  my oh my,  it's been awhile since i've blogged! nbsp;  quite a bit has happened since then tho. for those of you who've been living under a rock and don't know,  ANDREW AND I ARE ENGAGED !
nbsp;  yes,  it's crazy,  yes it's true,  and no, nbsp;
i couldn't be any more happy and excited : nbsp;  it happened on july 21,  2004 and he proposed to me at the legislature,  completely to my surprise. nbsp;
 i'm glad it worked out the way that it did tho cuz i think that the engagement is ten times more exciting when you don't plan it out to the last little detail. nbsp;  the next couple hours after the actual event were filled with " OMIGOD!  " ARE YOU SERIOUS?
 " YA RIGHT!  " SHADDUP,  FOR REAL?  and "
AAAAAH! it was great! nbsp;  haha it's fantastic to know that all of my friends are just as excited about it as i am. nbsp;  we haven't gotten many details worked out yet,
 but we know that the wedding won't be until at least 2006,  most likely in august,  and it will be held in etown. nbsp;  more news to come later!  andrew and i have just been chillin and hanging out for the past couple weeks,
 doing " regular"  couple- y things,  just cuz we can. nbsp;
 if i had a nickel for everytime i heard how difficult long distance relationships were,  i'd be able to quit this god awful job and buy the damn company! nbsp;  however,  i think our situation just goes to show that no matter how hard things get,  love will prevail in the end.
nbsp;  yes,  that quite possibly could have been the cheesiest thing that has ever come out of my mouth ( and trust me,  i spit out a lot of cheese)  but at the same time,
 one of the truest. nbsp;  our relationship is anything but conventional,  but i think that because of the distance,  we've actually gotten closer to eachother in the past year than most couples& nbsp;
do in a lifetime. nbsp;  since we're forced to talk to eachother everyday in order to sustain the relationship,  we've been able to learn a lot of things about eachother in a short period of time. i couldn't be more grateful for the invention of the internet and the telephone :  anyway,
 enough of that mush,  back to the real world and your regularly scheduled programming. nbsp;  i played in my first poker tournament last night and surprisingly made a couple dollars before getting booted out,  but i quite enjoyed the experience. nbsp;
 i'm hoping to be able to organize a girly poker night where we can sit around,  smoke cigars and scratch our balls. nbsp;  aaaaaah. any takers?
