Goin' to the chapel, and we're gonna get ma-a-a-ried!

I'm engaged, you guys!  I'm going to be Mrs. The Captain!

He did a phenomenal job on my ring.  The only tips I ever gave him were that I really love yellow diamonds and that pear shape is my favorite.

He had asked me a month or so ago about rings, but the way he asked made it seem like it was just a passing thought.  I thought maybe it could happen some time this year, but I've gotten into the habit of not getting my hopes up about anything, so he completely caught me off guard.

He was really sneaky about it.  I was out running errands on my lunch break yesterday, and he decided we should go get lunch and use one of our coupons that have been piling up.  So we went to Bay Leaf, one of our new favorite places.  After lunch, he told me I should follow him to his parents' house so that we could put his grandfather's old ironing board, which is to be ours now, into my car.  I suggested we just switch vehicles, but he insisted he needed to put some wood in the back of his truck so we both needed to go.  So off we went.  When we got there, he told me to go to the front door because that's the only door his key works on.  Once he met me up there, he got his keys out to unlock the door, and conveniently dropped them on the ground.  Just as I was turning to him to make a smarty pants comment about him being clumsy, he's kneeling there with a ring asking me to marry him.  I think I just stared at him confused for about 30 seconds.  That is truly a moment I will never forget for as long as I live.  The way his voice sounded, the nervous/excited look on his face, everything.  It wasn't anything elaborate, but it was just so perfect.

He tells me he was planning to wait until my graduation.  He had just picked up the ring yesterday morning, and obviously it was burning a hole in his pocket.

I'm just thrilled.  Also, I'm completely terrified and stressed out, and I feel so rushed.  Uuuuggggghhhhhh.