Dreams

 

I will miss you if you go
I will miss your serenity 

 

Your words like songs in the wind
And the love you take away with you

I will miss you, my love

My most favorite song of all time: Mi Mancherai.  I was remembering the other day my summer spent in Italia.  It was one of the most beautiful times of my life.  I have this dream that one day Bobby and will move to Perugia.  That I will walk the cobble stone streets to our favorite gelataria  and bask in the warm glow of the sun over the ancient city walls.  

Just close your eyes and listen

Field School Update #2

Today was cooler.  There was a nice breeze blowing through the cypress, cooling off the last few days of heat.

The students

Everyone is getting tired and the days are long and exhausting, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.  We've found some really amazing artifacts and I am excited to be able to preserve them.  

Next week I get a mini vacation- a 5 day weekend (to make up for my 12 hour days for 10 straight days).  I'm very much looking forward to taking a very very long nap, rubbing Benadryl on all my bug bites, having a foot rub to ease the pain from my snake boots, and let my skin be clean and free of dirt and sweat. I'm also looking forward to looking like a girl again and maybe even brushing my hair and putting on makeup.

Sounds Glorious.

~On another note.  Happy Anniversary to my parents! 38 years!  

A wonderful example for Bobby and I to live by.

Engagement Announcement

I'm Engaged!

I'm engaged to the man I love.  I'm engaged to my very best friend.

I am the luckiest girl in the world! 

2005

 

 2011

So you are probably wondering about the proposal.  Well here it is!

Bobby came home late the other night from watching the basketball game at a friends house.  I lit some candles and sat waiting for him.  I was very nervous but had just spoken with my sisters who had given me lots of courage.  When he came home, I held his hand and told him how much I loved him.  How there will never be an ultimately perfect moment.  How we have this one life and we have to realize the important things.  How we are sometimes a nontraditional couple so I was going to do the most nontraditional thing. 

So I asked him if he would be my family.  If we could spend the rest of our lives together.  

 He said yes!

We cried.

We laughed.

There were no rose petals or fancy desserts.  Just us at home.  It was magical.

A new chapter in our lives will begin.  I can't wait!