Well, I know you've all been waiting for this post... Ha! And I've been wanting to write it for a long time, but this week has been busy, and full many more things to blog about but I'll get to them later...One week and one day ago, on Saturday, June 7th it was sweltering hot in NYC. We were going through a heat wave and it was about 99 degrees plus the humidity... gross. I had been up and out in the city, running errands, and street contacting for a stake activity (one of the hardest things I've done, but very enlightening and rewarding). Anway, after that, I was ready for some Pinkberry(like Red Mango) and a little less heat back at the IHouse. I made it to my room and crashed into a deep sleep for almost 2 hours, which was probably a blessing for the marathon of a weekend that followed. Randi, my roommate texted me the night before with the news that she won tickets to the Top of the Rock at work for 9:30 the next night. She wanted me to go with her, and of course I did. If you don't know, the Top of the Rock is in Rockefeller Center (where the Today Show airs from every morning). In just the past few years they've created a formal observation deck on the top of one of the buildings from the 67th to 70th floors and called it "The Top of the Rock." It's a gorgeous 360 degree view of the city, including the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, and all of the rest of it. So, I woke up from my nap, jumped on the 1 train down to 59th, walked to 50th where I met up with Randi, Stephen and Vanessa at St. Patricks Cathedral. We wanted to look around but there was a massive graduation going on, so we couldn't. We made our way over to Rockefeller Center and just hung out until it was time for Randi and I to go. Looking back, there were a million clues that I should have caught onto, but I didn't. Anyway, after window shopping, people watching in the plaza, Stephen randomly disappearing for a long 20 minutes, Randi taking tons of phone calls, talking with Vanessa, and waiting until a little after 9:30, we started up.
On your way to the elevators, there is a museum talking all about John D. Rockefeller and movies to watch about the Rockettes, and the history of Rockefeller Center built during the depression, etc. Of course, I was interested in it all, read every word, and watched all of the videos, ha! Eventually we made it to the elevators and went up up up to the 67th floor where we got off and started looking around at the amazing view. It was way high, but a gorgeous view of the sparkling city. We walked outside, then up higher and back down. I wanted to go find McCann, since I was in the middle of blogging about it, and I thought a picture showing where it was from above would be neat, right? I walked over towards the Chrysler Building, reached my arm out around the glass and started snapping pictures. The next thing I know, someone's arms wrap themselves around me from behind and Jeff's voice says, "I think it's more over that way," and he pointed west. AHH! I turned right around and gave him the biggest hug and kiss, and he proposed right then and there. He slipped the ring on my finger, and I said yes! I cannot even tell you how surpised, shocked, elated, and beyond myself I was. It was a perfect proposal, very much like a fairytale, and I consider myself one of the luckiest girls alive. I could go on and on about Jeff, how perfect he is, and how good he is to me, but I'll spare you the mushiness, and let you read it for yourself. Go to his blog at jpetey.blogpsot.com, and read his version of the story. It's one of the sweetest things ever written. Then you'll see how lucky I am.
Jeff and I spend the rest of the weekend marathoning through NYC since he had to leave early Monday morning. We saw Wicked, took in Time's Square at night, ate at Tom's (the Seinfeld restaurant), walked through Central Park, took engagement pictures, went down to the water on Pier 19 at Fulton street, hit H&M, went to church at the Harlem 1st Ward, (worthy of it's own post, ha!), and just loved every second being together. The weekend flew by way too fast, and by 10 AM Monday, Jeff was back in Virginia working and I was at L'Oreal starting my new internship. Life just kept going, of course, but I love it, and being in love with someone who loves me back so perfectly, makes it incredible.
