The Proposal... or at least we are about to get there

So here is the background to the story...

Kevin and I both really wanted to go home for Christmas.  He wanted to spend time with his family and I really wanted to attend Kerry and Chris' wedding.  The rough part was remembering a bulk of the reason I came to Japan (to pay off my student loans).  It was hard for me to justify spending $1700 for a flight, knowing that I hadn't made a big dent in my student loans yet.

Kevin booked his tickets home from December 21 - January 5th.  I decided not to go.  It hurt.  A lot.  Especially when I Skyped with Kev's family and when I saw updates on Kerry's wedding.  I just wanted to be there.  But, I was here in Japan.

Japan had it's own blessings.  My friend, Mary Beth, came in from Miyako-jima for Christmas and New Years.  We had a blast! We looked up old photos from college.  Here are a few that brought back terribly awesome memories... A lil' "Brown Squirrel" anyone?

Even with all the laughter and fun activities, I missed Kev like crazy!  We dated for a year long distance. You would think 2 weeks would be a cake-walk... WRONG!

On December 30th, I had not heard from Kev in 2 days...GASP!  Mary Beth thought it would be a great idea to spend the day shopping in Sakuragicho.  If you know me at all, you know that those are two of my least favorite things: shopping and crowds.  But, MB had spent little time in the Yokohama area and if this is what she wanted to do, so be it!

So off we went to stare at overpriced trinkets that have no purpose and to get shoved around by people who are 50 pounds lighter than me, but can throw me into a wall way too easily.  The more we shopped, the more irritable I became. And thus starts the beginning of the most amazing proposal...  

More to come...