So, I know some people have heard rumors that I am engaged, and I would like to confirm that the rumors are true. I am engaged to person by the name of Michael, he's wonderful and brilliant, and we're getting maaarried! (Lauren, that last sentence is for you). Some of you might be wondering who Mike is, since I have never posted about him on my blog or given any indication that we are dating on Facebook, that's just how I roll. I'm all about the element of surprise. Mike is so wonderful, and I feel so fortunate to have found such an amazing person to share my life with, and having reached my limit of mushy talk, I will now move on to something more exciting, the engagement story!
A snowstorm hit Seattle on Monday the 22nd of November and pretty much shut down the greater Seattle area. I live at the top of a treacherous hill that is impossible to drive up or down when it snows. Mike had driven me home from work before the hill had gotten too bad, but not long after I got home accidents started happening on the hill. Cars would try to go up the hill and as soon as they got to the steepest part, they would slide back down and crash into cars that had already been abandoned on their way down. Mike and I even went out on Monday night and watched some of the accidents, it was like watching a demolition derby for free. I included a few shots of the pictures I took on Tuesday morning, I counted 34 cars on the hill that had been crashed and abandoned.
So Mike was pretty much stuck at my house on Monday night. We were in the downstairs of my house, all cozy by the fireplace and all of the sudden he asked if I wanted to go for a drive. I, of course, told him he was crazy because we had just watched about 20 cars crash on my hill about two hours before then. He told me we would be fine because his car has four wheel drive. To his credit, he had been up and down another hill that leads to my house a couple of times earlier that night and his car had handled it like a champ. He finally convinced trade my warm house for the icy, snowy outdoors. We didn't try going down the really steep hill, instead we went up a different road. We weren't having any trouble until we came to another hill that had a gradual slope. We started going down, lost traction and slid into the guardrail.
We got out of the car to survey the damage and all of the sudden he got down on one knee and proposed. I had no idea it was coming. He had picked out the ring all by himself and taken my parents to lunch that afternoon to ask my dad for permission, so sneaky. I, of course, said yes. After the initial shock wore off we realized we were still stuck. So Mike decided to try to keep going down the hill. We drove about 5 feet before we lost traction again and started sliding down the hill. This time we were gaining some momentum, and the car started fish tailing and then spinning. We eventually ended up hitting another car that was abandoned on the side of the road which spun us around and we slammed into the side of another abandoned car. We were able to drive out a little ways into the road and then some guys gave a us a push from behind and we were able to make back to the top of the hill. We parked the car at the top and walked back to my house.
We didn’t get hurt so now it’s a funny engagement story except Mike’s car has definitely seen better days!
