I'm getting married!

Just typing the words for the title makes me smile. In July 0f 2008, I started riding my bike with a man that I had known for years - John King. We met in the mid 90's when the technology coordinators from the 15 coops and the "3 ladies from Pulaski County" began meeting monthly for sharing and training. John and I got to know each other and over time became friends. I changed jobs in 2001 and didn't see him again until August of 2007 when we crossed paths at another state-level meeting - this one dealing with testing. We caught up with where we were in our lives, went out to dinner and a movie, went to a concert, and exchanged brief emails and phone calls. Without knowing it, we both bought bicycles and began to ride. When we found out that the other one had started riding a bicycle, John asked if I wanted to ride the Big Dam Bridge ride with him in September. We started riding together then and over the course of the next weeks or few months we fell in love. Neither of us knows for sure when it happened. On August 16, 2009 - while riding our bicycles at the river - John proposed and I accepted. He gave me a beautiful engagement ring on September 4 and we are discussing March 20 as a possible wedding date. I am getting married to my best friend and it makes me smile.