How We Met: We were both students at Transylvania University. We met pretty early into my freshman year. The picture to the left is actually the first time we ever met at the Student Activities Fair. I remember a few sarcastic remarks about first-year enthusiasm. We were pretty good friends getting into discussions in the cafeteria now and again. However, we were both dating someone else so we never thought of each other romantically. Then, the next year we both found ourselves single. It all began with an email I sent out over the Amnesty list serv. Nicholas emailed me back and pointing out I had spelled Amnesty wrong. I emailed him back... he emailed me back and so on. A few emails later he called me. The third week of school we started "officially" dating and we've been together ever since.
How
We Got Engaged: (As
recounted by Sarah) The morning of August 9th I found a note on the computer
telling me to get ready and wear "nice comfortable clothes." It
also instructed me that I would need my cell phone, my car, and that I should
check my email after 10am. So I got ready and ate breakfast trying to waste
as much time as possible. Finally I checked my email and got an e-card reminding
me of how it had all begun with an email (see above) and sending me to a
website full of instructions. I went to the website that had the following
rules "Try hard, don't cheat, all numbers have significance."
First, I had to go to the
movie
theaters with instructions like "Got to the 3rd movie poster, 2nd showtime,
4th number." Needless to say, I triple checked everything. These numbers
went in blanks on my instruction sheet that made a call number for a book
at the Duke Law Library. (The numbers were 7/05 -our wedding date and 9/28
- the day we started dating.) I went to the library found the book and inside
was a map to the fish pond in Duke Gardens. I went there and waited for
what seemed like forever. A couple minutes later Nicholas came around the
corner carrying lilies and the ring. He immediately got down on one knee
and proposed. Of course I said yes and then he took me to a picnic complete
with mimosas, smoked salmon, and cheese that he had set up in another part
of the park. (The picture is of us at the picnic.) In
a word, the whole thing was completely perfect.
Where
We're Registered: Dillards and Target
Where We're Going On Our Honeymoon: We will be staying at Bluebeard's Castle on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
OUR NEW BLOG: Check out our blog at http://nicholasandsarah.blogspot.com where Nicholas gets top billing.
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