aftermath: saturday & sunday

we celebrated with kyle & lydia by illegally drinking champagne at the state park. we joked that j. would announce his engagement at school and be immediately fired for criminal charges :)

i was basically in shock and kept laughing and holding his hand. j. was grinning and kissing my cheek and touching my ring/finger/hand. he filled me in on all the details of his recent scheming-- he thought things through so carefully and figured out how to make it all work perfectly!!

we hung out at the park for about 30 more minutes and then realized we were wicked hot and hungry so we headed back to kyle & lydia's place. j. called his parents & i called mine. everyone was excited and so so so loving!

after dinner, on the way home, we called our closest friends and other relatives. it was awesome to hear j. tell the propsal story and to see his excitement and happiness. we took a couple funny pics in the car and had a photo shoot with j's roommate carson later.

it was lovely to relax together on saturday night. we talked about the future and practiced calling each other fiance, fiancee, future wife, future husband, etc... we both agreed that it hadn't really sunk in yet that we're getting married.

sunday was more of the same: telling people, sending text messages, telling the propsal story, and showing off my ring. j. and i did homework all afternoon and he cooked dinner while i edited his final grad school paper. then we had a little time to rest and talk and revel in our engagement.

as much fun as it was to get engaged and be celebrating with friends/family, my favorite part of the process so far has been living real life together! even working on hw, doing chores and eating meals together is so much fun. j. said something about how natural it is for him to want to be with me forever & how excited he is that we're gonna be teammates for life. i agree wholeheartedly*