Stamped....really long, but enjoy
well, im sorry I have been inactive for a few days. Last wednesday night, Brendan told me that he has been thinking lately that we needed a vacation. I told him I thought going back to NY (for summer) was going to be our vacation, and he said well ehh. I said ok well where are we going? he said he didn't know, but that we were going to head south (we are in daytona beach right now) so south is Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and the Keys. So he said let's just drive and we'll stop when we stop. I said uh ok, I was a little nervous about it because thursday night we were suppossed to get our professional pictures done on the beach too. So i asked how long i needed to pack for and he said i guess 4 or 5 days just in case. So i packed and he packed and then we watched tv and what not and i said we should go to the key west...but i was kidding. Eventually, we went to bed and woke up the next morning around 7:30 so we could get on the road at 8am.
So the next morning when we were gettin ready, we made sure everything was off and left, went to McDonalds for breakfast and then headed south. He told me on the way there that he thought about what i said the night before and i didn't know what he meant. He said about the key west thing, and i said cool how far is it. he said it was about 6 hours to get there from Daytona Beach. So we headed south, and I fell asleep for 2 hours. It was raining soooo hard when we got out of miami and into the keys. It was so hard that we almost had to pull over, but we kept going until we eventually got there. It took 7 1/2 hours to get there because of the traffic and rain.
Once we got there we went to this place called the Douglass House, it's a little Inn, but there are a lot of those around there. It's a small touristy town but its nice and cute and the water is gorgeous. Bren said he saw this online or on a commercial and that's why we were gonna go there. When we got there we saw the room and everything and i said yes and he went to pay for it. I heard the lady ask him what the reservation was under and i was wondering why there would be a reservation if he knew nothing about this and didn't even know where we were going til earlier that morning. When i asked he said no she was just asking him what his last name was again so she could make the reservation and what not. I don't know why, but I let it go and thought nothing more of it. After we check in and get our stuff to our room we walk around a little and check the place out and everything. It was crappy out but we went and got soemthing to eat and then came back and just laid around and watched tv. Then bren went out to use his phone and i asked why and he said it was nothing and then he got a phone call and ia sked who it was and he said noyone and i knew he was lying, but he said it was a surprise. I let it go again and then we went to bed and decided the next morning we were gonna rent either jet skis or a jet boat.
the next day we get up and have breakfast at dennys down the road and walked down to the harbor where the jet skis and the jet boat and we ended up signing up for the jet boat for 2 hours. we walked back down to change and came back for the boat at 11:30am. We had it for 2 hours and it was sooo much fun. When we were done we came back and went back to the hotel to rinse off because we were so salty, the keys are 30-50% more salty than all other water so it was real gross after when it was like embedded in your skin. after we were watching tv and i asked him when the surpise was for and he said tonight (friday) and i said what is it and he said dinner, and i said where and he wouldnt say but he said u sorta had to look nice, but nothing formal.(just not a wife beater and shorts) so i asked him what i shoudl wear and he said my black shirt and white shorts, and i said what about my white skirt instead and he said he liked the shorts better(this was the outfit i was planning on wearing for the pics when we were gonna have them done) and he wore the outfit i wanted him to wear for the pics before. (didnt think ne thing of it again). when we got to where we were going, it was this professional photographer down the road, that i actually went into to see his pics the day before. When we got there I knew what the surprise was and it was to get our pics done in key west on the beach instead of daytona beach. The guy came with us and told us where to go. When we got there, there was a beautiful area with rocks and sand and lots of sailboats around and rocks. There was even a couple small weddings going on too. We started taking pics and we made our own poses because he didn't lean us towards ne thing (i wouldve liked to have had a little direction bc they look a lot alike....all 200 pictured he took..and thinking about it now there is a lot we couldve done) but when we moved onto the rock area and the sunset was behind us brendan looked at me.....
he took my hands and told me he loved me and couldnt wait to be together forever and ever and i said and ever. He looked into my eyes and asked me if i wanted my next surpise and i said ok....he pulled out a box from his pocket and i knew then. He got down on his knee and asked me to marry him!!! I covered my mouth (mind u, the guy was taking pics of this throughout the whoooole thing)....i said yes after a few "oh my god's" and kissed and hugged him a lot before i even noticed the ring or ne thing. He took the other ring off and put this on and icouldnt belive this was all real. He later told me he has had this trip planned for a month and my parents knew the whole time...and its hard for my rents to keep a secret so they did very well. I called everyone that night to tell them and they were so excited because they all wanted this as bad as I did. We've been together 4 years so it's been something ive wanted it for a long time. After, we went to eat at the hard rock and then went back to the room. I couldnt stop smiling and looking at it because its perfect and exactly what i wanted. It was the most perfect, romantic and special night ever and this has been the best trip i could've ever dreamed of.