The Ring! Part II (Finally)

Whoa, you know that phrase, "they'd be late to their own funeral."? Yeah, well, I think I'd be.

Sorry for the long wait.

So, where was I...? Oh, yes, we found the journal! Amazing. After that we decided to get dressed and head into the small little town (or village rather) of Capitola to see if we might find me something appropriate for dinner. I had something that worked already, but it never hurts to look for another dress. Well, we didn't find one. But! we did end up in margaritaville where we had some delicious tequila, and I finally got to put something in my belly (chips! yum). Leaving slightly tipsy, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for dinner.

Jeremiah planned for us to walk to the restaurant. Later I found out that he was thinking about asking me to marry him before dinner on the walk over, but decided that after would be better. To get to the restaurant you have to walk over these really old train trestles, high above a river (?) that leads out to the ocean.

The trestles

Admittedly, sort of a scary walk when your in shoes that feel like they're going to slip off. It was fun though, and the view from up there is great.

We arrived at the restaurant, Shadowbrook, where you have ride a funicular down to the dining area. (well, you don't have to. There is a long pathway through some very pretty gardens that leads to the dining area as well, but this way is much more fun)

The Funicular at Shadowbrook

The place is really cute. It had a certain type of charm to it that I know Jeremiah knew I would love. As soon as we sat down Jeremiah informs me that we have to hurry because there's something he wants to show me at dusk. Ok! Speed eating commence! The food was good, I wish we could have slowed it down a bit more to enjoy it. We grab the bill, pay the check and rush out... only to find out that the sun isn't going down yet. So we grab a coffee and wait. And the sun, is still not going down yet. So we walk around, and find a bench near the water to sit on and watch the ducks and fish. And, the sun is still not down yet! About an hour has passed and that darn sunset hasn't come. Finally, starts to come down and dusk settles in. I ask Jeremiah what we're waiting for, since I'm getting kind of cold and it's nearly passed dusk into night. He tells me to wait, I can see he's sort of anxious and that whatever it is he wants to show me is really important so I don't complain. After all, I did drag him to the boardwalk earlier and he was an awesome sport about it. So we wait, and wait, and wait. Finally he tells me that we were waiting for the bats to come out. I guess they used to come and hang out by the trestles and eat all of the bugs. I smile, that would've been really cool. I tell him that it's ok, I've been surprised enough by all of the things he did already, and that bats or no- it's was a perfect day. He then proceeds to get down on one knee (in the dirt, and of course my reaction is to pull him up so he doesn't get his pants dirty) and says that if I was surprised already, then I'd really be surprised now. It's then that he tells me that he wants to spend the rest of his life with me, and asks if I will be his wife. He slips the ring on my finger, and I can barely muster a yes because I'm so overwhelmed. He sort of looks at me panic stricken, and asks, "so is that yes?". And I say, YES!! YES!! of course, yes!

See that little bench, next to the bridge? That's our bench!

So I'm sure you're wondering about the ring. Well, it was a genuine, vintage - tin ring from a cracker jacks box. It's the ring I've always wanted. I'm a romantic, and my favorite movie in the world is Breakfast at Tiffany's. I identify with Holly so much, and I've always wanted to find my Paul. The one that would love me through all my craziness, the one the would play with me, the one who would adventure with me, and most of all the one who would make the mean reds go away and calm me down when I need it most. Not to mention the one who would call me out on my shit ;) . Well, I found him. And I knew I found him a while ago, I was just waiting for him to ask. Waiting to know that he really wanted me too. I'm glad he did, and I'm glad he asked me with a cracker jack ring. Also, this meant that I could help look for the perfect ring, and I found it.

But that will come in Ring Part III. Which I hope wont take nearly as long for me to do as this last part has. ;)