well things have been much better at my new place. i have to laugh because my roommate was talking to a friend of hers and she stated that she doesn't think i eat because there is no food of mine that she can find. i haven't been grocery shopping since i moved, and all of my not perishable food is still packed. i hardly ever see her and she asked me if i even sleep. my answer was yes i try between the hours of 12am and 4am, sometimes 3am.
um, i passed all my classes last quarter. we are now 2 weeks into the 4th quarter. i still have one more quarter after this. don't ask how they got 5 to be called quarters of 10 weeks... anyway, i have this quarter plus next and then i am all done with school!!
and now i know you have all been waiting for the details of how zach proposed. perhaps i should first just state that... I AM ENGAGED!!!!
zach, lis, lis roommate, and i went to moab the weekend of the 19th. lis was running the half marathon. we went as a mini vacation to support her. tradition with this race is that the night before we (this time only lis) run the race, we go out to dinner. well, i was a bit tired and the drive down was slightly boring for me since all i do is drive nowadays. i admit i was a tiny bit cranky when we got down to moab. we quickly got camp set up and went to dinner at zaks. the wait would have been an hour and a half, but we chose to sit at the bar so we could eat and get some kind of sleep friday night.
dinner was delicious. but somehow i still wasn't feeling quite like my self. i am not sure why exactly, but i think that it had something to do with a stupid monthly friend that could have been coming for an early visit. but thats life, so i was just trying to manage.
at one point in dinner, lis & her roommate went to use the restroom. zach turned to me and said, "i see something shiny in your future..." i said, "oh yeah?" thinking that he was maybe he had my ring... then he said, "probably not this weekend." and my heart dropped. i admit i was kinda pissed off by that. it had confirmed my theory that he didn't have my ring and wasn't going to propose in moab as we had once talked about doing.
moab was freezing for some reason....at least after the sun went down. i don't recall it ever being that cold before in the previous years we have been to this same race. we decided that we wanted a campfire. well, me being the fire queen... ha ha... set to work getting a fire going the moment we got back from dinner. i felt like a complete idiot. the wood wouldn't burn. it was still rather wet inside and i was getting angry and frustrated. zach got down and was kneeling by the fire trying to be my bellows while i kept my attempts at lighting the fire. i went back and forth from the fire to my jeep to see what i had in there that would burn as well as be kindling. during this whole time i was just getting extremely frustrated and angry that i couldn't get this fire going, and it was cold, and my hands were starting to hurt a bit from trying to hold my lighter down long enough for something to maybe start burning for a second. zach continued to be my bellows. just when i was about to give up and go ask our neighbors for some of their lighter fluid or something, zach said just one word. "amber."
everything that was rushing through my head abruptly stopped at hearing my name come from his lips. i stopped and looked at him. zach was kneeling on one knee with something that looked to be a box in his hands. i couldn't believe it. i hugged his head and let out a small 'you've got to be kidding me' laugh. then let go so he could finish what he had to say.
"amber, will you marry me?"
tears came to my eyes as i could barely whisper, "of course i will.... yes. yes i will marry you."
then more tears came streaming down my face as zach pulled me tight in his arms and i realized how much i truly love this amazing, wonderful, almost perfect (ish) man.
then zach spoke again, "don't you want to put your ring on?"
i had almost forgotten that i was supposed to be getting my ring with a proposal. zach slipped it on my finger and it fit perfect. (thanks to me realizing a few months ago that we have the same ring size)
we spent the next little bit kissing, and hugging, and me crying a bit more and then we realized that lis and her roommate weren't at our campsite anymore. they had gone over to our neighbors' blazing fire to 'give us some alone time' and to get warm. at this point we all decided that it probably would be a good idea to try and go to bed. i am not sure how i actually got to sleep because i was so giddy and happy and just wanted to yell at the top of my lungs that i love zach and we are going to be married!
anyway, we all were able to get some sleep and lis did absolutely amazing on her race! i credit part to the pre-event sports massage i gave her before the race. but all of the work really came from lis. she has spent the last few months almost entirely at the gym. lis you are my hero!! i wish i could have ran the race too, but i would have slowed you down until i made you go on and just leave me to make your time. on that note....i am totally stoked that i actually got to see you come in to the finish line this time!
ok, so you all want back to zach & me now..... so here is what we know so far...
we are getting married.
we are getting married in the st. george temple.
we are getting married in the st. george temple on june 26, 2010.
we are getting married in the st. george temple on june 26, 2010 at 8:30 in the morning.
i have my dress and love it because it is perfect! i love my ring because zach listened to what i liked and the symbolism behind it....and he picked it out and i love it!
our colors are; mild evergreen, tidal basin, and quite red.
we love each other with all that can be and we are going to be married for time and all eternity!
my married name will be: Mrs. John Zacharius Smith aka Amber Jean Smith.
and that is what we know. i have to run now because i should be doing some homework.... but i wanted to post because i know you have all been waiting and waiting. sorry i have a very busy schedule right now. i really do try and make time to update everyone. okie dokie. i'll be back sometime. hopefully sooner rather than later.
