Date: May 5th 2019.
“And here we go.”-Joker, The Dark Knight. You ever watch that movie? If not, you’re REALLY missing out. That was just one of the many amazing scenes that included the Joker. And there I go again, going a little off topic. It’s somewhat fitting for this though, considering this is like my 25th blog. Jk, I just picked that number because I’ll be 25 when I marry the love of my life (yup, fun fact) 😀 but I have typed a lot for sure lol
But anyways, back to the blog before Evelyn yells at me for typing too much nonsense….she might as well get used to it 😉 ok ok, serious mode -_- Now that we talked about the behind the scenes drama, we can move onto how the day came about and what exactly happened during the day. Please go read “3000: The Pre-Proposal” before this one, if you haven’t yet of course.
Many guys may be afraid of proposing but I wasn’t too scared. What helped with the anxiety of wondering what I should do was one fact. And not to sound cocky, but that fact was that I was pretty confident Evelyn would be saying yes when I would ask her 🙂 Reason being? Because me and her were so open with each other about what we wanted for the future of our relationship. We explicitly said, on numerous occasions, how we kept seeing each other with the other years down the road…and that sometimes included kids in the conversation. *cough* YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AS IN 5+ YEARS *cough* so knowing all this helped me feel reassured
As for the ideas on how to propose to her, many were shot down by my conscious. The only thing I knew for sure was that I was going to do it early May, because school was going to be dying down so I was going to have a lot more free time (being an engineering student sucked), AND I wanted to make sure to do it before me and her both walked the stage for graduation. One other reason I was so adamant about proposing to Evelyn around this time, and not waiting anymore, is because with her as my girlfriend, people say now she’s “taken” and reference that to the present time. But, as my fiancé that perception will change to future tense. And that’s what I wanted, considering us walking the stage would bring us closer to living apart for a while (her going back to Magnolia & me staying in SA living with my brother to save money).
Anyways, after so many unsure plans and many unexpected pop ups, one being a small outside concert getting cancelled because of rain…May 5th 2019 ended up being the day I would pop the question. The plan was as follows: plan out an entire day with just me and her, and have her roommates set up a “surprise” for the both of us. This “surprise” would have me blind folded, Evelyn would guide me through a path made in the apartment made by her roommates with what I gave them, and we would be set up back to back with a bit of space in between us. She would be facing a poster I made for her filled with pictures of us, she would then be given headphones to listen to a playlist I put together for her, and finally she will be given a letter I wrote for her. As she’s listening to the music and reading the letter, I would take off my blindfold, grab the ring from one of her roommates, and get on me knee waiting for her to read “turn around.”
The day came, and considering there was some last minute changes with the Concert which was supposed to be happening on the 3rd, I put together a last minute busy day. We had our day completely booked, the day’s schedule was as follows:
- 9am: attend mass at St. Matthew’s
- At the end of the day, I was happy to have proposed on a Sunday, a day where me and her attended mass together
- 11am: Breakfast at Denny’s
- I think we ate a lot this day, might have tried their tres leches pancakes (was awesome)
- 1:30: San Antonio Botanical Gardens
- She had been wanting to go so felt right to go on this day
- 4pm: Dave & Busters
- Every couple has something they’re known to do together a lot, ours is and will always be D&B’s 🙂
- 6pm: Make quick run to H-E-B to make homemade Banana Split
- Was a last minute thing lol
Of course, I didn’t plan the day on point as above, but, more or less, that’s how it turned out. That day was the first time we went to the Botanical Gardens. It was unfortunately hot and my attire wasn’t the best for the outdoors but overall it was a nice experience. Knowing what would happen at the end of the day made the entire day progress in such a beautiful manner. Because I knew what was coming, and she had no idea.
The day brought out some frustration from Evelyn because she was getting tired and I was refusing to go to her apartment. I was stalling as long as possible to have this happen close to the end of the day. The moment the plan was put into action, she was as confused as I would hope she’d be, and I acted just as confused (Emmy worth performance). When it got to her listening to the music and reading the note, I could see she was tearing up. Just as the Thanksgiving experience, time was slower than usual, starting to make me think love just has that affect. That and the fact I may have wrote a little too much in the letter lol but that long pause with me on my knee allowed me to take in what was happening.
Nicholas+Evelyn 