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Maroon92
Maroon92 MegaDork
10/11/13 4:56 p.m.

As of yesterday morning, when I asked my girlfriend of 10 years to marry me, and she said yes.

We have finally settled in to our new home in Sparks, NV after a cross country drive from Medina, OH. I convinced her (luckily it didn't take much) that we should wake up early to watch the sun rise over the salt flats. As the sun was cresting, I told her how awesome she was and proposed.

We met in middle school, she was dating a friend of mine at the time. Said friend ended up in the drugs and booze, and after they broke it off, we ended up together. Our first date was to go see Jeepers Creepers 2 on August 30, 2003.

She is still my best friend, and I can't imagine life without her.

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
10/11/13 5:00 p.m.

Congratulations!!!

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 UberDork
10/11/13 5:03 p.m.

Dude! That's awesome!

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/11/13 5:04 p.m.

Congratulations!

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/11/13 5:09 p.m.

So THAT'S why you said you wanted to stop at the salt flats Congrats. It was good meeting the two of you a few days ago.

bravenrace
bravenrace UltimaDork
10/11/13 5:12 p.m.

In reply to Maroon92:

Wow, so cool! Congratulations! I only regret that we didn't meet when you were living only about a half hour away from me!

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/11/13 5:13 p.m.

Well done.

Tom_Spangler
Tom_Spangler GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/11/13 5:17 p.m.

Loving the fact that the picture of the car is posted first.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/11/13 5:20 p.m.
Tom_Spangler wrote: Loving the fact that the picture of the car is posted first.

He's an artist. He's setting the scene.

ransom
ransom GRM+ Memberand UberDork
10/11/13 5:26 p.m.

Congratulations!!

Maroon92
Maroon92 MegaDork
10/11/13 5:26 p.m.
Keith Tanner wrote: So THAT'S why you said you wanted to stop at the salt flats Congrats. It was good meeting the two of you a few days ago.

Yeah, I'd had that little bit planned for about a month or so. It was raining like crazy in SLC the night before, so I was starting to get pretty disheartened about not being able to go out on the salt. By the time we got to Bonneville, though, it was obvious that it hadn't rained there, so we drove about a mile out into the salt. It was really cool to see, and to think about all the history that has taken place there. (I had very similar feelings of history when I went to Sebring, Daytona and Indianapolis).

Thanks for showing us around Grand Junction. It was a great time. Elvis was berkeleying amazing.

Maroon92
Maroon92 MegaDork
10/11/13 5:30 p.m.
Tom_Spangler wrote: Loving the fact that the picture of the car is posted first.

I couldn't forget where I was posting...

We spent a week in that car with our 4 year old Basset hound. We were glad to be out of the car by the time we rolled into Sparks. Coupled with the fact that it only managed about 24 miles to the gallon over the 2434 miles we traveled, and it is a boring slushbox, I've grown to hate that car.

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/11/13 5:31 p.m.

Congratulations!!

cwh
cwh PowerDork
10/11/13 5:43 p.m.

Awhhh, that is so sweet! Me, I just placed an ad in an alternative newspaper to find my wife to be.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 UltimaDork
10/11/13 5:53 p.m.

Very cool and congrats.
In other news, out of Ohio and into Nevada?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/11/13 6:46 p.m.

great news!

mndsm
mndsm UltimaDork
10/11/13 6:57 p.m.

She looks shockingly like an ex of mine. Hopefully your version does you better than mine did (I have the scars to prove it). In any event, congrats and whatever!

poopshovel
poopshovel MegaDork
10/11/13 7:07 p.m.

GIRLFRIEND STEALER! I thought WE were best friends!!! Congrats bud. Easy on the whiskey-throttle.

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
10/11/13 7:12 p.m.

The only thing that could've made this even more epic is if there was a free Mazdaspeed Miata shell ratchet strapped to the top of the Mazda3.

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/11/13 7:32 p.m.
Maroon92 wrote: We have finally settled in to our new home in Sparks, NV after a cross country drive from Medina, OH.

Welcome to the neighbourhood. Watcha doing out here?

Oh, and congrats.

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 Dork
10/11/13 7:40 p.m.

paranoid_android74
paranoid_android74 HalfDork
10/11/13 7:45 p.m.

Congrats!

clownkiller
clownkiller HalfDork
10/11/13 8:08 p.m.

Congratulations, whens the wedding? Time for kids!

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 Dork
10/11/13 8:27 p.m.

Wait Sparks, NV? that means you can will call orders from Summit now

Maroon92
Maroon92 MegaDork
10/11/13 8:30 p.m.
moparman76_69 wrote: Wait Sparks, NV? that means you can will call orders from Summit now

Strangely, I've lived in 3 apartments in the last three years, and all three of them were less than 40 minutes from Summit Racing retail locations.

Marietta, GA
Medina, OH
Sparks, NV

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