You Had Me At Hello

For those of you who started reading hoping that I would tell our engagement story, I'm not going to. I will tell of the events leading up to it. The rest is for Molly to tell.

Here's the deal: in order to pull off a surprise this big, I had to involve a lot of people and they had to stay very quiet about it. So first of all, big props to anyone who knew and kept it a secret.

My trip from Utah to California began at 3:20 a.m. (MST) when I arose and prepared to drive to the airport. Upon arrival I checked in and got to my gate. Once on the plane we were made aware that the plane needed to be de-iced which would take "only a few minutes folks." It ended up taking an hour. I was totally patient through that little bump in the road and I made it to my connecting flight with about 30 seconds left. I was the last one on the plane before they closed the plane door.

This second flight was a trip. Pun intended. I won't give you all of the details, but suffice it to say I sat on a plane for 9 hours without getting off. It was a tough time and we had three de-icing stages and once they had to refuel the plane.

Fear not my friends, for the Lord is God. He listened to the prayers of my family and friends. I found a friend on the flight who upgraded my ticket to first class after a few hours of waiting on the plane. So for the last four hours I was in first class and on the flight home I got a meal (only one of the entire day) and a drink (second of the day).

Well I know I haven't gone into great detail but it's because I'm supposed to be at Molly's and I'm excited to see her again.

I hope you all enjoyed the sparsely decorated story. Ask me in person and I'll build it up for you.