Good Things CAN Happen at 6AM

This weekend, last year, I proposed to Liz.  Spoilers: she said yes.

But before that, we asked Liz's Parents for their blessing.  This was... stressful, to say the least.  Liz and I waited in the kitchen for the Blackhawks game to end, desperately hoping for them to win so that everyone would be in a good mood.  The game went into double overtime, and even went into stick-offs!  (Liz later informed me that that portion of the game is called a 'Shoot-out').  Spoilers: Liz's parents approved, even though the Blackhawks lost.

But the story begins somewhat earlier than this.  Back in the spring of 2013 Liz and I were considering the future.  She was graduating at the end of the year, and I was graduating a few months after that.  We were both looking for jobs and had to decide where we were looking.  At this point neither of us had anything nailed down but we decided that we wanted to end up in the same place.  Spoilers: ending up the same place totally happened.

But the story continues somewhat later than that: Late November, 2013.  This is when I told Liz about my intention to propose in May, after I graduated.  This, as you might imagine, also went well, although she had one requirement: it had to be a surprise.  I managed to surprise her by propose three months earlier than I said I would.  And at 6AM.  Spoilers: she was surprised.

THE PLAN:

I left a trail of Hershey Kisses from Liz's bedroom door to the basement where I set up some candles, some romantic music, and a scrapbook filled with relationship memories.  I would hide, and Liz would follow the trail Hershey Kisses to the scrapbook, which she would read, swoon, and I would come out of hiding and propose.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED:

Liz stepped on a Hershey Kiss, then got confused and started looking for me instead of following the trail.  So we ended up looking through the scrapbook together.  I proposed, she said yes, happy ending.

Should you have the opportunity to propose, I highly recommend 6AM, because at this point you would normally have to call all of the relatives to inform them of the happy news.  BUT IT'S 6AM!  You can't call anyone at 6AM.  So we had a good couple of hours that we could enjoy in our happy bubble before we had to share our fantastic news with the world.

Proposing: Worth getting up at 6AM for.
Liz: Worth getting up at 6AM for.