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My Almost-daily Journal |
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| About I love trying out new things, especially when it comes to internet technology. I never really kept a journal, but it's something that I've always wanted to do. Now, everybody will get a chance to look inside my twisted, and somewhat-warped mind.
I've also subscribed to Audio Blog, so a few times a week, I'll leave actual voice blogs. Very cool!XML Newsfeed Previous Posts
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Friday, May 23, 2003
The Non-Disclosure Agreement and Confidentiality Agreement has been lifted! Danielle and I get engaged! It was KILLING me not to post this here! Check out the picture gallery! You can also read about this on my forums! Click here to access this topic! Can you believe that... a frumpy, star trek, computer geek like myself lands a Revlon Covergirl!? It's true! The ugly dudes DO get the hot chicks! In all seriousness, I asked Danielle to marry me last Sunday, May 18, 2003. It was quite a day! I decided that my number one objective was to catch Danielle off-guard. She's a pure detective, so I didn't want to do it on any "anticipated" activity/outing. The Sunday after Mother's Day is always Flower Day at Eastern Market, Detroit. This is a time that all the flower wholesalers get together and extend the savings to consumers. Eastern Market gets pretty packed... you can never find parking, and you're elbow-to-elbow with Detroiters looking for deals (you can get flats between $5 and $8). It's also the time that most people do all their spring planting of annuals and perennials. A few days prior, I bought a whole bunch of new garden tools, since mine were pretty beat up. I also bought Danielle some new "water resistent" gloves, since her gloves last year got muddy and wet. The eve of Flower Day, I place the ring into the ring finger of her new gloves, and left the gardening accessories in the garage overnight. Just imagine my anxiety: 1) an expensive piece of carbon and platinum was just sitting in my garage overnight, and 2) tomorrow was the big day. I could barely sleep. Unfortunately, fate had a pretty sick sense of humor that night. Danielle caught a cold/flu that had her tossing and turning all night. Head congestion, fever, coughing, sore throat... you name it. She was pretty sick, so I went out to 7-11 at 5AM to buy some medical supplies: children's cough syrup, cough drops, NyQuil, Comtrex (Sudafed), etc. I medicated her, and she was able to get a little bit of shut-eye. I was a little devastated, as the "big day" was going to turn out to be the "big flop". But, Danielle being the trooper, knew how important Flower Day was to me, so we did venture out to Detroit to get flowers. We didn't stay too long, just buying most of the staples: Begonias, Impatiens and Zinnia's (new this year for me). In the car on the way home, Danielle jokingly asked, "Baby, are you sad? Did I ruin your surprise of proposing to me at Eastern Market because I got sick?" What the heck? Is she psychic? Oh no! I casually replied, "No baby. I just had visions of us planting flowers all day today, and now you're sick. Pooooor me." "Don't worry. It's gonna be a fun day for us! I'll do as much planting as I can." Phew! A little distraction got her off the subject. She didn't even suspect. When we got home, I pulled out all the flats of flowers, and distributed them around the house. I also pulled out the gardening supplies and gloves. What are the chances that she puts on her OLD gloves? Well, that's what she did. Shit! Plan B. After planting for a while, we decided to take a break. Danielle was actually feeling pretty sick, so she went inside to get out of the sun. At that point, I swapped gloves and put the ring into her OLD gloves... When we got back outside, it just didn't feel right. Josh was outside in the driveway, and my neighbor, John was also visiting. At the LAST MINUTE, as Josh was pulling down the driveway, I nonchalantly suggested that she try on her NEW gloves (remember, the ring is now in the OLD gloves). Timing is everything. She heeded the advice and tried on the new gloves. Dammit! At this point, I just gave up. Fate wins... But wait... Perseverence overtakes fate... Danielle was actually feeling 500% better, and I started feeling like the timing was almost perfect: she was more into it, she felt healthier, Flower Day felt like Flower Day... it was time... now or never. While my neighbor, John, was talking to Danielle, I invoked Plan C: I took one of the flower identification tags out of one of the flats and cut a notch in it in the garage. I took the ring out of my pocket that I grabbed out of the OLD gloves and hung it on the tag. I then placed the tag back into the flowers. Danielle did not suspect a thing. Miraculously, John's timing was perfect. He left right when Danielle was getting ready to plant the Zinnias. There were a total of 36 Zinnias... two flats of 18 flowers each. Out of all the flowers to pick from, Danielle grabbed the one with the ring hanging from the tag, removed the plastic holder, and stuck into the ground: ring, tag and all. I almost swallowed my tongue, "Ummm... you better be a little careful with that one." Danielle thought I was referring to its fragility. She still didn't see the ring, and pulled out the tag like she normally does. Uknownst to her, there was an engagement ring hanging from the tag. Still, she did not know what was really there (she thought it was a charm that the little old lady that sold us the flowers put on the tag). Then she turned the tag around, and at the same time she noticed the diamond, she read, "Will you marry me? I love you!" I was already on both knees, as we were both planting. I turned to her, raised one knee, and asked her if she'd marry me. She said YES!!!! What a day! Plan A, Plan B, and finally Plan C paid off! The rest of the day was total delight and bliss, as we started letting our immediate family know. It was one of the happiest days I've ever experienced in my life. ...and we're still riding the wave... posted by Dino at 5:14 PM (permanent link) |