WE’RE ENGAGED!!!!!

Right now I feel a bit like Monica in that “The One with the Proposal” episode of Friends, the one where she runs around yelling “I’m engaged” at the top of her lungs … ‘cause that is what I am doing!!!!! We’re engaged!!!!! We’re getting married!!!! I will be Mrs Ford!!!!! I always assumed that a proposal would be a serious and solemn affair and I would say “yes” in a very dignified manner … Nope, that did not happen at all, this proposal was SO SO SO much better! After an amazing 4 hour hike along the Great Wall of China between Jin Sha Ling and Simatai -clambering up and down a very steep and in parts decaying part of the wall – and a beer to cool down at the end of the hike, we found that the were two ways down from the mountain ridge on which the wall is back down into the valley… a scenic walk or a super exciting slide down a steel rope on a flying fox. No guessing about what we did … we got strapped into our harnesses so quickly that I had no time to freak out and were half way down the rope and into the 1minute ride when I stopped screaming for the first time … only to have G say “will you marry me” … so of course there was more screaming and, once we got down to the bottom, lots of jumping around!!!!! I said yes and now we are both totally over the moon …. Maybe I should now let my fiancée write :) …love it, my fiancée!!!!!
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C has said it pretty well so not much to add. Apparently the smart money was on late June so I was early (for a change). But that doesn't matter, I'm thrilled that C is now meine Verlobte, and very excited about the future. C has a travel ring from a Cambodian shopping mall, so we'll be visiting David the ring maker when we get back. I haven't seen that Friends episode, but perhaps I will now... Thanks for the messages, there will be more celebrations when we get home in July!
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