Surviving 9th Grade

I spent all day today quarantined because I have pinkeye. It stinks! I did get quite a lot of wedding stuff done, though. Anyway, I'm hoping to go back to work tomorrow, but when I mentioned it this morning, the doctor gave me the "there's that wishful thinking again" look. Needless to say, I may spend another day in quarantine. :(

I am officially marrying the most wonderful man in the world on June 30th! We just got engaged last Thursday, but we've been out of town, and I just haven't had time to write our story properly.

So, here it is, and may I say if you talked to Josh already it's much better than his version that he found a ring on the sidewalk. :)

Well, last week was my Spring Break, and we were supposed to hang out at the beach all day. He canceled on me, though, to go pick up camping stuff from his parents. Now, I know that might seem like an obvious bluff, but we'd been talking about the possibility for ages, and I never realized that this wasn't his real reason for going home.

Anyway, earlier in the week, I had told him that I wanted him to surprise me with a dress and take me out someday, and I even sent him my measurements. On Thursday morning, he called, though, and offered to take me shopping instead since he wasn't sure how the measurements worked.

After he left school, we went shopping, and he bought this cute dress for me! I was a little suspicious at first, but he told me he just wanted to apologize to me for the previous day. He also told me that he needed to go look at a ring in Atlanta next weekend, and after I asked, he said we could even go to Six Flags! Needless to say, I was pretty excited.

After shopping, we had sandwiches at his house and went to his Ultimate Frisbee game. After the game (he played Great!), we went to this fancy restaurant called Carolina's. It was delicious! When I asked why we were going to such a fancy place, he told me that his dad told him that was a great way to get out of the doghouse. He was right!

When we finished eating, he suggested that we go to the Battery and walk around, something we often do when we're downtown. I assured him that he was definitely out of trouble, and we went and sat on the gazebo stairs. We talked and laughed, and then he said something that made me very sad:

Josh: Amber, we're not going to Six Flags next weekend.
Me: What? Why not? But, I want to go!
Josh: Amber, we don't need to go to Atlanta.
Me: What are you talking about? Sure we do.
Josh: Nope.

And then he opened his hand and in it was my beautiful ring! He moved down a step and said, "Will you marry me?" I attacked him, yelling "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" Finally, I swiped the ring so we didn't lose it, and then I jumped up and down and was so SO excited!

I am so happy, and I just can't stop smiling! We're getting married on June 30th, and I can't wait! :)