Thomas proposed! Hooray! We've had the ring, date, and approval from Papa Nelson for a while now, but my ring finger was still cold and empty until Friday night. I knew that he was going to pop the question that night, so of course I couldn't think of anything else for the days leading up to it, and I could hardly sleep. I also worked twenty hours between Thursday and Friday, so when that night came I was pretty pooped. After work on Friday I rushed home, got ready, got important "what to wear on the night of your engagement" advice from my roommate, and was off on my hot date within 45 minutes. We went to a new Thai restaurant in Orem called Pad Thai Siam and shared massaman curry, basil sauce and rice, and a mango dessert. So delicious! Then we went to The Grove Theater in Pleasant Grove, where Thom's buddies' band, Argyle, was performing. I was pretty stoked when we arrived because I totally day dreamed about him proposing there a month or two ago. So we went in and listened to a few bands - all the while we were pretending like this wasn't leading up to something marvelous, even though we both knew what was coming. Argyle finally started their set somewhere around 10 o'clock and I was so dang tired by that point. Tom and I sat in chairs on the sidelines for a few songs, but then his favorite song came on, so we simply had to rush up to the very front of the crowd for it. After that they invited him up to perform a song. He played the uke and sang "You and I" by Ingrid Michaelson and it was perfect. Then he had me come up on stage, pulled a ring out of his pocket, got down on his knee and asked me to marry him. I, of course, said yes. Wonderful! Luckily he had his brother Nate and his fiance Laura hide in the crowd and take pictures and videos of the song and proposal, so once I figure out how to, I'll post a video or two.
