surprise!!!

✽ after 40 hours and 4 flights without sleep and with a horrible cough and cold, i arrived at östersund airport expecting to find jesper waiting for me. i'd already had a cry at stockholm airport when jerry told me he'd broken his leg, not so much in sympathy for him but because he wouldn't be picking me up. in my emotional state i'd even told him i wished i'd stayed in australia longer since i wouldn't be seeing him for a few more days anyway!

so i was over the moon when my baby was standing there at the gate with a big smile on his face, dressed (for some reason) in his best shirt and slacks. he told me his leg was only sprained, not broken and he was free to go after we picked up his things from the hospital.
we took the back entrance to the hospital rooms, which looked oddly more like a hotel, but i supposed the swedish medical system is pretty first rate...
jerry opened a door and i walked in to a room lit up with candles and scattered with rose petals. i turned around and jerry was on one knee, (not sprained at all!), asking me to marry him!
of course i said yes with a thousand kisses.

he'd been looking for rings but was too scared to choose one so the next morning he took me down to the jewellery shops to show me the one he'd liked the most.... and i loved it!!
it feels strange to wear a diamond on my finger. i never thought of myself as a diamond sort of girl, but jerry insisted that diamonds are forever and it definitely adds a girly touch to my stubby man hands.

as a side present he'd bought us both tickets to thailand in may so we can check out a spot for the wedding. we'd decided a while ago that if we got married it'd be nice to do it in thailand which is mid-way between sweden and australia. our friend toto owns a beach there and offered to help us organise a wonderful beach wedding...

so right now i'm pretty sure i'm one of the happiest girls in the world :o)

♡