Being the geek dreamer that I am, I love to sleep in on my days off. I was doing just that one warm Friday morning, when I was awakened by my Imperial March ring tone.
"Good morning" he said, with an unusual hint of mystery in his voice.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiii..." I said. I love waking up to his call. "You on your way to work?"
"Uh...I guess you could say that?"
I yawned. "That's a weird thing to say." I heard him fumbling around with the phone. "What are you doing?"
"I'm driiiiiiiving."
"You don't sound like it."
"Well...I think you should check the front door."
I jumped out of bad and ran to the door in my sweat pants, Zeppelin t-thirt, and my bed spread draped over my shoulders. Sure enough, he was there waiting, with my favorite kinds of roses and a cup of starbucks coffee. He knows me so well.
Yes, he had left his house in Tampa at 4:15am just so he could be there when I woke up. He then asked me if I would go on an trip with him that day and gave me this:
(Click on the image if you want to see it bigger)I gathered from this note that our first stop was a garden. We have always loved the Morikami Museum and Park, so I assumed that was where we were going. On way there, we listened to a playlist he had made of some of our favorite songs, including "Do You Realize?" by The Flaming Lips, "The Story" by Brandi Carlile, "Melt with You" by Modern English, "Heroes" by David Bowie, and lots more by Arcade Fire, Damien Rice, Snow Patrol, and Paolo Nutini.
When we got to the Morikami, he took a turn unexpectedly and I realized we were going to a place I had always wanted to go to but could never make it, The American Orchid Society. All of the bolded words on the note were flowers that were in bloom. It was pretty much one of the most beautiful gardens I've ever seen.
After the garden, we went to lunch at Poppies, and walked around downtown Lake Worth for a few hours. Then we had dinner at Cheesecake Factory (sooooooo goood).
As the sun was setting he took me to the beach. There was was a rainbow over the water (not sure how he pulled that one off lol) as he lead me to the place we had our first kiss. Almost 5 years ago, I had dared him to jump in the water fully clothed. Without hesitation, he had walked right into the waves....and lost his glasses in the surf. I had felt terrible for my dare having resulted in that, but he had just walked out of the water and gave me a huge wet hug that lead to our first kiss. Now, he held me there for a few minutes and we laughed about that night. "I have one more clue for you." he said and handed me this:
I looked up with tears in my eyes and said "yes". Few yards behind me a family set off some fireworks. (the coolest coincidence ever!)
When we got to the Morikami, he took a turn unexpectedly and I realized we were going to a place I had always wanted to go to but could never make it, The American Orchid Society. All of the bolded words on the note were flowers that were in bloom. It was pretty much one of the most beautiful gardens I've ever seen.
After the garden, we went to lunch at Poppies, and walked around downtown Lake Worth for a few hours. Then we had dinner at Cheesecake Factory (sooooooo goood).
As the sun was setting he took me to the beach. There was was a rainbow over the water (not sure how he pulled that one off lol) as he lead me to the place we had our first kiss. Almost 5 years ago, I had dared him to jump in the water fully clothed. Without hesitation, he had walked right into the waves....and lost his glasses in the surf. I had felt terrible for my dare having resulted in that, but he had just walked out of the water and gave me a huge wet hug that lead to our first kiss. Now, he held me there for a few minutes and we laughed about that night. "I have one more clue for you." he said and handed me this:
I looked up with tears in my eyes and said "yes". Few yards behind me a family set off some fireworks. (the coolest coincidence ever!)
2 comments:
So romantic!
Ooooo this is beautiful!
congratulationssss!!!!!!!!!!
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