rain. tea. ring. happiness.

tea always goes well with rain. i love curling up in a blanket with a steaming mug of fresh tea and a good book. i have just finished doing just that. now i'm trying to work up enough energy to pull out my pattern homework and put together a dress that is due tomorrow. oh life. rain also tends to bring out the creative side of me...either that or it brings out the sleepy side. haha. i guess we shall see how the day goes.
i am engaged. i'm not even sure if anyone reads this blog but i guess i thought i would let someone out there know. he asked me on the 26th when i went to visit him in san francisco. it was night and very cold. we drove to the palace of fine arts to have tea and talk after he picked me up from the airport. little did i know he had a whole evening planned. we did have tea and as i sat there, curled up in a blanket taking in the steaming aroma, the palace before me and my boyfriend looking up at me from where he sat, i felt very content. he reached up and kissed me, both of his hands on my face. as we kissed i felt one of his knees go up so that he was on just one, my heart jumped a little. then one of his hands left my face and reached into his jacket pocket. as he pulled away from the kiss his hand was outstretched with a red box sitting in it. he simply asked... "bekah. will you marry me?". i was speechless. i told him to take it out of the box. i started crying. i told him to put it on my finger. he took off my promise ring and slipped his ring on. white gold with a single diamond in the center. i started laughing and looking around, taking in the moment, ever once in a while saying "baby. really?". then i realized i hadn't answered his question yet. the poor boy! so i took a deep breath, put my hands on either side of his face, looked him in the eye and said "yes". then we kissed. he hugged me, swung me around. i kept crying and laughing and looking from him to the ring. bliss. i will be with him forever. then we drank champange that he brought and talked about the future until we were too tired and the park sprinklers began to go off.
and that is the story. now i am happy. now i am claimed. now i am here in this little wisconsin town, a ring on my finger while he is in california. 2,000 miles apart. but i love him still. i know that we are in this situation for a reason. we both need to grow more on our own before we come together. God has a plan and i trust him with it.
so now on to pattern homework and listening to the rain hit my bedroom window.
-bekah