I went to Chicago...and came home engaged!!!!!

The time has finally come...I am engaged!!!!! I talked a lot about the trip that Tim (now my fiance!) and I were taking to Chicago in celebration of our five year anniversary, college graduation, and (little did I know) our engagement!!! Part of the reason we chose Chicago as our celebratory trip is because we have both really considered moving there after graduation because it is one of our favorite cities, one which we have both visited several other times in the past, one other time being together just three years ago. As I've already mentioned, Chicago is just overall such an amazing city! I love everything about it!! Aside from anything relating to Cubs of course. Tim and I want so badly to live in the city for at least a year of our lives to have that experience. We'll have to see where jobs will lead us, but there's always hope! We are big dreamers, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that : ) Anyways, back to the main point of this post, while in Chicago, Tim asked me to marry him!!!!! I could not be any happier. I don't honestly know how long it will take for this excitement to wear off! He asked me to marry him on the Navy Pier with the amazing Chicago skyline in the background and the sound of the lake waves crashing against the shore. It could not have been any more amazing. I wish so badly that we could have stayed at least one more night to take it all in a little bit more. It was just such an amazing moment and trip that I wish could have lasted so much longer than it did. You'll be able to read our engagement stories and more about our relationship on our wedding website in a few weeks. Tim's working on it and one of our amazing teachers from high school will be doing our engagement photos in a couple of weeks so once that's all said and done we will have the website up and ready to go!! I've been SO excited these past few days and have done nothing but tell the story, share pictures, and look at wedding magazines. We've even already started searching for venues because we're really hoping to get married in June of next year! I was so excited talking about everything to two of my best friends at dinner tonight that I couldn't wait any longer and asked my bff Jenn to be my Maid of Honor!! (and she said yes!!) I've been trying to think of how I wanted to ask her before I asked the rest of my bridesmaids, and it wasn't exactly what I had imagined, but I just couldn't wait any longer because all I have been wanting to do is talk to her about the planning...but not just as a friend or as a bridesmaid, but as my MOH!! Ahh I couldn't be any happier! I will be asking the rest of my bridesmaids when we get back from our family vacation in Florida in a couple weeks : ) Now I'm going to start doing a wedding blog too!! So much to look forward to and so much I am going to want to write about!! Now with all of this excitement and mix of emotions I've had in the past few weeks with so many huge life changes (first college graduation then engagement with a few amazing trips in between!!) I have lost complete focus on the career search. I will gain back that focus ASAP, but for a few days I just want to soak it all in. Life is far too sweet : ) How's that for a great start to this POSTGRAD life!? I don't think I could be any happier right now : )