I have a ten mile race this weekend. I have to keep reminding myself of that, especially as I slack off during my taper week! But the race has been eclipsed by some big news that come to me last weekend...
Abe and I are engaged!
I think Abe is the only one that reads this blog, so he might find this kind of humorous. But if anyone else reads it, hey, good news! Abe and I are engaged.
So, how'd he do it, you might be wondering? Well, it was very sweet and simple and very us. On Saturday of last weekend, we took a bike ride down to the swimming beach at
So, we biked on down. Abe was pretty quiet for the ride, but I guess now I know why! When we got to the beach, we staked out a picnic table and had some water and granola bars. (Now, I don't actually remember this word for word, so my apologies to Abe if I mis-recall something here.) Abe mentioned something about how he wanted to take bike rides together forever. We say things like this a lot, albeit usually about food, so I just agreed, and then said that we must also eat chips together forever. Then I remembered that we needed to bring chips to his sister's house that night for a campfire, so I asked what kind of chips he wanted to bring. We agreed that Sun Chips were essential, and then we thought of lime Tostitos with cheesy dip. That sounded good. Slight tangent, there. Then Abe brought us back on track, by getting down one knee, and asking me to marry him. I was completely and utterly shocked and surprised. I couldn't believe it. It was so sweet and wonderful. And of course, I said yes. :) I also apologized for ruining his speech with all my talk about chips.
He suggested that we go ring shopping that afternoon, instead of grocery shopping. Now *that's* how you know it was a big day for us, because we always go grocery shopping on Saturday afternoons. Abe did not have a ring picked out, but he had something even better. I had always said that I wanted an engagement bike, so he had a little bicycle keyring to give me instead. AWWWWWWWWWWWWW! How *cute*. I loved it. Then we biked home, cleaned up and went to the ring store. My ring is very sparkly. I'm calling it my "engagement bling" instead of my "engagement ring."
So, we're getting married. And we're so happy and excited. And I totally thought that I had this wedding planned, but now that it's real, I'm thinking of things that won't quite work. And, Abe has an opinion, too! Go figure! But we'll figure this sucker out together. It'll be fun. Does Chipotle cater?
That's why I'm not thinking about my ten mile race this Sunday. It'll be fun and fine. I might have to slow down a bit, as my knee has been a little squinky. I ran on Monday and Tuesday, and then I'll do an easy 4 tomorrow night. I wish I was doing the ten mile with someone, but oh well. Maybe I'll meet a new friend.
This time next year, I might be Sara Welle. Crazy.
posted by Lola @ 11:23 AM
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