn't possibly be his. Then we parked and I opened the car door and T stepped out behind the tree and gave me an enormous hug and said Happy Birthday and I just about Cried. Apparently he had been planning this for MONTHS and everyone already knew except me. It was an awesome end to an otherwise unremarkable day... and it started one of the most amazing weekends ever. Friday was a regular work day, but after work we headed out of town because we were staying with friends for the weekend and hitting the ren-faire. We didn't have plans on Saturday until about Thursday, when I found out I was approved to go visit a rescue horse only a couple hours from my friend's house... so Sat we hopped in the car, drove a couple of hours and met the horse of my dreams. Not only is he a Curly- which doesn't trigger my really bad allergies, but he's fully trained, 11, and amazing. We probably spent 3 hours at the farm hanging out with him, other horses, and the man of the farm... leaving with a firm conviction that the horse would get to come home with me and I was in love again! :) We sent in the final "we want him" email that evening. Luckily, T is ok with me having another man in my life *grin*. Sunday we were lazy bums in the morning, hit the ren-faire in the afternoon, and headed home. It was an amazing weekend, and I was on cloud nine! T is amazing and spoils me rotten... in fact, I almost wish he would spoil me less rotten, because he does so many amazing things that they get missed sometime behind the other amazing things he does! <3
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