Journey..

A new journey is begun as of 5:45 this morning...




Well...all my sisters were in town for a CU event...it got over MUCH later Saturday night than expected, so they decided to stay the night instead of leaving late at night. We all watched a movie...and they ended up zonked on the couch by the time it was over. So Phil left without saying goodbye to them. They had to hit the road by 6:30am on Sunday.

[To preface, none of us remembered that it was time-change weekend.]

My cell wakes me up at 4:50, it's Phil asking me if they had left yet. In my groggy state I told him that they had not, and my alarm is set for 6:00am. He said he was coming over to say goodbye and send them on their way. I told him I would unlock the front door so he could come in when he gets here.

Within 10 minutes my sisters were up in my room thinking they had overslept, and I kept telling them it was ONLY 5:00am! They insisted every clock said 6am and asked if there was another clock to check...so they turned on my laptop...and at that point realized the time change. We all wandered back to bed...

I found myself waking up to the smell of coffee...curious I wandered downstairs where I found Phil in the kitchen cleaning up from the night before and making coffee. He asked why everyone wasn't up yet...and I informed him of the time change ;o) We both had a good laugh...and I hopped up on the counter and we drank coffee and chatted. Then he said, "Hold on, I have to do something.." He gets down on one knee and pulls out a wine-colored velvet box.... I had no idea what was going on...totally surprised. He begins to propose...and I tune back in when he says "...and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." His eyes are glistening with tears and he opens the box. Wow...I was completely taken back...he did such a good job. I gave him the biggest hug ever...and said yes =o) He told me how he wanted to plan something huge and romantic...but he more than anything wanted to surprise me. And he knew I would be on to him if we did something unusual since we are the more laid-back kind. So he thought, we are both morning people...we always do coffee together...and Sunday breakfast has become a tradition....what is more perfect? And having my sisters in town makes it even that much better. Then I ran into the living room to jump on all my sisters yelling "I'm engaged!"

Despite my just-rolled-out-of-bed look...my sisters screamed and gazed and took pictures and we all had a time of celebration. The first Gleason-girl is finally engaged ;o)