Hey Everyone,
I just wanted to say I'm sorry for being MIA for the past week. It has been action-packed to say the least but I feel terrible that I haven't responded it timely fashion to you all. I hope you won't take it personally and will forgive me!
On Monday, my birthday, I lost the diamond from my engagement ring. Apparently, I must have hit my ring on the door jam and bent one of the prongs in the setting enough that the diamond popped out. I woke up the morning of my birthday to find it gone. As any bride would naturally do, I freaked out completely and started hysterically crying. I spent the entire day searching our house, crawling around with a flash light with no luck at all.
To make it all the worse, we slacked on getting insurance and following up on our warranty. So, I was facing the reality that my special diamond, the one Doug looked and looked for and gave to me exactly a year to the day I lost it, might never be back on my finger again. BUT....Finally, Doug came home and after looking for 30 minutes he found it! In the same spot I must have checked 50 times myself.
The happy ending is, that we took the ring and diamond to be re-set (for free!) and they are adding 2 extra prongs to the setting and lowering the diamond a bit also, so it's less easy to catch on anything. In the end, I'm not only am getting my ring back but a BETTER ring! And, who knows, maybe Doug will re-propose to me when I get it back
This whole experience taught me a few valuable lessons:
1) INSURE YOUR RING! Seriously. Do it people. Save yourself from having this happen to you.
2) Calm down when in a crisis. I am notorious for over-reacting. Doug is the calming force in our house, and he showed me that panic is not conducive to finding lost items of value.
3) I cannot live without Doug. He is my partner, my best friends, my calm in the storm, the love of my life and finder of lost things. I am more thankful to have him now then I have been all our relationship. This experience really opened my eyes in a new way, let me tell you.
So there you have it. Hope you all will learn from my mistakes! Thanks for being so supportive in the midst of my crazy few days of drama.