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Coastline, and a ring
Jul. 1st, 2009 03:43 pmKate and I took a little trip to Bodega Head by way of Oliver's Santa Rosa, and Bodega/cemetery. It was a great time. After picking up truffle tremor cheese, crackers, way too much salad, and Irish Dubliner cheddar (boy was she surprised that I knew that one, and that I had an even better version from the same company fresh off the block that she never knew about, I like that kind of sharing), it was off to the coast. I almost forgot, we stopped for beer with Doug and Patricia, as well as some cherries along the roadside at the Sonoma/Marin county line on 101.
It was an incredible sunset. We arrived at the highest point on Bodega Head at around 8pm. We set up some beach chairs, enjoyed cheese, Martini Cab (Sonoma 06), and some BBQ chips that were bad for you but tasted oh so good. We talked, enjoyed the view, watched the sunset, froze our fingers off, then went back to the car. Along the way we did some deer spotting, and poop-dodging.
We drove over to the windward side of the head to watch the waves as the moon became brighter in the sky. After some time at the benches where we gazed at the water, and each other, we headed back to the car for our salads. She's so damn beautiful its scary.
She laughed at me a bit about the fact that I like having some light on while I eat. I like to see my food! I can't help it, I like to know if I just stabbed an artichoke or cranberries! I made some mouse-suicide jokes that had our guts hurting from laughter.... Imagine a distressed mouse running into a field at night with owls around, squeaking and running circles to draw attention to himself to end it all in a suicide-by-owl... It was really funny, you had to be there...
I spent some time outside the car after that, MK stayed in the car, she was a little freaked by the coastline, wasn't feeling safe. That's ok, I'm glad she didn't have an issue with me getting out, I wasn't quite ready to leave. After that we headed home. It was a great day.
SO, THE RING... Yes, I'm engaged. Yes I know it's fast. Yes I'm aware of pretty much everything you want to say about it, yes my eyes are open. It's just what it's supposed to be. No more settling.
We went to Inspiration Point at Presidio Park in San Francisco. It seemed the perfect spot, and it was. It really was. With the clouds racing by overhead, a sunset, and the bay in the background, I popped the question with the ring we had picked out... A simple single diamond in a white gold setting. It fits her style quite well.
Truth be told I was already sure before that time, and some people have a more complete story about how it all happened, but that's not for the public! I couldn't do anything official before I had parental consent... don'tcha know?
SO TODAY, I'm running all around southern Sonoma and Gnoss field, between looking at an e-commerce thing out of Petaluma, and maybe doing some work here at the airport. I've always wanted to be on the flight line... I love it here! Doing that part time while I also work independent contracts is viable if my contracts come quickly enough... And they just might at this rate. We'll see. I'd rather have something full time and then tack on my independent jobs for lots of extra income, but we'll see how it shakes out... Then again I remember the stability of a "9-5" job... I don't know what I'll choose in the end... It seems that most of the time that these kinds of things don't let me make the choice; it chooses me.
It was an incredible sunset. We arrived at the highest point on Bodega Head at around 8pm. We set up some beach chairs, enjoyed cheese, Martini Cab (Sonoma 06), and some BBQ chips that were bad for you but tasted oh so good. We talked, enjoyed the view, watched the sunset, froze our fingers off, then went back to the car. Along the way we did some deer spotting, and poop-dodging.
We drove over to the windward side of the head to watch the waves as the moon became brighter in the sky. After some time at the benches where we gazed at the water, and each other, we headed back to the car for our salads. She's so damn beautiful its scary.
She laughed at me a bit about the fact that I like having some light on while I eat. I like to see my food! I can't help it, I like to know if I just stabbed an artichoke or cranberries! I made some mouse-suicide jokes that had our guts hurting from laughter.... Imagine a distressed mouse running into a field at night with owls around, squeaking and running circles to draw attention to himself to end it all in a suicide-by-owl... It was really funny, you had to be there...
I spent some time outside the car after that, MK stayed in the car, she was a little freaked by the coastline, wasn't feeling safe. That's ok, I'm glad she didn't have an issue with me getting out, I wasn't quite ready to leave. After that we headed home. It was a great day.
SO, THE RING... Yes, I'm engaged. Yes I know it's fast. Yes I'm aware of pretty much everything you want to say about it, yes my eyes are open. It's just what it's supposed to be. No more settling.
We went to Inspiration Point at Presidio Park in San Francisco. It seemed the perfect spot, and it was. It really was. With the clouds racing by overhead, a sunset, and the bay in the background, I popped the question with the ring we had picked out... A simple single diamond in a white gold setting. It fits her style quite well.
Truth be told I was already sure before that time, and some people have a more complete story about how it all happened, but that's not for the public! I couldn't do anything official before I had parental consent... don'tcha know?
SO TODAY, I'm running all around southern Sonoma and Gnoss field, between looking at an e-commerce thing out of Petaluma, and maybe doing some work here at the airport. I've always wanted to be on the flight line... I love it here! Doing that part time while I also work independent contracts is viable if my contracts come quickly enough... And they just might at this rate. We'll see. I'd rather have something full time and then tack on my independent jobs for lots of extra income, but we'll see how it shakes out... Then again I remember the stability of a "9-5" job... I don't know what I'll choose in the end... It seems that most of the time that these kinds of things don't let me make the choice; it chooses me.
