Engaged

Its been awhile since my last post and a lot has happened since then. Everything has been amazing between Clarah and I. I can't believe how lucky I am to have found her, she's to put it simply my soul mate. I feel closer to her with each passing day. On one such great day in March Clarah suddenly became all serious and looked me in the eye and asked me to marry her, I think she was growing impatient :). I of course said yes. A few weeks later I went out and bought a ring and then returned the favour by proposing to her on the 30th of March just three days after my birthday. It was an amazing day, the sun was blazing and we'd been having a little lunch and wine out in the back garden. I thought it was a perfect time to ask her. The kids had just come back from their grandparents and were happily playing at the bottom of the garden. Clarah was overwhelmed and said yes while jumping up and down like the Tigger she is. Since then everything has been perfect and we feel so much more secure and have been smiling ever since.



Most recently the whole family has just gotten back from Ireland. Clarah and I spent some time looking into venues and churches for the wedding. First of all we had a look at the Royal Hotel in Bray and we were given a great tour around the hotel by the wedding co-ordinator Nessa. She and her assistant Philip treated Clarah, Beth and myself very well and were very friendly and accommodating. We really liked the facilities provided for the guests, which included a pub, smoking area and a great play room for the children (of all ages...) including a Playstation, air hockey table and pool table. The function room we seen was very impressive and large enough to easily host all our guests comfortably. We were over in Ireland from the 21st to 28th of May and really enjoyed every moment of it. We looked at our church, met our vicar and the process of getting married is slowly starting to happen... All this to a man who never thought he would be getting married is, at times, a bit bewildering, but it feels amazing because I know it's right. OK, soppy stuff over now.

I've been working as a temp for a while now, and I just really want to get my career back on track. I've had various interviews, but due to various reasons, they haven't happened. I have a call back for a second interview during the next week, so we'll see how it goes. I really miss working in design and am aching to get back to it again.