He asked. I said yes.

Robert asked me to marry him! Of course I said yes. We were in Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta and he got down on one knee and asked if I would marry him. The answer wasn't even in question.

What's crazy is a newscaster happened to walk by RIGHT then, and caught the moment on camera. How awesome is that? It was a truly candid moment and we'll have that forever. 

The Balloon Fiesta was beautiful, but after he proposed I was so excited I mostly forgot about the balloons. The ring that he proposed with was beautiful as well: 6 white diamonds on white gold. It is at the jewelers now getting resized. 

After the Fiesta we went out to celebrate with his family at Tim's Place, a restaurant in Albuquerque that was started by a man with Down's Syndrome where every customer gets a hug. We were joined by his parents and his sister and her fiance. 

I am happy that I am going to be spending the rest of my life with him. He's such an amazing guy and I'm happy to call him my fiance! 

New Mexico Trip

Robert got us tickets for New Mexico! We'll be there October 8-12, which is during the Balloon Fiesta. I'm very much looking forward to that! Robert has told me all about it, and it's the largest hot air balloon festival in the world. Think of how pretty that will be with all of those balloons lifting off into the air. You have to get up early in the morning to go and see it. Like they lift off at 4-5am I believe, because that's when the air is the coolest and the balloons can get that hot air from the burner to rise.

This is what's known as the 'mass ascent', or 'mass ascension':

We'll be staying with Robert's parents, who are super nice and accommodating. They always have coffee ready in the mornings and like to visit and play board games. I'm a board game boy, so that is fun for me. It'll be nice to visit with them, and it'll save on hotel and car costs. We won't have to get either of those, so this will be a less expensive vacation than it would be somewhere else.

It's nice to have a vacation to look forward to. We haven't been on one since last year, so I'm itching to go on one. Plus right now I don't have many commitments other than work, so it's perfect timing. I still can't believe that I'm not in school right now; I've been in school since Kindergarten and without that hanging over my head I feel like a free man! :p