Where the hell have I been the past couple of months?

I feel I owe the reader some explanation of where I have been over the past couple of months. Well, things have gotten pretty busy following the engagement as one would imagine. The planning has already begun despite the wedding date being set for close to 2 years from now. Guest lists, engagement photos, picking a date. If you review my recent book book list you will see that I have already sought advice from wedding books written for grooms to be.

I have also been indulging my self in a bit of a video game addiction. I purchased "Call of Duty: World at War" as the most recent addition to my PS3 library of games. I decided to take up video gaming as an activity about a year ago with the idea that there will be a time when I will have to play the role of "responsible adult" telling my children to stop playing games and do their homework. Before that happens... I'm going to go through the childish video game playing phase.

Currently I have attained the rank of P1-L32 (Second Lieutenant III) with a Kill:Death ratio of 0.58. I have already attained one Prestige... which is where you reach level 65... the highest level, then for some crazy reason decide to turn in all the unlocked weapons, perks and points to start all over again. It's been lots of fun as Jon and I have talked Brad into getting the game. We are now organizing a clan in the hopes of dominating in the field of battle. 8-)

The First Chapter of a Long and Happy Story…

Once again I have neglected this blog for an unacceptable amount of time. Before I resume my posts, I must update the readers on a very important story.

It all started on one Friday the 13^th back in March. Two young twenty-somethings who had been dating each other for quite some time were getting ready to go on a trip. In this story, the young man's name is Glen (me), the cute young woman's name is Emily. We were going on a trip to a bed-and-breakfast at Keuka Lake to spend a weekend tasting wines from the local wineries

After settling in at the fancy bed-and-breakfast, we got some dinner and relaxed for the evening. Emily was a little disappointed though. To her, it did not feel like our vacation had started yet. I had an idea though. I looked into her eyes, and began to tell her some of the things I loved about her. How she is intelligent, funny, supportive and somehow understands me. I told her she is like one of the puzzle pieces that is falling into place to make up the picture of my life.

She thought I was just giving her a compliment, but I had something else in store. It was at that point, I pulled out a small box and went down on one knee and asked Emily to marry me.

She said yes. And thus begins the first chapter of what I hope to be a long and happy story.

:-)