It's Monday morning of what will be a short week. This coming Thursday is Thanksgiving and we have Wednesday off to prepare for the holiday. The bottom line is that I'll be away from my view at the back of the room for five consecutive days. Can I have an AMEN? All of the scholars have arrived and are sitting at the front table waiting for the day to start. Although we haven't had one since IvyL departed several weeks ago, Gnu decided to hold a community circle to start the day. Today's topic is what did you do on the weekend? Gnu usually starts with the scholars which is always interesting as there are times where they just make stuff up. It's a sad commentary and it reminds me of how little life experiences the scholars gain given the social economic status of their parental units. Once the scholars finish their turn Gnu asks me about my weekend. I informed her that my weekend was pretty uneventful as I was feeling a little under the weather. When the scholars and I finished with our weekend activities Gnu responded, "well, I just had the best weekend of my entire life."
Gnu speaking. "I got a call from my other job this weekend and the manager told me he didn't need me at work so I could stay home. I didn't understand why this was happening but the manager just said "I over schedule people and you don't have to come in." I started to get nervous as I need this second job so I asked the manager if a still had a job. The manager responded, "yes," so I felt relieved. When I informed my gentleman caller of this bit of news he responded by saying we should take advantage of this and go out for a nice meal. I agreed and we made reservations at a restaurant called The Rathskeller. While in route to the restaurant we ended up by Monument Circle and I told my gentleman caller that we are going the wrong way. He responded that "we are going in the right direction." I said we are not but we continued walking. When we arrived at Monument Circle he knelt down on one knee and he asked me to marry him. I was so excited that I started screaming and jumping up and down. While I was doing this I noticed that flash cameras were going off. My gentleman caller arranged to have a photographer available to take pictures of his proposal. I then looked around and saw several of my family members and friends around us. When I saw my mother I was so excited that she was there. I asked my mother if my sister was there and she said "no, she was home packing to move to South Carolina." That was a little disappointing as being with family at this time seemed a bit more important than packing. After everything settle down we all headed to The Rathskeller for our dinner. When we arrived, we had to walk up two floors to private dining room. When I opened the door my sister, who was supposed to be home packing, and even more friends and family yelled surprised when I stepped into the room."
After telling us about her best weekend ever, Gnu showed off her "bling" to all the scholars. They were real excited for her and so was I. When all the excitement settled down and there was a quiet moment I walked over to her to congratulate her. When we talked she told me this, "I was so excited that I'm not sure if I even said yes."
One last item on the big proposal, the gentleman caller had contacted Gnu's other employer and explained what he was going to do the so manager made the phone call to do his part in this surprise.
It's now Thursday morning and I'm waiting the arrival of my daughter and son-in-law to the suburbs for the holiday. HAPPY THINKSGIVING everyone.
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