The Gidget Times

 

Ok, now for the engagement story I promised. Plus, this blog is a diary of sorts, so I’d like to write down this story before time passes and I forget the details.

Jer and I took a trip out to Texas to visit friends and we happened to leave on our 3rd “anniversary”. Jer suggested we stop at a restaurant in Tucson, AZ on our way out to have dinner and celebrate. I was up for that, it sounded exotic (as exotic as Tuscon can get).  He did some research and found this little Italian place called Trattoria Pina with great reviews on Yelp and asked me what I thought. I heartily agreed.

We made reservations at 7:30pm, but had to push it forward to 8:30pm as the drive from San Diego took longer than we thought. We were very disheveled due to our 7 hour drive, and looked a fright so we pulled into a dark corner by the restaurant and changed into some nice clothes and smoothed our hair. NOT an easy task for me mind you.

I’m surprised I didn’t notice the box in Jer’s pocket as we walked into the restaurant, he managed to conceal it pretty well. The host showed us out onto their red brick back patio which was perfect. We were the only ones seated outside and the candlelit table was already set for us with a white and red checked tablecloth. Very Italian. There was a wrought iron fence surrounding us with vines wrapped around it and right next to our table a pretty tree with little white lights strung throughout. The night air was warm, and with the piped in soft music, it couldn’t have been more romantic.

We ordered wine and started talking about life and our years together, and then Jer began acting a little nervous which gave me a clue as to what he was about to do as he’s usually very eloquent. Next thing I knew he was down on one knee with a ring, asking me to marry him. Of course I said yes and according to Jer I said “a million times yes”. I’m proud to say I didn’t cry, although my eyes did tear up, but no rollers. It just so happened that the song that was playing while he proposed was about “wedding bells”. He couldn’t have planned it better.

The rest of dinner was magic. We ordered way too much food, it was all amazing, the service was impeccable and I couldn’t stop looking at the ring. We haven’t set a definite date yet, but we’re thinking September next year. Hopefully around our 4th anniversary and then we’ll have to start counting at 1 again. I am so happy and incredibly thankful I have Jer in my life. He’s such an amazing person and I’m looking forward to marrying him.

Thanks to all the well wishers. Love you all!

Filed under: News on October 5th, 2009