I got up about eight this morning, expecting to have a day of homework and such. I got on my computer, logged into facebook, and Stephan's mom got onto chat and asked if it was too early for Stephan to call me. He had just gotten out of his one class. I said that it was fine, but I wasn't dressed yet. Stephan calls, and he asks if he could come over for a little while since today marked two months since he proposed. After I got off the phone, I hopped into the shower, got dressed, and then he came over. We hung out for a little while, and decided to run a couple of errands, like checking out a wedding invitation place at the mall that does custom invitations for really cheap and then going to the scooter shop so we could get a helmet for me.
We go to his scooter, and his keys are still in the ignition. He tries to start the scooter. The battery is dead. This is very annoying. He called his mom, and she was making a house call (she's a nurse) but promised to call when she could get the battery charger from their house. We hang out at my apartment for a while waiting. She came with the charger and we charged it until it wouldn't charge anymore. Stephan put the battery back and the scooter still didn't start. So, we three made a trip to the scooter shop to get a new battery. This one was going to be a better one that would last a few years. But we would have to wait a few hours before it was ready. In the meantime, we looked at helmets. Then Kathy HAD to get back to Pleasant Grove to pick Natalie (Stephan's younger sister) up from school. Stephan's backpack was still at my apartment, so we went back to my apartment (with a slight detour at a drive-thru to get a late lunch) and Kathy dropped us off. We did a little bit of studying. Then Stephan's dad came later with the new battery, helped him put it in, and all was well again. We (Stephan and me) went for ice cream after that. I think we deserved it.
After we came back to my apartment for some water, Stephan really needed to get home. I walked him out to his scooter, and when he tried to start it, it wouldn't go. Needless to say, I panicked. But it turned out he forgot to flip a switch. Phew! He said to me: "I've caused you a lot of worry today, didn't I?" My answer: "YES!!!!" Then he left.
What a day! But I'm sure we'll all look back on this in the near future and laugh. And some good came out of the stuff that happened today:
(1) Stephan's battery was on the fritz anyway, it turns out. So it's a good thing we got it replaced. Better to have it die at my apartment complex and get a battery while he's still living at home rather than have his battery die when he's in the middle of nowhere or something. That would be bad! The battery he has now will last him three years. His old one was only supposed to last one year, and he's had it for almost a year.
(2) We're probably not going to that invitation place after all. We are going to have Alex (Stephan's brother) design our wedding invitations on photoshop and print them somewhere. Or buy photo paper (we're doing photo announcements). Cheaper than paying a place to design AND print them.
(3) We know my helmet size and what kind of a helmet we want for me.
(4) Honestly, a dead battery was much better than what else could have happened!
(5) I got to introduce Stephan to SubZero Ice Cream. Houston, we have a convert!
Oh the joys of being engaged to someone who essentially has a motorcycle...ha ha.
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