best weekend ever :)

OK. rewind 3 weeks ago. this post. why was i grinning ear to ear? cause after me and Brittany looked at rings in Jared, she went to work at 5, and i went back and said "i want what we were looking at."

fast forward to about 2 weeks ago. this post. it may have been small, but i wrote "me so happy." i talked to her dad and asked for his blessing. he said that i have it :)

last week. this post. i had picked up the ring the Saturday before. i wrote: "Friday going to Biltmore. oh yeah i gotta charge up my camera - hope to take tons of pics :) maybe the leaves will be changing by then." yeah, yeah... uh, the leaves are what I'm going to take tons of pictures of.. mmhmm... ;)

jumping back a little bit we were trying to decide to go to Biltmore Saturday the 4th or Saturday the 18th. i knew what i wanted to do - and i didn't want to wait 2 more weeks. a little over a week ago, i hear Sarah (Brittany's friend) has a party on Saturday and can't do it. "no! we have to go this weekend! Friday! i can take Friday off!" i knew i couldn't wait 2 more weeks. 3 weeks were long enough to wait - there was no way i could hold that back another two weeks!

Brittany came over Thursday, we found some food, loaded up rock band, and headed to Sarah's house. we got up like 5am and headed for Ashville, NC. the house was nice, kinda overkill - and they allowed no pictures. :( hungry, we eat at the bistro next to the winery - passing the gardens where i knew i wanted to be... after eating we did a wine tasting. they all tasted nasty. then we finally went to the gardens.

I've had the ring in the camera bag all along - the bag being so bulky nothing looked different. when we arrived at the gardens, i stuck it into my front jeans pocket. twice i thought i was going to get busted when she'd come up to hug on me, i thought she was going to ask "ouch - what's in your pocket?" but she didn't. i was thinking of a witty come back in case she did, like "something big and the hardest thing in the world - why don't you feel and see if you agree" ;) LOL no i didn't get to use that line :P

anyways after roaming through about half of the gardens, i saw my window of opportunity soon disappearing. Sarah and Schnurr were normally close by, and while i wanted them to be nearby, i didn't necessarily want them right there as i did it. i got my chance as i saw a bench about 50 or so feet away. they were looking at some flowers and i asked "hey lets go over to the bench."

on the way i tried to say the line i had been trying to rehearse since the day before, something like this: "last week when i went to see my parents, i saw something that I'm going to have a hard time getting out of my mind for a long time. i asked my parents how they would like you as a daughter in law, and the look on dad's face was all i needed to know that they approved and were happy for me." however. i don't quite remember saying all of that, nor could i hardly talk, and i don't even know if i finished the sentence. and, i don't think she quite got where i was going yet. however...

when i got down in front of her, and produced what was in my pocket... she started to almost look worried. "what - what - what are you doing? omg omg!"

"will you marry me?"

*not even a one second pause*

"YES!"

we turn around to see Sarah and Schnurr finally noticing just what was going on. Sarah took a picture i want of that moment, and Schnurr had the video camera rolling - how much he caught, i can't wait to see.

after Biltmore, we went into Black Mountain into Montreat and walked around. then we found some bar-b-que, got some gas, and headed back to ga. at the gas station, things started to really set in when sarah said "ok, i'm going to get gas, and jason, you go get your fiancee some ibuprofen" [she had a killer headache, from between being out in the sun all day and having an empty stomach before finally eating bbq late in the evening]. it was at that moment that i finally realized how glorious and wonderful of a thing i had finally done. my fiancee. how great it is to say that!

since it was 11pm getting back to Sarah's, we crashed on the couch, and found our way to Brittany's house after breakfast. we spent the day with her family on Saturday, and with mine on Sunday. church service (we went to my old church) was interesting, Terri had already told a few people the good news, i got to tell a few others. "who is this beautiful young lady?" "i would like you to meet my fiancee Brittany" :) hahaha even Brittany called me out on "you just like saying that don't you?" to which i replied "yes i do" :)

this - was the best weekend ever. EVER. currently we're looking to tie the knot somewhere around middle May to early June. Jason's life? is now perfect :)

does anybody notice my blog title, and how it's changed over the years?
06/05 "i'm normal. i really am..." (blog created)
06/07 "the sad life of jason" (melanie noticed this within a day - just the normal sad daily grind of working at the computer store and living the single life.)
11/07 "jason's life outlook is looking bright" (just after i started dating Brittany)
01/08 "jason's life is near perfect" (found she was in love with me as much as i was in love with her)
09/08 "jason's life is nearing perfect" (buying rings)
10/08 *well - look for yourself* =)