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It turns out that going to World Fantasy Con marks important milestones in my life. THIS time, I’m heading off engaged!

Last night C asked me to marry him and I said yes.

And it’s a very surreal and odd experience – the aftermath, that is. Everyone wants to know if you’ve set a date yet (we haven’t) and where you’re getting married (OMG haven’t even thought about it yet!) and the details of how he proposed. And that one’s funny. We don’t have a story (my sister says we need to manufacture one) and what actually happened actually feels really personal and intimate. Which in itself is weird – what? You mean I don’t want to talk about something that happened in my life in minute detail ? – yeah, weird.

I’ve spent the last five years deprogramming myself from the Hollywood bullshit and it turns out, that life is not a movie. There are no script writers, make up artists, costumers, producers or stage runners. There is no perfect time, no perfect sentence and no perfectly constructed set up for the important moments in life. Or rather, it turns out, that when you find the perfect person, it’s always the perfect time, the perfect sentence and the perfectly constructed setting.

I haven’t been this happy in my life for a very very long time. Every week I notice myself reclaiming aspects of myself that I long put away in deep freeze. I feel like in my life it’s spring again and the sun feels warm on my face.  C and I just fit together, like two pieces of a whole. We understand each other and we are a team. And life is good and full of laughter and geeky jokes. And love and support. I feel loved by him every single day, whether he is home or away at work. And I feel heard, and appreciated and supported. I feel valued and important. And I also love him very much. He makes me laugh. He learned to cook cause I said he had to. He is a good and loyal friend. And now, we are going to be together. For. The. Rest. Of. Our. Lives. :)



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  • By Yasminke on 22 October 2011 at 6:13 pm

    Mazl tov!

  • By AlisaK on 22 October 2011 at 6:15 pm

    Thank you!

  • By K on 22 October 2011 at 7:42 pm

    Awwwwww…. all teary now :D

  • By Sim on 22 October 2011 at 8:11 pm

    Wow!
    Congrats.
    (hasn’t 2011 been awesome?)

  • By Sean the Bookonaut on 22 October 2011 at 8:22 pm

    Yep. Brought A tear to my eye as well.

  • By Sally Beasley on 22 October 2011 at 9:27 pm

    Congratulations!

  • By Nic on 23 October 2011 at 2:55 am

    Oh…wow. Congratulations!!! I can hear how ‘right’ this is for you in the tone of your post and it makes me smile so much. :)

    So happy for you!

  • By Callisto on 23 October 2011 at 4:18 am

    OMGSQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! So very pleased for you (though not remotely surprised LOL)

  • By The Bellman on 23 October 2011 at 5:25 am

    Awesome news! Congratulations to you both.

  • By Angela Slatter on 23 October 2011 at 9:05 am

    COngratulations!! And travel safely. xxx

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:48 am

    awwww

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:48 am

    2011 has been interesting, that’s for sure.

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:48 am

    heh

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:49 am

    Thanks Sally!

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:49 am

    awww thank you. It’s funny how when it’s “right”, you just know it.

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:50 am

    Thank you! :)

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:50 am

    Thank you very much!

  • By AlisaK on 23 October 2011 at 10:50 am

    Thanks Ang! I will !

  • By Lee Battersby on 23 October 2011 at 6:59 pm

    Warmest congratulations to you both. Take the time to enjoy the planning process, and (most important) make sure you budget enough to have a superb honeymoon!

    Your last paragraph contains everything you need to keep in contact with as you grow together, and I hope it remains a happy and love-filled life for you both.

  • By Terry on 24 October 2011 at 9:39 am

    “You mean I don’t want to talk about something that happened in my life in minute detail ?”

    Bwa-ha! ;-D

  • By AlisaK on 25 October 2011 at 12:31 am

    Thanks Lee. Good advice!

    Thank you for your well wishing and thoughts.

  • By AlisaK on 25 October 2011 at 12:41 am

    had to happen some day!

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