Date week - The Proposal

Tom and I had planned out our Sunday at the garden to the minute. Both ends of our trip revolved around catching a train.  We had to take the 8:35 am train to the trail, and then we had to plan to leave in enough time to catch the train that leaves from the garden back home.  We cut it too close.  We left in just enough time to catch the train from next to the garden, but only if we had gone in the right direction.  We went in the wrong direction just long enough for us to realize we were going the wrong way and miss the train.  Oops.

Our options after that were very limited.  We could wait two hours until the next train came, or bike to the end of the path and wait two hours there.  Neither one seemed very appealing.  We were not happy.  So we opted to wait at the train station by the garden.  At least it was a nice day, and we sat around and ate some cookies and played with our phones.

Once we got home, Tom decided we should go out for dinner.  We were going to try a new sushi place by the river, but weren't able to figure out if it was open late on Sunday.  So instead we went to our regular, Oysy.  This is my favorite sushi place in the city.  Everyone is all in love with Japonais or whatever, but Oysy is consistently good and prices are wallet friendly.

We got some or our regular fair (spicy salmon, spicy tuna, spicy california), and it was good as always.  We also had a few drinks.  It was the perfect and relaxing way to end a long, busy day.  It was nice to just enjoy each other's company.  We were there for a few hours, so by the time we started to head home the sun was just starting to set.

Since it was a nice night we thought maybe we'd walk home.  As we were crossing the river on State, I noticed a park down by the side of the river.  Since it was twilight, the park was all lit up, but it was still semi-light outside.  It looked very pretty.  I took a picture, and then Tom suggested we go down and check it out. (Picture to come)

It's a ways down from the street so it's pretty quiet, and there was only one other couple off to one end of the park.  We stood at the edge near the water and just enjoyed the night.  We were talking about how nice it was, and how excited we were to move into our new apartment (only one block away), when Tom got down on one knee and pulled out my ring.

I was so excited, that I danced around in a circle and started laughing like a schoolgirl.  I was totally swooning.  The lighting was perfect to make my ring shine, as much as possible it was fantastic.  I'm swooning even as I write this.  So now it's official, and we are engaged!  The date is 6/27/09 get ready for it!

I love hearing proposal stories, tell us about yours!