Yesterday I talked to Liz, a good friend of mine. We've known each other since Jr. high School. She called me yesterday to inform me that she is 85% engaged.
If you are like me, you might at this point be thinking, "how does one achieve 85% of an engagement?" I had this thought, and many others, running through my mind as she told me the story of how she and her 85% "fiancé," Ken, came to this percentage of engagement.In all fairness, I should be accurate in telling you, that the percentage was a number assigned after I asked for it to avoid the ever confusing and stupid term "pre-engaged." I've always loathed that term. (No offense meant to those of you who have been or are currently "pre-engaged" . . . it is just a term and concept I've never liked much. I think you either are engaged or you aren't. . . and that is simply my very bold opinion . . . and since you are reading my blog . . . right, you follow.) Okay, now that I've cleared that up, I feel as though I can go on.
So Liz and Kenny are 85% engaged. Which I suppose really means they are almost engaged. She doesn't have a ring yet, but they are pretty much sure they are getting married in December. Which entirely ruined my year free of weddings (thanks Liz). But I'm happy for them. For her especially. She's waited for the right guy, and it appears as though Ken's him. Liz has a hard time making her mind up sometimes. She doesn't always know what she wants. But when she sees it, she goes for it - 100%. So, Ken, if she lets you read this, just know that. (If you don't already.) So as soon as she gets the ring, the engagement will be official and complete and 100%. The 85% is truly only because he hasn't officially asked and her friend loathes the term "pre-engaged."
Back in college, in 2004 when blogging was hardly even a thing yet, I was here. Blogging before blogging meant anything to anyone. You can look in the archives for my past writings, but it was much more like a journal in the past. When we started fundraising, I messed around with the idea of launching something new for this new phase of our journey but actually hated that idea. I am a sum of all of my life and so much of it is here already. So I'm keeping it here. At least for now.
My main focus these days is blogging about our newest journey into the bizarre and wonderful world of gestational surrogacy. Posts dated 2013 and forward will trend heavily toward that journey. I don't promise everything I write will be about though. There might be other things that sneak in occasionally.
Please come along our journey with us. As the saying goes, "The more, the merrier!"
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