October 20, 2002

Like Ed, I want to be like Ed...

[Boys] 
So, yes, I am copying the great Ed of great ideas and notions. I liked his site a lot. You can follow a link to his site from mine as well as get a little flavor from the excerpts that post with his lastest exciting entries!! Dan, thank you for making it all happen. You are so special!! Hee hee hee.

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November 02, 2002

Sometimes being a girl sucks

[Boys] 
   Ok, so the older I get, the more ...ummm...womanly I become. What I really mean is I become more stereotypically female.
  It is actually quite aggravating.
  Craving chocolate is not a real problem yet, but these nonsense emotions, feh! If I've stayed up too late, poof, I'm a basketcase. At 2am, I wonder if my parents know I love them, whether I'll be fired from my job because of students' complaints, and what to wear tomorrow to accentuate whatever I'm supposed to accentuate that month.
  Accordingly, I'm in transition. Well, at least according to one of those developmental psychologists. From 25- 30, people are supposed to be searching for intimacy and getting ready to settle down.
  Riiiight. Well, I don't know if I'm fear driven or not, but I ain't down with it. I don't want to change. The good news is I still sorta understand sports and have days that deserve a beer, so the transformation is not complete. I hope I stay me.

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January 12, 2003

Having your cake and eating it too

[Boys] 
So, Winter Break is over. It was an amazing experience, sleeping in until 3pm and staying up until 4am... the luixurious languidity of it all.

I particularly liked being able to spend time with those that I love. I spent Christmas with my parents, brother, and boyfriend. It was Dan's first Christmas, so being the goof that I am, I bought him a Baby's First Christmas stocking. He was embarrassed enough. We all played cards, and Dan learned my family's version of Shang Hai Rummy. I think the kicker of the trip was when my family settled down to watch Fiddler on the Roof on Christmas Day. I think Dan expected us to go carolling or to attend midnight mass or something, but the Cox household completely dumbfounded him with our Christmas movie selection. We had actually rented Christmas movies though, you know, like The Godfather, The Exorcist, Mousehunt, and All the Pretty Horses. That was actually to test Dan's trivia knowledge since all these movies were released at Christmas time.

This was one of my best Christmases ever!

I spent New Year's with old friends at Brian's and Harper's house much to Harper's chagrin. I had a great time. I miss hanging out with the gang with no worries about our futures or money or jobs. I love my life, no doubt about it, but the Fall of 1995 and the Spring of 1996 were more carefree. I believe fun was had by all. We missed those who couldn't make it especially Brett, ok, I missed Brett being there. Tally, Paul, JD, Shayna and Geoff whereever you are Happy New Year and may God bless your lives!!

Primarily, I spent my break with Chuck Wollery, Homer, Jerry Seinfeld, Kennedy, and many famous movie stars. I vegged out on Dan's couch for weeks. He bought me One, a book by one of my favorite authors, Richard Bach.

Boyfriends beware: do not buy a book written by a man about how a man needs his independence and therefore will not allow himself to fall in love fully in order to maintain this independence for your girlfriend with too much time on her hands.

The best part though was I got to spend time with my boyfriend, not like dating time, but real time. I cooked some, we went out some, we watched movies, we worked together in his study each at their own computer (one of the best and most practical gifts I've ever been given: a work station at his house). I was really getting to know him and what he did throughout the day. Very lucky to have this time with him am I.

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February 12, 2004

Being Engaged

[Boys] 
So I have been engaged to Daniel Victor Fisher for 48 hours now, and I have stopped crying but I haven't stopped smiling.

Dan and I were going to Harris Teeter together. I had told him not to breathe on me because he was sick and should know that that is how diseases spread, told him if his clothes don't fit him he can throw them away, and told him to wash his hands before we left because I didn't want anyone else getting sick.

Yea for that lack of class and tact on my behalf.

I darted away from him into the Valentine's Day candy, looking for 3rd grade type Valentine's day cards. He started heading into the produce section. I beckoned him over because if I found anything, I wanted him to be disgusted by my choices. To no avail.

We started to walk into the produce section and he said, "I have something much better than a Valentine." He pulled the little green box out of his pocket, "Will you marry me?"

I grabbed the box from him and hugged him around the neck and concentrated on actually saying "YES," which came out more like, "yea....ssssss." I was trying to make it sound more like a yes than just shock. I think I opened the box after some encouragement from Dan. It was his Grandma Debbie's engagement ring. Needless to say, I started crying all over again. The rest of the shopping trip is a blur of tears and kisses and me trying to remember what I even was doing there. I was just staring at Dan in disbelief and hugging him.

We bought doughnuts. I put a candle in one of them when we got back to his place, and we sang an anniversary song that we made up as we went along.

I am the most fortunate woman in the world to be loved by this wonderful man. I do not think I have ever felt as much joy!

More details will be announced later when we know them. Thank you everyone for your kind comments, emails, phone calls, and hugs. This is a wonderful new adventure for us, and I am glad you are a part of it.

Mosty, I am glad Dan is and wants to be a part of my life forever.

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