The Proposal

Chris Proposed to me on Friday April 25, 2008. It was the most thoughtful, thought out and romantic thing I think he has ever done. He is impulsive and often doesn't think things through. (I always tell him he does things the hard way cause he does things spur of the moment and does not plan or think things through.) Therefore, I was way woo'd and impressed by his efforts. I was having a very stressful anxiety filled day, as I had already been wedding planning though he had not yet officially proposed. My birthday was coming up on Monday April 28th, and I was more thinking about what if anything he was going to do for that. I got home from work and on my counter in my apartment sat 3 dozen roses. A dozen white, a dozen purple, and a dozen red. At first before I saw the envelope addressed to me, I was thinking maybe Chris had set them there for a little bit and was going to deliver them later for work or something.. or our maintenance guy Bill had put them there for reasons unknown... basically I wasn't thinking they were for me and THAT thought did not even cross my mind. It was the last thing I ever expected. I was mostly going through a list of people who had keys... ha ha. Then I saw the envelope with my full name on it. So I opened it to a long very loving and emotional letter from Chris. He explained the significance of the white, purple and red roses and how they applied to the love we have for each other. (Apparently he says he was supposed to give me the red ones later when I saw him, but he did it the hard way and had nothing to put them in so that they did not wilt.) And at the bottom of the letter he told me to meet him at memory grove park where he would be patiently waiting for me as I have waited for him for 3 years. So without a thought in my head I just jumped in the car and drove there. I was talking to my aunt Margie on the phone and I had read her the letter and was gushing to her. She had joked what if he isn't there and we laughed. Well I get there and I don't see his car or him. So I get off the phone with her and I receive this text from him that says "where are you?" So I reply "meeting you..." and he calls and says "I am on my way back to my apartment, I had to do things the hard way and I forgot something" He said he had been trying to call me for the last 20 minutes but it was saying circuits were busy. Now, he is in rush hour and he lived on the other side of the valley. He says that he will hurry and be here as soon as he can. So I call Margie back while I am waiting and we are sharing a laugh because we had just joked about him not being there and about me having to wait for him again. while I am talking to her I ask if Chris had called her that day, because he had called me and asked me for her work phone number saying that he wanted to thank her for her support when his mom was sick. But, when I asked her this she stumbled a bit and was like um no and changed the subject. So I was thinking well that was kind of odd, but, why would she lie? So Chris finally gets there and we go for a walk. The park as always was pretty packed, there were several brides getting their bridals taken. and we were just kind of wandering.. he was steering me away from everyone. so we get kind of off into the woods a bit, it was kinda of a creepy area somewhere I would think you would probably find a body. I had an idea by this point that he would propose and he was super nervous. He had pulled me away and was facing me lip quivering making small talk and laughing nervously. I just knew that this would be the moment, but I didn't want that to be the spot I always remembered him proposing as it gave me the heebie jeebies... so I was trying to get him to keep walking but he was just ready to get this over with while we were away from the inquiring eyes of the park goers. I finally managed to get him away from there and we walked up one of the paths that leads to the capital. So then I let him do his lip quivering nervous laughter small talk. So he gets on one knee and pulls out the ring, and it was so sweet and beautiful. I don't know why he was so nervous though. That made me laugh. We had already set the date and made most of the arrangements, it's not like I was gonna say "NO". But it was cute that he was soo nervous. Later I found out the reason my aunt was acting weird is because he had called her at work to ask her permission to marry me. and when I brought it up she didn't know what to say cause she didn't know I had given him the number so she said she was too deep by this point and had to lie for the cause. ( he is such a gentlemen, cannot believe I am so lucky.) And what he and forgotten and had to go home for was THE RING. ha ha. He had been looking at it the night before and didn't put it back in the box. He had gotten up that morning and grabbed the box and went on his merry way. Then later almost had a panic attack when he opened the empty box, before he remembered he must have left it on his desk at home. Always doing everything the hard way. But that is why I love him and part of what made it so special.