Well the last time I updated Candy and I were just getting back from Colorado for Candy's birthday. That was almost 4 months ago!!! Slacking does not begin to describe how badly I've treated this blog... Well that shall change! A new year will soon be upon us, and with it will be updated posts from yours truly! It will be amazing I promise.
So a quick update on everything that has been going on. September Candy and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary! We started dating on September 18th, 2006. Our Colorado trip was our event-of-the-month for September, so we didn't have anything else for most of the month really. Early October I went out with a couple of friends and we took some pictures of our cars, here's a couple of pictures..
October for our event we went out bar hoppin' for Halloween! Here's a quick pic from my instagram (@k_Guhl) of us at Ultra Lounge in West Glen:
I was an astronaut, and she was Alice (from Alice in Wonderland) with a half sugar skull. It was kinda funky, and she got a lot of compliments. It was a really fun night. Next Halloween we're planning on doing something pretty big, so I'm looking forward to that.
November was a really big month for us. On November 9th, we left for our big vacation that we had been planning. Here was our itinerary: Fly to Washington D.C. and stay for a night. Drive up to Baltimore the next day, and stay for another night. The next day we would be leaving Baltimore on the Carnival Pride cruise ship for Florida and the Bahamas for 7 days. The trip was awesome. Washington D.C. was really cool to see, and I wish we had more time to see all of the sights. We did cram quite a bit into such a little amount of time though, so I'm impressed at what we got accomplished. Here's some more instagram pics:
The next day we went up to Baltimore, and I was actually surprised by how much fun we had! Baltimore is a really cool city, and I would actually go there again. The Harborplace area was really nice, and we had a lot of fun.
We left Baltimore the next day, and set off on our cruise ship. The Carnival Pride was a lot like our last cruise ship, the Carnival Legend. They're sister ships, but have different themes. It was kinda different and kinda familiar all at the same time. The cruise had its ups and downs, basically because the weather was so temperamental. Keep in mind we left not even two weeks after Hurricane Sandy hit, so it was still pretty windy and the seas were really wavy. Needless to say, the boat was rocking pretty good! The only other negative part was our debarkation. We were late coming back in because the winds held us back a good six hours from our return to Baltimore. Because of this Candy and I missed our flight back home, and went through a huge hassle of trying to get a new flight, etc. Then once we got back into Baltimore the debarkation procedure was so disorganized it was not even funny. Couple that with everything that happened that day, and it made for a very stressful day!
So enough of the negative parts. Let's get to the good stuff! The cruise was GREAT. The entire vacation was GREAT! What made it even more amazing was that I got engaged to the love of my life. I proposed on the first formal night of the cruise. It was so stressful lugging that ring around the whole time before that night! It was very hard making sure that she didn't know it was coming. Here's the story...
We were getting ready for our formal night. Candy was wearing a black dress, and I had my black suit, mint green shirt, and Burberry tie. As we were done getting ready, and heading out the door of our cabin I excused myself feigning some forgotten chapstick. Candy waits for me outside, as I quickly grab the little black box from its hiding spot in my backpack. I stick it in my suit jacket's inner breast pocket, and head out the door. We make our way down to the atrium lobby where the multitude of photographers are set up to take pictures of all the guests in their classy garb. We take a few pictures, and I can tell that I'm not going to make it past dinner with this box in my pocket. One wrong placement of a hand in a picture and my surprise would be ruined! I shoosh my fiance to be off and away from the crowds of the busy ship, and begin my search for a quiet place to pop the question. We head down past the sports bar and coffee shop, and walk past a wall with a painting of Aphrodite in Front of Mirror as it's wallpaper. I figure that it would be fitting to have Aphrodite watch as I propose. We walk down to the end of the hallway, and by now Candy is getting stressed about having to walk so far just to sit down. I tell her that there was a reason I brought her here, and as I get down on one knee and put my hand in my pocket she puts her hands to her mouth. I take the box out, and open it with a flick of my finger. I ask her, "Will you marry me?" She responds with, "Are you serious!?" I take a second to answer, and I remove the ring from its box. I grab her hand and with a anxiety running through my veins I place the ring on her finger. She can't believe it, and we kiss for a moment. I rise and sit next to her, holding her. We both look down at the ring as it sits sparkling in the dim light. Her eyes, wet with emotion, rise to meet mine. I realize at this moment that she hadn't answered my question, and bring up this very point. She laughs, and says "Well, yes, of course!" We talk for a few moments as we're sitting there, and then decide to head back to the atrium lobby. We sit down in the atrium as we're waiting to be let in to the restaurant for dinner, and one of the photographers calls to us, "I see the pretty ring! Come take a picture!" We laugh and take some pictures celebrating our big night.
And of course here's a picture of the ring! I'll post the pictures that the photographer took later once I get them scanned (I've been lazy since we got back!).
And of course here's a picture of the ring! I'll post the pictures that the photographer took later once I get them scanned (I've been lazy since we got back!).
The rest of the trip was great! We went to Cocoa Beach in Florida, Blue Lagoon in Nassau, and Lucaya Beach in Freeport. We had engagement pictures taken in Freeport at the beach too! Enough of me talking, here's some pictures!
Our wonderful waitress Rossana!!
That's it for now. I'll update again with some more pictures, and some updates from last month including a new addition to my car, our December event-of-the-month, and Christmas!!!
