Smoked up, got engaged, did some running

Well, two of the three are true, and one of them sort of is.

The past week has been pretty exciting so sorry I haven't been blogging. Pardon the length of this post.

Well last weekend was a big weekend. Started off with an 11 mile run in central park and then Taylor and I hopped in the car and headed down to the Jersey Shore for a Brad Paisley concert. We got down there early in the afternoon and checked into our hotel before heading out for dinner and to the concert. It was SO good. Jewel opened the concert and she was pretty good. Brad was amazing including a huge digital screen behind the band that they used to do some pretty cool stuff. One song they even did a guitar hero/rock band bit. It was pretty cool.

Anyway, poor Taylor had strep throat, but when we left the concert, he still said he wanted to go for a walk on the beach (but he was careful to make sure we stopped by the hotel room first. Sneaky... Anyway, we took a walk on the beach and it was there that he got down on one knee and proposed!!! It was so romantic and everything I've always dreamed it would be! :)

Here are a couple of photos of the ring:


And here's the happy couple. I swear Taylor wasn't as terrified as he looks :)

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I think we're going to get married next fall, so be on the lookout!

So yeah this past week was a fun time showing off my ring and hanging out with Taylor. Then, he headed to Vegas for a bachelor and I spent Friday and Saturday being a nomad. On Friday, I took a bus down to DC to see my friend Candace. Her apartment has an AMAZING view of the Mall in DC and we watched the fireworks despite some rainy weather from the comfort of Candace and Henry's living room. Here are some photos:

The view from their deck:

With fireworks:And the aforementioned "smoking up" was more like a hookah, but it was my first time.

Evidence:

I took the bus back from DC early on Saturday and got back to New York at around 2:30pm. I jumped on a train right away and went out to Long Island to see a friend who used to work with me. She has a a two-year-old son whom I had never met, so I took advantage of a free weekend to go see them.

Another former co-worker came to the house and offered to drive me to the city. She dropped me off in Chinatown and I continued my nomadic adventure to my friend Megan "Bunchy"s apartment. We had a couple of drinks and then she and some friends headed out to a hookah bar (I decided that after my whole life not smoking, twice in 2 days was too many) and I went to dinner with her boyfriend. Then, I FINALLY headed home last night at about 10pm.

This morning I got up and went for a 12 mile run because I hadn't run on Saturday. It wasn't bad, but 2 hours later I'm thinking I should take a shower :)