Yes that's right.
As of today I have 430 days left to live. No longer will I have the freedom of free choice. I will no longer be able to make my own choices in life. No longer will the decisions made effect only one person.
As of Tuesday April 4 I am now engaged for a life long adventure that is set to begin in June of 07. Although this is not a race it will definitely be an adventure. And just like an adventure race when there are times when you feel like you can't go on or you want to give up it is then that just finishing is its own reward and is worth it. For if all adventures were easy there would be no reward for finishing.
I have about 430 days left as a single man.
Okay if you haven't guessed already yes I am engaged/betrothed. On Tuesday I have asked the most woman in the world (to me of course) to become my wife. We are equally excited as we are nervous at this point. Needless to say neither one of us have any nails on our finger tips. I will say this has taken some time to really sink in to reality but the more it sinks the more it replaces the nervousness leaving more room for excitement. Now to make things a bit more interesting to you (the reader) she is from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. No she is not a mail order bride but one that has been ordered for me by the one above. Her brown and green eyes are like the colors of the mountains of Colorado connected with the blue sky which are the color of my eyes.
A more personal note:
Maybe it is just me but after I proposed to her she has been so much more radiant and beautiful than EVER before. It makes me think of the quote, "A women is not loved because she is beautiful rather she is beautiful because she is loved."
If there is interest I am willing to share some of the juicy details of the actual proposal.
That's all for now.
AD