Well Bali was a bust, but surprise!!

Oh wow! Thank you guys so much for all the messages!! I want to give a special congratumalations to Aunt Becki for being a college graduate!! I am so excited for you :)

And thank you Tara, my lovely sister, for keeping me updated on everyone. What would I do without you?!

Oh my goodness, Kyle! Mr. Tumnus! Just so you know, the image of JT doing his sexy "Mr. Tumnus" flashed through my head and I started cracking up in the middle of this internet cafe. Everyone is staring at the crazy white girl now...good times...

And Grandma, you're not going to starve over here, I promise! If all else fails, we will hit up Pizza Hut, McDonald's and KFC (yes, they have all of those here...and they've even got a "Papa Ron's Pizza" which I find quite amusing). Sadly for Tori, Starbucks has not yet made it to Malang. There are several in Jakarta, a few in Surabaya, but none in Malang.

Anyway. So here's a recap of my WONDERFUL holiday in Bali - it rained, rained some more, rained again, kept on raining, continued to rain, monsooned, monsooned some more, monsooned again...I think you get the point. It was absolutely awful. Everything that was on the plan got canceled and we just ended up shopping, eating, and sitting on the bus for 4 days straight. The few times it wasn't raining we managed to snap some good pictures, and maybe I will post them here next time. The one redeeming moment was "Pulau Penyu" which means "Tortoise Island." There we got to play with giant tortoises that were over 100 years old, we held snakes and bats and eagles and had all kinds of fun. Unfortunately it only lasted 2 hours, but whatever...

I guess the one good thing is that the entire tour (food, hotel, transportation, admission to places, etc.) only cost $75 when you convert it into US dollars, so I guess I shouldn't complain too terribly much. It's much scarier when you think about the 750,000 rupiah it cost. Gotta love weak currencies!

So after we got back from Bali with sore butts and stomachaches at 7am, we all slept pretty much all day. Later that night, Robe and I went out to dinner by ourselves for some alone time. We went to this normal little seafood restaurant (even though Robe can't really eat seafood, he was sweet enough to let me enjoy my favorite cuisine). I thought everything seemed very normal. We were chatting and enjoying each other's company, as usual. Then after we ordered our food, he looked at me and said very casually "Will you marry me?" Seeing how casual he was about it, I thought he was just kidding, and so I just looked back and him and didn't say anything. It was then that he reached in his pocket and pulled out...yes, you guessed it, a ring. At that moment I realized he wasn't joking. Completely shocked, I didn't know what to say. And then I started crying. Robe was obviously worried when he saw tears, and he immediately started asking "Are you okay? I'm sorry, did I do something wrong? Oh my gosh I'm sorry! Are you okay?" He was so awkward about it, but it was just adorable. Finally I started crying, but I still couldn't say anything. After a moment of silence, Robe looked at me and said very unsurely, "So...will you marry me?" At that point I couldn't hold back anymore and said, "Yes."

So yea...it seems I'm engaged. Kinda crazy if you ask me, but right now I am absolutely the happiest person in the world. I'm sorry I couldn't call all of you and tell you, and I realize how much it sucks to read about this on a blog, but there's no way I could call everyone!

So there you have it. I'm currently talking to my mom about wedding plans (wow, that sounds so weird). Hopefully if we can get Robe's Visa in time, he can come home with me in June, and then legally we must marry within 90 days of his arrival to the US or else he'll get deported, so get ready for a mid-summer wedding everyone! That is, if we decide we want a wedding. We'll see!

Okay well I gotta get going. I just wanted to share the good news with everyone!! I miss you all and love you like crazy!!!