It's official

As of yesterday morning....
J and I are engaged.
It turns out that all those comments at the party were just people being stupid - J hadn't told ANYONE about his plans !
How's that for conicidence?!?!?!?
So, we're at the beginning now...
No clue as to when or where (the two most POPULAR questions at the moment).
I don't think it's really hit us yet.
It's not like we feel any different or anything like that - I just have this chunk of metal and diamonds on my left hand now and that feels a bit strange...
But other than that it's business as usual.
It probably hasn't hit us yet because:
1. He hasn't told a single member of his family yet.
2. I JUST told my family last night.
3. Only 4 of our friends know.
4. He hasn't gone to work yet. (ALL of his co-workers have seen the ring as he brought it in after buying it (think he was a bit excited???) and they knew it would be this weekend.
5. I haven't gone to work yet - where NO ONE is expecting this.
6. We haven't decided on anything yet, so it's not like it's "real"....though my family is already shoving wedding dresses at me and my stepfather is already offering to pay and hopes it happens "real soon".

Oy.
What have we stepped into?
I was originally considering just not telling anyone for a little while - not take this away from me and J by sharing it....but then I thought of how angry I'd be if one of my family or friends did that to me so I changed my mind.

My mother doesn't know yet.
At least, as of her voicemail last night she didn't.
I called the entire Florida family first.
The last time I got engaged I told my mother before it happened (When I get back from dinner tonight, I'll be engaged) after which she promptly called EVERY member of our Florida family and told them so when I called them they already knew.
She stole my thunder once.
She'll not do it again ! ! !
I called her multiple times on her cell and at home to no avail.
So I left a message asking her to call me.
She called pretty late at night and we let the machine get it.
She said that she'd been at the emergency animal clinic with our dog all night and would call me from work (today).
[BTW, she said that Callie (the dog) is o.k.]
So, of my family, only my mom and little brother don't know.

The cutest thing was when I called my aunt Ting.
Her daughter, who's 16, responded to the news by saying "I'm SOOO happy ! I didn't care if it took until they were old and grey to get married, just so long as she married HIM ! ! !"
Guess J has a fan club?
:)