I never ever ever want to forget this month. This March of 2016. You know, normally March stomps itself right in on us, dumping miserable mounts of ugly weather and not usually really going out in very lamb like fashion. Well, at least not for us north-easterners.
But this March has been a bit different. I'm not just talking about the weather. Sure, we had some unseasonably warm days (one in particular that just happened to coincide with the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE), but we've also had a string of stinging cold, windy days just as this lovely month is seeing its way out.
All that aside, I want to burn the memory of this month into my brain and replay it over and over again like a broken record. Because this month, on March 9, 2016 to be EXACT, the love of my life asked me to marry him and I said FUCK YES! I have felt "the best day ever" before, but none of them have actually been the BEST. Yet. That day - March 9, 2016 - quite literally was. I have waited patiently, and with my heart filling up with more and more love each day, for SIX years to hear Dave say, “Meg, will you marry me?”
And it was worth every minute of waiting. I felt on top of the world, lifted so so high I thought I may never come down. And though my feet now rest on solid ground, it's only my physical state. I literally, actually and totally feel that Dave and I are more in love than ever before. It sounds like a total cliche and I don't care. I CAN'T STOP SMILING. We are going to spend the rest of our lives together and all of the possibilities are right in front of us. We can do whatever we want - because we'll be doing it together. It sounds crazy and overwhelming and at the same time completely thrilling.
Maybe in actuality nothing will really change that dramatically. But I don't care. Whatever we do, we'll be in it together from here on out.
Ok ok. So what I want is to trap the visuals that best capture Dave's very unique and surprising proposal and never ever let them go. I want to always ALWAYS remember how I felt in that moment. At first, a little confused, very suspicious, but then completely overwhelmed with love and happiness.
Dave, what are you doing down on your knee?? Photo: Rosa Evora.
I can’t believe this is happening. Could barely stand (still) at this point. Shaking with happiness and excitement. Photo: Rosa Evora.
Yes, yes, a million times YES! Photo: Rosa Evora.
The Positivity rock. Forever. Photo: Rosa Evora.
And thanks to the interwebs and social media, I really actually can hang on to those moments forever. So I'll just drop them here for safe-keeping and so I can revisit this particular space and see and watch these moments whenever I like.
Of course the megaphone was involved. In case you don’t hear it in the video (below), Dave set up his iphone to play the theme song from the Princess Bride, “Storybook Love,” and asked our friend Cheri to play it through his trusty megaphone during the proposal. Absolutely magical. Photo: November Project.
“There’s absolutely no straight face today.” - Chris Capozzi. Photo: November Project.
And the details. I've told this story a zillion million times in the last 3 weeks and I'm still not sick of telling it. This is the story of our proposal:
It happened at 6:30 in the morning on a Wednesday. AFTER our 5:30 am workout sesh with November Project. At Harvard Stadium. Say what?
No one could have told me that this would be our story. Way back in June, after months of hearing our friends Ron, Cheri and Lee talk about this CRAZY INSANE workout they were doing at 5:30 on Wednesday mornings, we decided to #justshowup to our first November Project workout and give it a try. And we were immediately hooked. The workout begins with our three co-leaders starting us off with a warm up bounce. Yes, we bounce in place and get fired up. Then we get a loud and energetic "GOOD MORNING!" call from these fearless leaders, followed by our group response of "GOOD MORNING!" Followed by the even louder "ARE YOU GOOD?" call, to which the group responds "FUCK YEAH!" Because, fuck yeah, we're good! Hence my response to the question I've waited to be asked for the last six years:
Thank you to our buddy Ron for being super sneaky with his camera to capture this all on video. I may have watched my potty mouth more closely had I known I was being filmed ;) I have no regrets.
Every week's workout at the stadium is a variation on running the stairs. Yes, we run up the big steps (seats) and down the little red stairs. All 37 sections (more or less) for 45 or so minutes. Sometimes we repeat sections, sometimes we drop at the sound of a cow bell and do push ups or squats. Sometimes we just straight race our faces off. But all the time it's awesome and sweaty and we leave feeling really super ready to take on the world.
And that day, after that amazing 6:30 on Wednesday, I felt like I was on top of the world. You can see by the participation and energy of our fellow NP tribes-peoples that we were on top of life at this moment. I have never felt so loved and so lifted up. I want to bottle this feeling and capture it forever.
Best way I can think to do that...keep all the memories here where I can share them and relive them over and over again. Friends caught our little (BIG) moment from all angles that morning - so here are some of those perspectives. I just love seeing it from all sides :)
Thank you to Jordanna for capturing this magic moment from the other side of the 5:30 crew!
A video posted by November Project Boston (@novemberprojectbos) on Mar 9, 2016 at 4:53am PST
And another angle...and it still feels AMAZING. (This one posted on the November Project Boston Instagram account has over 6,000 views as of the date of this post!) Video: @novemberprojectbos (instagram)
Three weeks later and I'm stilling MARCHING around like the king of the world. This month has been a fabulous whirl of celebrations. Dave, if you haven't figured this out by now - you have made me the happiest girl in the world. I already loved you, but I'm falling more in love with you each day as we plan and get excited for our future. I love the shit out of you, DBor. The world is ours.
They say that March goes out like a lamb. But I think this time around, we'll just keep RAWRING through our little wild rumpus right into April and beyond.
And a few extra notes on why this month kicked total butt:
The month began with the end of a fabulous trip to New Orleans to see my other half for her birthday AND visit my baby girl Melanie at Tulane AND get to run the Rock n’ Roll 10K AND get to meet a few of the fantastic members of the NP Nola tribe. Amazeballs.
Did I mention the part about Dave and I getting ENGAGED???
Shortly after our engagement, Dave got a really incredible job offer and he’ll be starting at his new job in just a few weeks!
We got to take a nice little trip to Florida to visit family and friends and to celebrate the naming of baby Jordan. Mazel tov to Matt and Wendy!
Celebrated World Down Syndrome Day by running almost 8 miles on 3/21 for my I Run 4 buddy, Hylan! I mapped out my route in the shape of an “H” for Hylan :)
Ran a fun little 5k last weekend and placed in the top 10 female finishers! It was a small field to start, but that was a first for me and felt really pretty sweet. Way to go, self!
So yeah. This month rocked. Can’t wait to see what’s next!