Women and Dates

I guess women have this uncanny ability to remember events that happened on random dates. After writing the date 3/19/08 today I knew that I should be remembering it for a reason. This happens frequently, but it is usually a friends birthday, an anniversary with an old boyfriend, or the day of my first kiss (5/29/98...I can't believe that was 10 years ago!). Thanks to my friend Stacy for posting that today is her three-year anniversary, I remembered what is special about this day. Three years ago Skyler proposed to me! It was the most shocking day of my life. In memory of that special day I thought I would recount what happened:

Skyler and I had broken up. I was miserable but getting better as the week went on because Skyler had dropped hints of a possible reconciliation. Mike Chapman asked me to go to lunch on Saturday afternoon. We arrived at Miguel's in Corona and I had no idea what was going to happen.

After ordering our food Mike stepped away from the table to go use the restroom but really he was getting the video camera from Skyler. A minute or two later Skyler walks around the corner, playing his guitar and singing. He serenaded me with "I Want to Grow Old with You," the song from The Wedding Singer (my favorite movie of all time!).

I was completely shocked. It didn't even cross my mind what was happening. He finished singing, dropped to one knee, and held out a box. I didn't even know what to do. He pulled out the most beautiful wedding ring I had ever seen and then he asked me to marry him. I said yes, of course. It is funny to watch the video because I thought when I got proposed to I would be crying or jumping up and down in excitement, but instead I had no emotion. I was in shock! I could not get any emotions out. Even after everything settled down, Mike was about to leave and I was thinking, wait, if he leaves, how will I get home? I hadn't really processed the whole situation yet.

This was the day that Skyler's life and Elise's life became Skyler & Elise's life.