my roommates carrie and maia really wanted to go out to dinner one thursday night not so long ago. they said they found this really cute place in Campo de Fiori that had checkered tablecloths. i didn't see what was so cool about that, but i said i would go along. when we were getting ready to go, the girls got all dressed up (in hindsight, to get me to do so also...) but i wasn't really in the mood to get all pretty so i just fixed my makeup and hair. when we got to the restaurant, a waiter asked us how many and maia just motioned at a table. i said something sarcastic like "oh, you get to pick your own table around here?" and we started walking around the corner to the table. as we came around the corner, i saw Danny sitting there!! i about had a heart attack, asked a lot of silly questions like "what are you doing here?" and "how did you get here?", and then i started crying haha. here's a picture of that...
the next couple of days danny and i just got to walk around rome together and enjoy each other's company. on saturday, we were out seeing the sights and danny wanted to go to Trevi Fountain really badly. i didn't really understand why, because he had already seen it when he came to Rome for a couple days over spring break last semester. but he hadn't seen it at night, so we decided to go. we found it without a map (like magic! haha) and made our way down to sit on the edge. then we took some pictures and threw coins in and made wishes. danny asked me what my wish was and i said that i had wished we would be together for a very long time. he said that that was his wish too. then he got down on one knee, pulled out a ring, and said "i want to make our wishes come true. Jennifer Suzanne Griffith, will you marry me?" i was completely shocked. everyone else said that when they heard he was coming to surprise me in italy that he would probably propose, but that never crossed my mind! i asked more silly questions like "are you kidding?" and "are you being serious?" and then finally remembered to tell him that yes, of course i would marry him. annnd then i cried lol. after a while a woman came up and said "excuse me, sorry to interrupt, but do you want me to take your picture? i was going to wait to ask until you stopped crying, but you haven't yet sooo..." haha so i sucked it up enough to stop crying and take a picture:
it all just seemed like the best dream ever. and now we have to wait two months to see each other again!! keep spring 2009 open...there's going to be a wedding!! (and for those who can't wait two months to see it in person, here's a picture of my ring!)
