Saturday, September 29, 2007

The Proposal


Okay, as you can see, we haven't exactly done everything in order. Mike officially proposed last weekend (September 22, 2007). We went to Savannah for the weekend so Mike could meet Mom and Watson. We brought Mike's Mom with us. We arrived in Savannah around 11:30 AM and had lunch off of the boardwalk. After that, we caught the Historic Savannah tour then went back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. We went to a restaurant near the City Market. Dinner was pretty funny. It started when the waiter spilled Watson's drink so we had to move to another table. Then Mom and I both ordered steaks - one medium well and one medium rare - and they both came out medium so we kept swapping steaks over the table. Mike and I ordered a fried banana cheesecake dessert, and as we were about to finish it, I noticed that he was getting all nervous. His Mom noticed too and nudged my Mom with her elbow to let her know that he was ready. He pushed his chair out and got down on one knee. He said something like this:

"I know you wanted your mom to be here when I proposed," said Mike. Then Mom cried, "Wait, don't do anything yet - I need to get my camera!" "I was going to propose on the tour, but there was never a good time," continued Mike (after a brief photo shoot). "That tour guide was mean! She did keep asking if anyone had any questions though!" Pam pointed out jokingly. "You are the most important person in my life. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?, " said Mike teary eyed. (Pam Nods head vigorously, kisses and hugs Mike) (Later I asked him if I had said yes because I had been so excited, and I wasn't sure.) "Everybody, they just got engaged!" exclaimed Mom. (Whole restaurant Claps) "We are on our honeymoon. We just got married a week ago; we highly recommend it," said a couple at adjacent table. "Let me see the ring," asks Mom. (Spills water all over the table, spilling on Mike and Pam.) (Everyone at table Laughs) (Waiter brings napkins) "Congratulations! You can spill all the drinks you guys want!" he said.

Some funny outtakes (in addition to the ones already mentioned), are that Mike was worried all week that the ring wasn't going to come in on time. It came in Friday at 2 PM when we were leaving Saturday at 6 AM. I called the Jared lady on Monday to see if his ring had come in, and she automatically assumed I wanted to know about my ring and said that it was supposed to be in on Thursday. She said his ring wouldn't be in until October 1, but it actually came in on Wednesday. I kept joking to Mike that I could propose to him at any minute! (Then he would make a sad face.) Both his mom and my mom (and Watson - I don't think he heard a word of what was going on) were there to witness his proposal. It was perfect!

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