So: first I designed a ring with Anna's uncle who is a jewler. This took 6 months. It was really, really hard to do, but came out pretty awesome if I do say so myself.
Then, when the ring arrived, I took anna on a ‘date’ after work. She had never seen the cherry blossom festival, so we went. all these Cherry trees were blooming on the water. i suprised her with a picnic. we had wine, cheese, jazz, a blanket on the water. Sunset over the potomac, Weeping Willows swaying in the wind, cherry blossom pedals blowing everywhere. like some Akira Kurosawa samurai love montage. it was TOO perfect a proposal site. There was even a young attractive couple picnicing nearby with babies and puppies, like a future version of us, and another couple taking wedding photos. It was juuust a bit too . . . obvious. So i didnt propose there, i knew she was sorta thinking about it. i gotta suprise her, ya know? anyway after that we went to a romantic dinner. and i didnt propose there either.
then on the walk home i handed her a flashlight and told her to read what was written in the sidewalk cement a block from our house. I had secretly written in it weeks earlier while it was wet. I'd been watching the construction on the sidewalk for weeks waiting for my opportunity to write on the cement. You see, me and Anna sort of have a tradition that whenever we see wet cement we write "Adam N Anna forever" or something similar. It all started one day in Brooklyn, when we found wet cement walking home. I started carving "Adam and Anna," and then I paused. Anna said "you gonna write "Adam and Anna forever"? I mean, thats a long time. A big commitment. You sure your ready for that?" We had only been dating for like a month so it was kind of a big deal. So I wrote: "Adam and Anna for a While." I would have written "for the forseeable future" but it wouldn't fit.
Anyway, back to the story. I hand Anna the flashlight, and tell her to read whats written in the sidewalk. In big letters it says:
"Anna will you marry me?"
And after she read it I was on one knee with the ring and she was pretty much crying hysterically.
She said yes.
The end.
