Monday evening...

So for all interested here's the story. Its not very elaborate or anything so don't get your hopes up. Anyway, here goes...

So I had Jo meet me at the christian study center where we and a lot of our friends hang out a lot. She often meets me there after she gets off work, so this helped the surprise factor, plus its a place that was already pretty significant in our relationship, and it seemed like a good way to involve the community around us as we move forward.

Anyway, I gave the barista a CD with the song "Stand By Me" on it, and instructions to play it when Jo sat down with me. So when Jo sat down with me, the song came on, and I leaned in real close and told her some things about how I felt about her that I can't bring myself to repeat to anyone else, then said I had a question for her, got down on one knee, pulled out the ring, and asked her to marry me. She said yes! Then I gave her a kiss and everybody clapped and lots of our friends were there to congratulate us and stuff and I could barely speak. Then we went to dinner and made lots of phone calls to tell people the good news.

Woohoo!!! I'm ridiculously happy about it, and I really am grateful for all of your congratulations and kind words. It means a lot to me.