PHILOSOPHY OF BOOKS AND BOOTS: The Philosophy of the Proposal!

I would be lying if I said I didn’t know it was coming. For one thing, we had talked about it. For another, my dad had told me Kyle had asked him (he’s not too great at secret keeping from his favorite daughter). When I went to College Station for Ring Dance (basically Aggie Prom), I had a feeling it would happen that weekend, specifically that Friday. But I had my doubts. Kyle had stumbled upon a text message that I sent saying I was expecting it on Friday. I thought maybe he would change his plans. He had told me he was planning the whole weekend (an anomaly) and I couldn’t know what was happening (which drove this type A personality nuts). When I got there he said he had a meeting with someone on campus and I had to entertain myself for a bit. I later found out he was picking up the ring! That night he took me to a very romantic dinner at a place called Christopher's and then we drove around College Station, visiting all of our special places. He took me to the Hall (RIP) where we had our first date. He took me to the Spoons parking lot where he asked me out, the Sonic where he told me he loved me, Lake Bryan, my old dorm. Our last stop was Adoration, something we used to do on dates. He was running out of time and I figured if he didn’t propose then he wouldn’t that weekend. He didn’t. The next day my roommate was quite upset, saying "HE CAN'T DO ALL OF THAT AND NOT PROPOSE". I think she may have been more upset than me. I knew it was coming eventually, so I didn't panic.

He did, however, tell me we were going to take pictures at the Aggie Barn with my brother and his girlfriend (bm Jessie) the next day. A little back story on the Aggie Barn: This little barn between Waco and College Station was a point of contention with Kyle and me once. On the way to the A&M at Baylor game one year I wanted to stop and take pictures since we were two hours early. Kyle refused to stop, citing the traffic we would run into, which we never did. Two years later I still had not gotten my Aggie Barn pictures, something that was on my Aggie Bucket List. Now in our conversations about proposals, Kyle always made clear that nobody would be there but us and there would be no photographer. So Kyle proposing in front of my older brother was something I just didn’t think would happen. I had given up on that weekend and figured it would happen in due time. So I got all dolled up and headed to the barn. Once we got there we realized there was a sign saying “No Trespassing” and a number to call if we wanted to take pictures. We called the number and nobody answered. Kyle still really wanted to go ahead. Kyle never breaks the rules, so that was my first clue. As we were taking the pictures, I could hear Kyle’s heart beating really loudly. That was my other clue. It still did not sink in until he turned to me and got on one knee. My Aggie Barn pictures were worth the wait, because they came with a question that I was dying to say yes to!