Hi guys! Guess what?! Damian proposed! We're engaged! We're so excited and can't wait to start planning, we think we'll try to pick date/place soon.

I guess he's been shopping for a ring for about 2 months now! I always have told him that I never cared about the ring...so he would tease me and try to win one out of the gumball machines. But he's kept saying that despite all the talking about it that we've done, he still wanted to do it the way he always thought he would-with a ring and by surprising me. So, everything kinda started on Tuesday morning when...he dropped me off at work cuz it's been so hot and he was wisecracking about being my chauffeur and said something like "nice door to door service for Ms. Vega." And I was like, Damian! Do you know what you just said? He had slipped and not even realized he said that. (I guess it was on his mind, because he had just picked up the ring the day before). So I teased him all day about it and we got a great laugh.

But then I started thinking about it and got all worked up, thinking, well, if he's always saying he's never been happier and we're both finally on the same page, why doesn't he just do it? If it were me, I'd do it! (He had told me I wasn't allowed to ask him because he wanted to do it)! So, I was kind of getting mad, but then remembered he wanted to spend money we didn't have on a ring, so it would take a while longer. So I was a little annoyed, but I decided in my mind to give him until next summer, when we planned to go to Europe.

So, Wednesday he had off because he had worked on Saturday and we were supposed to just grill out by ourselves and chill on the roof, drinking the wine we had just bought. So, I got home and he had flowers outside the door with a note. I was thinking, why'd he leave them out here? Did he drop 'em off and run? But the note said, drop your bag and read the card all the way through before you come in. Now, it was seriously hot and I had just walked home, so I sorta skimmed the card (all about us) and got to the end, where there was a ...implying a question to be asked. I was thinking...is this really what I think it is? I opened the door and looked to the left, which is just the way the door opens into the apartment, and I saw his gym towel draped all over the table. And I was like, this can't be it! He didn't even bother to clean up! Then I opened the door a little further and there he was, right in front of me, on his knee, holding out the ring, and he asked me to marry him!

There was no way that he could make a big production of things because after 7 years of dating and talking about it, I would figure it all out before he would be able to pull it off and then I'd probably start teasing him. So, it had to be something simple and on an ordinary day where I wouldn't expect anything. And hecompletely caught me off-guard. It was simple, but beautiful and such a surprise! He had one of "our" songs playing and my favorite flowers all around the apartment and then he told me to get dressed and he took me to a really nice restaurant I've been wanting to go to.

It was incredible!

Anyway, I hope all is well with you! I think I owe Ian $50 for a New Year's bet we had about when Damian would do this. Or was it Pat?

Take care and hope to see you all/talk to you soon!

Love,
Lisa