For the last two weeks, I’ve been trying to find a way to relate what’s been happening in my personal life to a lesson about running your own business, being a freelance writer, growing a career… all the topics I’ve tried to cover in this blog. After all, I’ve managed to relate hair color to self awareness, skinned knees to moving past your fears, purple socks to visualizing success, bad haircuts to customer service and pedicures to being a salesperson. So you’d think my BIG NEWS would somehow relate back to my business.

But I got nuthin’. Or at least right now I can’t think of anything because the only thing on my mind is the BIG NEWS itself.*

So here we go… The BIG NEWS: I’m getting married! After almost three years of dating (and a year and a half under one roof), D.J. popped the question. I’m wearing a beautiful, amazing diamond ring, and I’m picking out ribbon colors and trying to find the perfect shoes for our Thanksgiving week wedding. I’m gloriously happy, overwhelmingly busy and completely in love.

*The only possible business lesson is that when your boyfriend proposes, your work life may come to a screeching halt. Try to manage the situation by limiting your Google searches of “unique wedding favors” to two a day.