I promised, here they are Part 3 (Final)

June 25th, 2008
Location: Beach house in Cayucose
Time: Late night

Personal Journal entry.

This was a very interesting day (and long). This morning I woke Lily up at 7:30and we went to a coffee shop in downtown Cayucose on the two bikes we have here. It gave us a chance to enjoy each others company while not having think about other people at the same time. We talked about good things and bad. The coffee shop featured art in it, but all of it stunk of death and despair, made me very uneasy.

After we ate breakfast back at the house we all piled into the car and drove to Morro Bay and did a little hike, then went out to Morro Rock, it was good fun for sure and I got a lot of good pictures.

After we gpt back and ate lunch Lois sparked a discussion around the table that was very emotionally charged, all concerning the apparent stealing their daughter away from them, but it was a good talk, and I was able to lay out my position on it so that I could be understood better. Robert said some things too,about wanting the best for his daughter and things like that.

After all that I took a nap and Lily, Del, Arielle, and Lois went to the beach. After waking up I talked with Robert a little, telling him my plan for proposing to Lily tomorrow, and I just really enjoyed the freedom I felt in talking with him.

Tonight I went out to call mom and let her know how I have been doing, and then called Barry up to see if I could use him as a decoy for going up to San Fransisco area, and that worked great because when I came back to the house he called me back and I played it off as if he was inviting Lily and I up there to visit, she wanted too, so that will work out great, but she's already being pushy with time stuff, but that also means she doesn't suspect I have a plan.

Well after all that Lily was holding my guitar and she looks at me and says " I looked for a pick, but then I stopped". The place where my picks might be is the place I hid her ring, so right away I knew had stumbled on to it, though she says she didn't see the box even, just felt it, shook it, and put it back quickly. I believer her, but I still feel like she discovered a secret that I've spent so so so much time and effort and money on...I felt deflated, but all I could do was laugh at her, and she was laughing too. It's just ironic I guess, the day before I give it to her. S

So tomorrow I hope to leave around 12:00pm for San Jose, maybe do some shopping for swing clothes, then go to the Japanese Friendship Garden and I'll propose under the weeping willow tree by the water, after that we'll get some dinner and then go to Barry and Helen's.

I'm pretty damn excited.