John and I met in an unusual way. We met online. My mother had badgered me into putting myself onto match.com. I put up a quick blurb about myself, but no picture. I wasn't expecting much. That next morning I went online to check my email, and there he was. He was smart enough to give me his real email adress, because I wasn't paying for the service. I emailed him right away. We talked online for about a month or so before we swapped numbers. A couple of my girlfriends had come over to go out one night, and they wanted me to call him. I was so nervous! He didn't answer the phone and I didn't leave a message. I just hung up when I got his voice mail. I shrugged it off, and figured not tonight. Within 10 minutes he called me back. I was shocked. We picked a place to meet and me and my girlfriends were off. I didn't dress up because he was comming from training at the fire department, so I wore a baggy sweatshirt and jeans. I did put makeup on though. We've been together ever since.

The engagement was sweet. I was working at the bank, and had been on the drive up all day. I was tired, and my feet hurt, but I didn't feel like sitting around the house all night. We decided to go for a walk on the beach with rosie. I had on a light pair of sneekers, and they weren't very condusive for walking on rocks, but I wore them anyways. It was a beautiful spring day. Blue sky, warm breeze, just a perfect evening. I wanted to turn back because my feet hurt, but John wanted to keep going, just for a bit. I walked right into it. It was such a beautiful day, I said I wanted to get married on a day like that, maybe in the summer, if we ever got married. He said we would someday. I asked if he promised.... and thats when he pulled out the ring and said he promised!!