“She’s not my special lady friend, man. I’m just helping her conceive.”
So I suppose there’s no sense beating around the bush when the news is this big:
As of next year sometime, there will officially be a Mrs. Heavy Metal Librarian.
Yup, popped the question t’other day. Even bought the little lady a rock. I don’t have a picture yet, since the jewelry store is still assembling it out of the stones we chose (we pick the finished product up this afternoon.) However, thanks to the magic of the internets, I was able to find a picture of a ring that was close enough in design to give you the general idea:

(The sapphire and diamonds in her ring are more rectangular than the roundish ones in this picture, as well as being bigger and purtier.)
No firm date on the actual bacchanal nuptials yet, but we’re thinking August ‘07, on a beach somewhere in the Seattle area, with a band and several kegs…and, as the climax of the ceremony, matching tattoos.
Disclaimer: despite the title of this post, there will be no conceiving anytime in the near future.


