When He Proposed.......

I wasn`t in total shock when Matthew proposed. He had decided to join the army @ the start of May. So we talked and we decided we would get married before he got to his duty statation. Which we figured was November or December. I had printed out the type of stone I wanted, emerald cut. So I knew it was going to happen in those 2 weeks before he left, I just didn`t know when. But I wan`t like on my toes the whole time or anything like that.

The day was May 16, a Friday. I wasn`t in the best of moods because of work when I talked on the phone with him. In my head I was thinking, "he is being weird". Usually he doesn`t care if I am in a bad mood, but he was trying to cheer me up & kept saying, "don`t be mad." WAY in the back of my head I thought, "I wonder if he was going to propose?". But the thought quickly left. So I got off work and headed out to the ranch. When I got there Matt asked if I wanted to go fishing, I said yes and went inside and changed. So we headed down to the lake, parked, got out & started fishing. I lost my fake worm, he said he would put it on for me. I walked over to the back of the truck & Matthew was on one knee with the tackle box sitting on the bed of the truck. I proceed to say, "why are you on your knee, those are good jeans, you are getting them dirty?!" He just ignored me & told me to get the worm out of the tackle box for him, he said it was all the way at the bottom. I still didn`t know what was going on hahaha. SO I opened it, nothing was in it, so I opened the bottom, and there was a little black box. I started crying, he asked I said yes & that's it : )

1 day : ) Afghanistan is 9 & a half hours ahead of us. So Matthew is leaving on the 9th there. His Friday right now is pretty much over, (8:38am here) it is about 6pm there right now. He should be getting here Monday, we think.