| Guess what??
I’M ENGAGED! To Scott
Lee! (It's kind of old news now, so sue
me. No, don’t sue me. I need money for the wedding.)
Answers to your FAQ:
Did you know he was
going to propose?
Yes. I have this
uncanny ability to predict surprises, such as surprise scare attacks around
dark corners, or surprise marriage proposals.
It’s called my surprise radar, and I hate it. It is my gift, it is my curse. So a few weeks ago, Scott asked me to hang
out on Friday, November 23rd, and he was very insistent on hanging out alone the whoooole
day. I said, “Okay, let’s be antisocial.” However, whilst pondering possible things to
do that day, my surprise radar went off with a “WAH! WAH! WAH!” and a sudden
thought came to my mind, “What if
he’s going to propose to me on Friday?!”
A flutter of joy and happiness caused my already soaring heart to jump
like baby rabbits in the spring time...and I will end this silly prose right now. A few things here and there caused me to jump
to that conclusion as well, but I still wasn’t convinced until the day of, when
I realized he had concocted a master plan for the day.
What was his master
plan for Friday, November 23, 2007?
Here’s how it went down.
I already knew that we’d be having breakfast together, going to some
place like the Huntington Library or the aquarium, going to the beach, and then
having dinner together. We did all those
things except for the library and aquarium, over which I was initially very
disappointed when he told me the day before that we wouldn’t be doing those
things. But good thing he had better
plans in mind. We had already planned to eat bagels at the Tree Park,
which is this really small and kinda dumb park within walking distance from my
house, but it’s special because we always go there after going
on a run or a walk together. We started
walking down the street when he pulled out a small envelope with a card in it. The card said Clue 1 and had
a message and a clue on it, and at that point I thought, he wouldn’t plan
this whole scavenger hunt thing if he wasn’t going to propose. And no, we don’t usually go on scavenger
hunts when we hang out. So to make a
long story shorter, Clue 1 led to Clue 2, which led to Clue 3, all the way up
to Clue 13, and that’s how it all happened. (By the way, each card was in a small envelope, which looked strangely like those envelopes you get for free from the market when you buy flowers. My theory is that he stole them from Alberstons. I'm marrying a thief!)
You didn’t finish the
story.
Oh yes. Where was
I? Yes, so all these clue cards had been
hidden around different places near my house (i.e. tree park, bookstore,
market, etc.) We followed the clues (hidden in places such in the freezer in the ice cream section, in the bushes near Panda Express, under a table at Barnes), and
ended up doing all the simple things that we enjoy doing together, like taking
walks, running errands, using free entrée coupons, and hanging out in the
children’s books section (but we don’t stalk children…only…books.). We took videos throughout the entire
scavenger hunt, and there’s one part when we were in the market, and I was
looking for cumin in the spice rack. You
can hear Scott say, “She has absolutely no clue…no clue!” And in my mind I was thinking, suckah! I totally know what’s going on. But of course I wasn’t going to say that, so
I said, “No clue where the cumin is!”
Smooth, huh. By about 3:00, I
found clue 10, which pointed us to Corona del Mar. By 4:30, we were doing one our most favorite
things—sitting on the beach, watching the sunset. How romantic, I KNOW. I thought maybe he would propose then, but the
sun set and it was getting pretty dark and cold, and I was still waiting for
the proposal. Finally, he busted out a
bag of tea lights (small candles) and said we were going to play a game. A game, I thought? But you’re supposed to propose to me.
What game? You can read more about what the game was in
Scott’s version, b/c I’m getting tired of telling this story.
Anyways, it involved trying to light candles
for about 20 minutes with no success, until finally he pulled out some weird
pink stuff, which ended up being fondue gel, which he used to light the beach
on fire. We actually took a video the
candle-lighting ceremony, which we recently watched, and twice I yelled out,
“Ahh! The beach is on fire!” Anyways, it looked way cooler than what the
pictures show, b/c the candles spelled out “134 LOVS 112”...in FIRE. Secret code numbers from high school days. Anyways, after that, he got down on one
knee and asked me to marry him. Gasp! What did you say?? I said, You betcha! No, I said yes, and then he put the ring on my
finger, stopped, and then asked, “Wait, did you answer my question?” Someone get the boy a hearing aid! So I said yes the second time, and now we are
going to get married! The second best
part was that Scott planned to have a buncha friends and my family surprise us
back at my house after dinner…except my surprise radar went off for that one
too, but it’s all good b/c I’M GOING TO MARRY SCOTT LEE!
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Man, uploading pics takes a long time...so...enjoy these few.
Checkin out my clues...
 I'm warming my toes over a tea light b/c it was so dang cold!
 Moments before the proposal...I'm laughing b/c it says "LOVs" instead of "LOVE" (he ran out of gel)
Scott already posted the factual pics, so I'll post the cool ones. 
We're engaged! Hi-yah!
THE END.
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