Hawaii

Tomorrow we are leaving to Hawaii. The big news there is Hurricane Felicia. I called the shuttle service, and the guy did not seem too concerned about the hurricane. Hopefully it will be downgraded to a Tropical Storm once it hits land. We are just hoping that it does not rain all day every day we are there.

When we come back we are going to Catalina Island on Saturday to make wedding plans. Oh, I forgot to mention that I am engaged now. He proposed on July 16th, the 7 year anniversary of when we first met. It was very romantic. We went out to dinner, and then we went home. He tried to throw me off by us being home for a minute. And then we got in the car, and he wanted to blind fold me, but I agreed to close my eyes. We drove for a very long time up a hill, I could tell from the way his car was moving upward. He took me to the Griffith Park Observatory. We looked at the stars, walked around the building and then he introduced me to this guy.

This guy took us around a little bit more, and walked us outside towards the telescopes that were facing the sky. There were lines of people outside with the Observatory workers showing people Jupiter and the moon. We got the V.I.P. treatment, the guy told every one to get out of line. He said that there was something special happening. I had a feeling that something was going to happen.

When we first started dating and we were 3,000 miles apart he bought me a star so no matter where we were, we had the star as a symbol of our relationship. So the guy at the observatory started telling me about my star and where it was located in the sky. He let me look through the telescope to see the star which was located in the Western sky. When I turned around after looking at the star, he was on his knee with the diamond ring.

It was very sweet and nice. He was so nervous because he proposed in front of hundreds of people. His face was so red and he blurted out, "Will you marry me?"

I said of course, and the rest is history. We are engaged and planning a wedding for the future. The next year or so, we are definitely not in a hurry. On Wednesday it will be our 7 year anniversary, and the one year anniversary of his grandfather's death. We will be in Hawaii, hopefully relaxing and not trying to escape being blown away.

~ JB