He's a Great One :)

Happy Father's Day! So many great memories and so many more to come :)

Thanks Dad!

Picture Crazy!

Downloaded pics from my iPhone yesterday, and yikes, do I have a lot of Geo! Haha These are some of my favs...

The Whole Story

We had spent close to 9 hours traveling from Boston to Playa and throughout the day we were SURROUNDED by honeymooners! haha Traveling can be frustrating and there were definitely a few tense moments between Geo and I, thank goodness for some good Fruit Ninja to ease the stress - nothing like a little friendly competition to get us back on track and smiling/laughing!

So, there we are roaming the very crowded beaches of Playa Del Carmen (it was Sunday so all the locals were enjoying their day off of work), exhausted, hot, a little grumpy. We decided to head back to the condo and just relax for the rest of the afternoon.

We get back to the condo and George suggests we go up to the roof deck to slow down and enjoy the scenery. Perfect. This will be a great way to get into vaca mode!

We're standing, looking out into the ocean, Geo standing behind me and the conversation goes like this: 

Me - "I really was hoping to surprise you with a day of fishing, but I haven't been able to get the logistics quite figured out yet."

George - "Oh really, well I have a surprise for you too."

Insert me thinking - "Oh I wonder if he got us massages!"

Then there's a slight delay, me waiting for him to tell me what he is surprising me with, finally I turn around to see what's up and there he is, ON HIS KNEE! :) I was in total shock. Total. Haha At first I thought he was joking and I tried to pull him up by his arm and then I noticed the ring. My response was something like, 

"Wait, what? really? What!? Is this real?"

We had discussed getting engaged but he had made it clear it wasn't going to happen in Mexico but would happen by the end of the summer. So I knew it was coming but I was dead set on a summer engagement and happy/excited about it. I was not prepared to be surprised at all! And boy was I surprised - I honestly can't remember the last time I was surprised like that. So amazing :) 

We decided to keep it a secret between us and our immediate family's so that we could enjoy the week in Mexico without checking and responding to emails/Facebook messages. It worked out great because we were able to completely relax and also keep this fun little secret to ourselves for a bit. 

That night we were so exhausted, we were sleeping by 8 pm! Haha No special engagement celebration or anything - just sleep and it was PERFECT. Exactly what we both needed :) I wouldn't change anything about our engagement story, the whole experience was more than I ever thought it would be. 

This is going to be a great adventure!

He asked...

and I said yes! :) 

There have been so many thoughts and emotions running through me the past few weeks but most of them centralize around gratefulness and fulfillment. Grateful for the love and true happiness we've experienced since arriving home from our vacation (getting engaged while on a tropical vacay is the way to do it!). Our loved ones mean the world to us and they've been nothing but supportive and SO excited for us! Geo's parents greeted us at the airport with flowers! :) 

Fulfilled because I feel at peace with my relationship with George. We have always had a fairly well balanced, transparent and loving relationship but I was starting to get a little anxious, my thoughts kept going to places I knew they shouldn't but I found it hard not to think, "maybe he doesn't think I'm the one for him?" or "perhaps he's not ready, will he ever be?". Geo never gave me any reason to second guess his feelings for me but maybe it's the girl in me... I needed to be reassured that he was in it for the long run and when he got down on that knee, I almost immediately felt calmer and more centered. 

It's been a few weeks since May 19th, our first day of vacation and subsequently, our first day being an engaged couple - yikes! :) I hope to get back into blogging because 1. I miss it and 2. I want to document all the amazing/big things (and even the not so big things) going on in my life right now. I love being able to look back at past blogs and read the moments in my life that I thought worthy enough to post about. 

Like this one, the beginning of my love story with Geo, http://www.lifeofaub.blogspot.com/2010/03/some-pep-in-my-step.html

And could it have been this date where I fell in love with him? :) 

http://www.lifeofaub.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-ate-his-heart.html

So happy I have these posts to look back on - thank you blog, I hope you and I become good friends again!

This is kind of cool.

Working from the comforts of my apartment, listening to music (without having to stick those obnoxious earbuds in), having no one interrupting me (besides the occasional gchat ping) and being able to focus, 100% on Social Drive (the company my biz partner and I launched 6 months ago). Feel free to check us out at www.socialdrive.us and/or www.facebook.com/socialdrive.us.

It's all pretty cool. Daunting and scary, but still pretty cool.

Speaking of "cool"... 

and for more coolness, go here: http://new.weavesilk.com/  (click and drag your mouse around, neat-o!).

Happy hump day!

I can't even imagine...

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/07/08/great-white-shark-sighting-nauset-beach-orleans-deters-few-bathers/krlEUbHZXMA9unM2AfninI/story.html?camp=fb

OY.

Working on it.

Enjoying the days spent doing laundry, grocery shopping, house fixing, cooking and Social Drive stuff.
  - working on it.
Loving your body the way it is, even though your belly isn't flat, nails are in constant need of polish and your arms have no definitely/tone to them.
  - working on it
Making sly comments to George about vacationing - he gets the point, and as soon as you choose a date/place and airfare you'll go somewhere.
  - working on it
Not taking on the stresses/problems of your family members, not trying to fix everything.
  - working on it
Stop assuming that you're always wrong, or that when shit hits the fan it's your fault - take yourself more seriously, professionally and just give yourself more credit!!
  - working on it
Get up earlier and go for a run/to the gym
  - working on it
Make more time for friends and make your own plans, don't rely on the bf so much
  - working on it

This is my "work on it" list :)  For my health and self esteem these are things I reallllly need to work on!

Things I'm happy with:
- Stubbornness levels have decreased since high school (bigggg relief to my family)
- Being okay wearing a one piece! I use to squeeze myself into a 2 piece to fit in but a couple years ago I realized how foolish that was! haha Not only do I look better in a one piece by I feel better - so much more comfortable and there are some really cute ones out there nowadays! :)
- How I handle most tense topics with George, I can't remember the last time we had a shouting match. We are pretty good at verbalizing our problems; at the end of the day we both just really want one another to be happy which makes for a great relationship :) Mostly when I'm upset or something annoys me rather than attack, I slowly approach it and/or make a joke about - both are effective.
- Making more time to read a good boook
- When I'm unhappy with my life I change it, sometimes it takes me awhile to do so but looking back at the last year I see what I've done and I'm really proud. I take chances, try new things and if it doesn't work out, at least I tried... global rescue `~ restaurant/social media consulting ~ fail but then found HFM ~ bought a car ~ took my sister and I to Italy for a week ~ got a laptop and am now attempting to start my own company (w/a partner).
- The fact that I just wrote out all these things that I like about myself. Typically I'd see this as bragging or boasting but it's not, and it's good that I'm realizing this... it's okay to give yourself a pat on the shoulder once in awhile :)