THE BIG NEWS

Okay okay for those of you in the know, I just wanted to be sure that I called everyone who would be mad at me if they first heard about this on my blog. But I guess I can't delay this post any longer so here it is...I got engaged on Friday! Yes, that's right, I am now going to be on the other side of the whole wedding thing. Now here's the story of the proposal.

Gary was sick all last week. I thought he was just under the weather. In fact, he was nervous and anxious and upset about all of the lies and deception over trips to the jewelry store and making all sorts of schemes behind my back. He had this big plan to take me down to Laguna Beach to this beautiful old Inn where we stayed a couple of years ago. One night we spent hanging out in the hotel bar for hours and were entertained by a very ecclectic and charming bartender named Jerry. He was one of those characters that you can't ever forget. Especially after he gave us some of those toy paratroopers and told us to throw them off the roof and to make a wish. If the wind was right, they were supposed to be carried to the ocean and your wish would come true. We threw ours off the roof and they just plummetted to the parking lot below. But you get the point. So anyway, Gary tracked down Jerry and made reservations at the same hotel for my birthday. He even had his art department working on some sort of puzzle that Jerry was supposed to have me work on which would lead up to the big moment. The plan was all in motion and then I stepped in with "I want to have a bowling party for my birthday." Of course I thought we were just celebrating my 29th birthday, I didn't know about the rest of it. So poor Gary had to cancel all of the plans he had made.

Instead, here's what happened. The bowling party was arranged as planned at PINZ in Studio City to begin at 8pm. Gary and I left our house around 5 to go grab an early dinner. I had suggested Niko Niko, our usual sushi restaurant. But then I figured that Gary had a plan for my bday and I should just shut up and go along with it. So I did. I didn't know where we were going but once we hit the Magic Castle I had a pretty good idea...we were going to Yamashiro, a Japanese restaurant up in the hills with the most amazing views of all of L.A. This was also the site of our first kiss...aww. I still had no clue what was about to happen though. Gary said that we were early for our reservation so we should take a walk through the garden and check out the view. So we did. And then the conversation got serious. A lot of the specifics are a blur but it ended with Gary down on one knee and asking me to marry him. I had to sit down on his knee and then proceeded to cry and rub snot all over his shirt. Sometime during all of this, he pulled out the most beautiful ring I have ever seen and slipped it right onto my finger. This just led to more blubbering and more snot. Obviously I said yes and we went inside and ate dinner and stared at the ring. And here it is...




More to come soon...