| So, I obviously wanted to plan something special for the proposal. Simple, but special. Let me start by saying this, Sarah is extremely hard to surprise. I mean she is like a female Sherlock Holmes and knows immediately when something is amiss. Not only that, she prides herself on her detective abilities so its like a fun game for her to thwart my plans. I wanted the proposal to be thoughtful and intimate. Sarah is not fond of big crowds in situations like that. It didn't take me long to figure out what I wanted to do. She loves the mountains for their beauty and tranqility, and she loves family. So, I put those two together and figured I could disguise it by saying the trip was for our 9-year anniversary. Clearly, that was way too obvious of a choice for me to surprise Detective Sarah-Lock Holmes. That's why I chose it because she would totally overthink it. Also, because it was cool timing. Lets just say trying to keep this a secret was a task! I coordinated times/plans with both of our parents and of course she ends up wanting to get there early. So, I make up some story about the maids at the cabin not being finished yet so our parents have time to get there and I take her to this cool apple orchard to stall her as long as I can. We finally get to the cabin and she sees a car (definitely one of our parents) and again I have to say its the maids. At this point I knew Detective Sarah knew something was up. My plan was to have her walk in first to be completely surprised by our parents and then the proposal, and she says to me, "I want you to go in first". Really!? Always trying to thwart my plans! So, I open the door and she walks in. Our parents file out of the back room, she starts crying because she knows for sure now, and Im standing there smiling when I realize "Oh yeh, its my turn now". I dropped on one knee and asked her to marry me ,hands shaking harder than they ever have in my life because I was so nervous and excited, and she said yes! I'll never forget that moment, and I'll never forget that, one time, just once, "Professor Wesley Moriarty" actually got the best of "Detective Sarah-Lock Holmes" and surprised her. Mwahahahaha! |