Because, apparently, when the Free Avocados are out of season, it is then time for Free Lemons. And let me just tell you what Free Lemons taste like, shall I?
Because Free Lemons come directly off of someone's personal lemon tree, these lemons are BEYOND fresh. Their skins are soft and fragrant with floral notes worthy of any bee. Their flesh is more sweet than sour and so delicate. Also, did I mention that they are the size of hand-grenades? I mean, really. LEMON-FLAVORED HAND-GRENADES! It boggles the mind.
In any case, I shall consider making lemon curd and lemon ice cream and lemon vinaigrette in addition to the lemonade because lemons are not just a one trick pony. No siree!
The Free Clementines and Free Oranges season is also upon us now. We have those right outside our window, so I will not be picking up many. But still. Free Citrus is nothing to shake a stick at. Unless they are Free Zombie Citrus and then you have a whole host of other problems that deserve a higher priority. Like adjusting your medications.
But I digress.
Today is my first day back at work as a person who is officially engaged to be married (present political ideology aside) and I find I am strangely more...settled. Is that odd? To feel more settled once one has asked for the hand of the love of one's life?
I don't know if it is odd or not; I just like the feeling. :)
So yeah, I asked Amazing GF if she would marry me and she (oh joyful me!) said yes. After which I notified our 15 year old niece, as I had promised to do. Amazing GF put the kibosh on any wedding planning until after her fourth and final semester of nursing school is over (this upcoming May) but I pointed out that Awesome Niece probably had the entire wedding planned for us already and would let us know when to arrive and what to wear.
I am not even half kidding. ;)
I've known for a while that I was going to propose on our second anniversary and I once asked Dr. BestFriend if she thought that was too soon. To which she said, "You'll have been dating for two years and will have known each other for thirteen years by then. I think you're okay."
Which is true. And we were better than okay. :) But the fancy schmancy speech I had planned before I asked kinda...evaporated when the moment arrived and, while it wasn't the most romantic or most beautiful proposal in the history of Humankind, it was everything I had hoped it would be and (oh joyful me!) she said yes. Which is really the most important part. ;)
Hours later, Amazing GF realized that she could have given an altogether different answer and she wondered what I would have done if she had. I told her that if she had said no, I would have accepted her answer as gracefully as possible but that it wouldn't change how I felt about her or my commitment to her. For those of you who watch "Bones," basically I told her I wouldn't have gone all Booth-y on her.
(For those of you who don't watch "Bones," start. The seasons can be obtained fairly inexpensively from Costco or Netflix. The writing is superb even if the special effects can sometimes be...gooey. Strong female characters interacting with strong male characters and the whole series just ooooooooozes intellect. Just sayin'.)
Anyway, I am so fabulously happy to be marrying such a wonderful and amazing woman and I cannot tell you how over the moon I am about the whole thing. Words do not seem to do my feelings justice at all.
So...what did you do on your vacation? ;)
Love to you all!
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