| How did it happen?
On Friday (June 9), I was at work and suddenly my supervisor,
Andrew, had given me a puzzle. It was actually a sudoku with some
strange symbols. Since I actually had some work to do and I didn't know
why he gave me a puzzle, I tossed it on the side of my desk and didn't
try to solve it. I think Andrew was a little shocked, but since he knew
I was running out of time, he ended up giving me an envelope with the
number 1 on it
and the answer to the puzzle. Apparently, I was supposed to solve the
puzzle
on my own and find the answer, but had gotten pulled into
a impromptu meeting at work and was now late on my journey. Even with
the answer to the puzzle, I could barely find the
answer which was "FIND ME. ASK ANDREW". I opened up the envelope and
inside it was a clue and a gift certificate to City Sports.
For the very first stop on your route,
Go out and buy yourself a bathing suit.
At this point, I was really confused. I didn't really know what to
do since it was weird to be given
something at work that was told to go buy something for myself. I
didn't immediately pack up my stuff. I was giving Andrew a funny look
until he finally said that I should follow the clue and leave work. I
packed up my stuff and
headed to City Sports. At this point, my heart was racing and I was
really nervous and sort of scared about what was going on. While
walking to City Sports, Andrew calls me to confirm that I'm heading to
the right City Sports. When I arrived at City Sports, I headed directly
to where I saw
some bathing suits on the wall. As I was looking, someone taps me on
my shoulder
and it's Sarah Rhee! Since I was already pretty nervous, Sarah's
tapping made me jump. Sarah was there to help me
find a bathing suit and give me a stuffed animal and after I bought my
bathing suit, she would give me my next clue.
After we searched and searched for bathing suits, we finally found
one that sort of fit and actually matched and I got my next clue.
Now that you have something nice to wear,
It's time to finally go cut your hair.
Along with the clue was a gift certificate to Acote and even some money
for
tip. David had thought of everything. Sarah walked me to the T and
sent me on my way to the next stop. I got to the hair salon for my
appointment and didn't know if the hair salon knew what was going on
and would give me the next clue. As I started getting ready for my
haircut, my friend, Kristine Osterman, appeared. Kristine came with
chocolates and the next clue, but I wasn't allowed to open it
until the haircut was over. At the hair salon, I actually had a lot of
difficulty with the hair dresser cause she wouldn't let me cut it as
short as I would like. It was a real struggle and really annoying. When the haircut was
finally over, Kristine gave me the next clue.
The next stop will surely be quite fun,
What better than getting your nails done!
When I got to the nail salon, I wasn't sure if I actually
had an appointment because it's a pretty big salon and they always have
walk ins. But as I was looking at the appointment book, I saw my name
(well a version of my name... denase.. damn asians) As I was getting my
nails
done, I kept looking out the door and was wondering who would come
next to meet me. Would it finally be David? Nope, Christy Eng appeared
into the salon. Christy was very helpful at the nail salon since she's
been going quite often ever since she got engaged. I kept making
comments to Christy about how fun it will be because we could get our
nails done together now. Christy tried to keep a straight face while
asking why we would suddenly start going together. After my nails were
done, I carefully opened my next clue and opened my present which was a
set of earrings.
As if you weren't already beautiful to see,
It's time to come home to be with me!!
On my way home, I was really nervous. I didn't know whether I
should ring the doorbell, walk in like normal or knock. When I got
home, David had bought 2 dozen roses and had cleaned up the entire
apartment. He said a speech and got down on one knee and proposed.
Obviously I ended up saying yes and could barely see or put on the ring
because I had tears in my eys. After we put the ring on and we had some
champagne, I found out that we were going to a bed and breakfast in
Cape Cod for the weekend. Most of my plans for the weekend were fake!
My mom had scheduled a lunch with me (Fake). David had said one of his
friends would be visiting over the weekend (Fake). I had made plans to
meet Kristine at the gym (Fake). Unfortunately there were some real
plans that I couldn't end up going to, but I think my friends
understood.
Some funny parts to the whole engagement process:
I
had already made hair cutting plans with Sarah Rhee earlier in the
week. David happened to call her the day before our appointment to let
her in on the secret. Then, she had to somehow convince me to cancel
our appointments and we rescheduled for Friday afternoon. I hadn't told
Dave about my haircut because I wanted to surprise him, but in the end
he surprised me!
To get in touch with my parents and actually visit them to
ask for their blessing, David lied to me about what day he was getting
home from work (he's been travelling M-T). He got home a day earlier
than he told me, rented a car and drove to my parent's house and had
dinner with them. The next day was my sister's graduation, where David
and I went home and ate with my family. None of my family acted strange
AT ALL. I had no idea that David had dinner with them the night before.
Returning home from the cape:
We
came home a bit earlier than originally expected to find out that some
of our friends had planned a surprise engagement party for us.
Unfortunately we ruined the surprise by coming home early. Imaging my
shock when I was walking up the stairs to our apt and heard voices
coming out of it. We were told to leave and come back in an hour. It
was a lot of fun that our friends were able to get together this mini
party in such a short time frame and celebrate our engagement with us.
Thanks to everyone for
1. reading all this shit
2. good wishes
Special thanks for those who helped David or planned the engagement
party. I didn't realize that you were all such good liars. =b
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