life is progressing quite nicely these days.

just last night elisha finally got the phone call she was waiting for...she's now an IT & Science teacher at Queen Margaret School in Duncan....good wage, great working environment and only a short drive away from nanaimo. now that she has procured the job, we can start to get our lives in order.
first on the list is the purchase of a new vehicle. we've settled on the honda fit...a definite step-up from our 1996 mazda protege. if everything goes according to plan, we should be able to drive it off the lot on friday evening....trying not to get my hopes up, but i think we deserve something new.
wedding plans are nearly done...just a few kinks to iron out in terms of flight details and a few other minor things. i can't actually believe how easy it has been to arrange all of this, thanks in large part to leesh. of course, she has had the time off so i've left it in her capable hands and i know she enjoys the planning side of things anyway. it's just so hassle-free and i am thankful that we are getting married this way. i was just touching up a wedding photo for my parents and looked at all the people they had in their wedding party (and knowing my family) and can see what they must have been up against. even though there have been a few bumps in the road while trying to get everyone onboard, at the end of the day it's for us and i think that this photo which shows a lot of compromise just reinforces why the destination wedding is the way to go.

getting excited as heather only has a week left before she is out here...can't wait until she is finally here to stay (as i'm sure she is) it'll be nice to have a social circle again, even if it's more of a triangle.

good tidings

saturday july. 26th.2008 was a great day.

it was the day i finally decided to make an honest woman out of elisha. the day started off like any other....household chores, late breakfast and grocery shopping. at the back of my mind loomed the moment when i might pop the question.

as the day progressed, money came up and as usual, caused us to quarrel. we were both so upset at the lack of money we had we stopped speaking. great, i thought. how am i ever going to ask her now? the original plan was to ask her later that night at a fireworks display...cheesy, i know, but also tried and tested.

eventually tempers cooled enough and we began to discuss money and how we had to sit down and start thinking of money in terms of ours, not mine and hers. as the conversation progressed, the word unified kept coming up and suddenly a light went off in my head...when would i get an opening as good as this again?

i excused myself and went to my nightside table where the ring had been waiting patiently the last 2 days. as i put the ring in my hand and walked back towards my beloved, i felt disembodied as if i was watching my body from above. each step seemed heavy and laboured as my nerves tried to overtake my rationality. i willed my feet to move me forward as i swallowed the lump which had formed in my throat.

i finally laid eyes on her and my nervousness doubled. i willed myself onward, my brain repeating the same thing over in a rapid, machine gun-like blur...askheraskheraskheraskher until....

"I don't really know how to say this..." i pull the ring out of my pocket.

the girl whom i have loved since i was 18 began to cry and all she could manage was a high-pitched "Honey!"

i got down on one knee and asked those four little words that would begin anew our life together.

"will you marry me?"

she threw her arms around me and sobbed the word "YES!" we both were in a state of hysteria mixed with absolute elation.

finally, after so many years together on this adventure called life, we will be together always.

and i couldn't be more happy about it.