Are you joking?

Saturday night Ryan and I got engaged.

Seriously- we aren't kidding.

He took me out to dinner across the street to this fancy outdoor cafe we have been eying for months, and then to Avenue Q. Since he has been promising me the show since I agreed to move to NYC with him this did not set off any alarm bells. After Avenue Q we took the subway back up to Columbia and went for a walk around campus. There is a section of campus that has been built on an overpass over Amsterdam. It has grass and several beautiful sculptures. From that location you can see up and down Amsterdam for around 10 or so blocks in either direction. We have been up there several times in the past few months so this didn't set off any alarm bells either.

We sat down to watch the traffic and Ryan asked me if I would marry him.

After 7 years of dating I assumed he was joking. I told him that if he was joking it was the meanest joke anyone had ever played on me.

Apparently he wasn't joking because he produced a ring box containing a beautiful platinum band with a round cut diamond that he had made with the assistance of a NYC jeweler. When that still didn't satisfy me he produced an M&M bag full of "will you marry me" candies. Somewhere in there I said "yes" and we proceeded to enjoy being engaged and start trying to call our parents.

For Ryan's POV (and pictures) check out his blog at lametexpatriot.blogspot.com.

Onward and Upward.