  My flight got in at 6 am at JFK. Eric drove the 2 hours to pick me up. We ran out of gas on the way back to Jersey. Suprisingly enough, that's the first time I guy ever did that to me. While waiting for the gas guy to come help us out, we fell asleep. Me with my head on his chest and his arms around me.
It was so sweet, so pure. That's one of the things I love so much about us. The simple little things. They bring me amazing amounts of joy. That's not even a word I ever used to use. When we got back to Jersey we took a nap.
We were both exhausted from lack of sleep and the early morning. Plus, the invitation of any time in Eric's arms is too good to resist. We layed around and just generally acted lazy all day. Until about 8 pm. Then Eric gets this funny idea that he wants to show me the Atlantic Ocean. I protested, saying it would be dark before we got there.
But we left anyway. The drive was great. I just love being with him. It's the simple things I miss so much when we are apart ya know? Anyway, we got to the beach and we walked around for a long time. The misquitoes were insane.
We were almost eaten alive. I had to wear my sweatshirt just to cover my arms. And my legs were covered in bites from where I'd rolled up my pant legs. We were using the tiny flashlight on Eric's keys to look at things. Jelly fish that glowed as they lay stranded on the beach. Little side-crawling crabs.
And the most interesting, horseshoe crabs. Those were almost scary looking. After walking for quite a while, we turned about and came back. I watched our footsteps.. enjoying how they never got far enough apart for us to have to unlink hands. I didn't let go of him on the way back either. It seems like I never get enough hand holding time.
I make up for it whenever we are together. We got back to the car and sat outside, watching the ocean. It was amazing. The boats going back and forth. The oil rigs off in the distance. And there was lightening very far off to the right side.
It was beautiful. I didn't want for things to end but the misquitoes were killing me. I suggested maybe we could sit in the car, but Eric wanted to stay out for a little longer. He went to the car and turned on his stereo though. It was "That's All" by Rod Stewart. He walked over to where I was sitting on a log and he sat beside me.
He sang the whole song to me. It was so sweet. I tried to kiss him in the middle of it, but he moved away. That's when I realized something was up. I don't remember if he got on one knee or not. I was crying too hard to see.
In fact, I didn't really see the ring until after it was on my finger. It took a few seconds for me to collect myself enough to speak. It must have seemed an eternity to Eric. But I said yes. Through tears and a snotty nose I said yes. He even kissed me that way.
I am the happiest girl in the world. And now I'm going to be a happy married girl! 
