Confession #27: He stole my heart, so I'm stealing his last name :-)

It's official: I'm engaged. It's been a week since Eric purposed to me at the Texas Renaissance Festival during the 1001 Dreams weekend, and I cannot begin to describe how excited I am! It was a day I'll never forget:

It was me, Eric, his parents, my parents, and 3 of my good friends. We had gotten up early that morning to drive to Ren Fest, and when we got there we walked around for a while just enjoying all the sights and sounds. Then, we came around to an area where there are some little outdoor chapels where wedding ceremonies are held. I remember there was a beautiful blue stone cross hanging up in the front of the chapel, and Eric and I walked to the front to look at it. I turned around and saw everyone sitting in the pews, and wondered what was going on. Then, I turned back to Eric and saw him smiling at me as he got down on one knee. My eyes went wide at the surprise; I had had some suspicions that he might purpose at Ren Fest because he had seemed really excited about going. Now I knew why. As Eric professed his love for me in front of our parents and my friends, I knew without a doubt that he was the one I was meant to be with, and I could only nod yes and grin like an idiot when he asked if I would marry him.

We've already decided on June 1 to be the date. And although there is still a lot of things to be done and lots of planning to do, I am so unbelievably excited to know that soon I'll be married to the love of my life and my soul mate. I've decided to make it a Fairy Tale theme wedding. We've already bought a few things, like tablecloths, but we still need to figure out how we're going to do the invitations; either get store bought ones or make our own. And I need to find someone who can take our engagement and wedding photos, and someone to make the cake. We're having the ceremony and the reception at my church, Woodridge, and we've managed to get Mr. Poland, the Minister of Music, to lead the ceremony. As for my bridesmaids? Well, I'm planning on having my three best friends from Michigan come and be bridesmaids, and then find two more plus my maid of honor, but I don't know if my friends from Michigan will be able to make it down here, because they all work and I don't know if they'll be able to get enough time off from work to be able to come down here for a week. I'm going to have to make sure I've got back-up bridesmaids, just in case someone can't make it.

As for the rest of my life? Well, the semester is almost over, hard to believe, but I'm glad; this has been a tough semester, and I'm in need of a break. But, I have some good news. This semester my dance teacher Ms. Llanes told us in Dance Performance that everyone who is in levels 3 and 4 were required as part of their grade to choreograph a solo for themselves and that it would be in the student showcase in November. I can safely say that I did manage to choreograph a solo for myself and I will be making my dance debut on November 9. I'm excited but I'm also very nervous; what if I forget the choreography or freeze up on stage once I see all those people out in the audience? I've never danced by myself in front of people so I'm not sure how I'm going to feel about this.

Anyway, I suppose that's enough for this post, and besides, I should probably get to bed since it's 12 in the morning now. Until next time, dear readers. Ciao! :-)