The subject of getting married kept coming up often! Not only
with us, but with friends and family as well. Everybody wanted to know when were
we going to get married, were we engaged yet.. etc. Everyone thought we would
have gotten engaged for Christmas, even I wondered if my gift was a ring.
Nope, I got earrings! We talked about going look at engagement rings,
because I definitely wanted to have some say so in the matter. After all, I'm
the one who will wear it!! I thought that we would go to the jewelry store and
pick out something, get ideas, and Clint would to back when the time was right
and surprise me with it.
Little did I know he had other plans!
On January 9, 2002 Clint was going to be passing by my
workplace near lunch time, so we made plans for lunch. He was about to go
offshore on a job (again). Clint met me at my office about 11:30, so I went to
lunch a half hour early. We picked Ryan's simply because it was close and easy
and quick!
In the parking lot at work, we get into my car.
I turn to my left to close my door and grab my seat belt, turn back to
the front to fasten it....
Clint's sitting in the passenger seat holding an open ring box "Will you marry
me?"
Me, "What??"
Clint, "Will you marry me!"
Me, (stammer stammer... silence... stammer....)
Me, "WHAT? where did you get that?" (the ring - I'm such a dummy)
Clint, "the jewelry store" (CLASSIC !)
Me, "Are you serious?"
Clint, "yeah.. will YOU marry me?"
Me, (stammer stammer... silence... stammer....)
Me, "I can't' believe you did that"
and I said yeah.... and hugged him... kissed him....... and said ............ I
love you...
And he was laughing his ass off at me the entire time!!!
Clint caught me totally off guard, which is what he intended
to do all along! What started out as an ordinary day, turned into a day we will
never forget.
