I'm Sleeping With Batman

I'm engaged!!!

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I love my fiancee so much! He remembers everything I tell him, he listens to me, he even puts up with me every Sunday when I crash at his house all day! Wanna know the story? Wanna know how we met? Really, if you know me and I've never mentioned Jeremy, you really don't know me. I told a few of you recently, that I would post our story on my blog, so here I am, doing just that.

I've known Jeremy forever, well, maybe not that long, it's actually been about 5 years. It was only until this last summer that we really got together. Our only problem? At the time we decided to date, he was my director. We were REALLY good at keeping it a secret from the other members of the cast. It took, at least, a few weeks before anyone really figured out that we would wait for each other after rehearsal so we could walk out together and talk in the parking lot. However, once it was out that we were dating, some "special" members of our cast went out of their way to befriend me and try to convince me that they deserved a solo or more dialogue or a bigger part and that I should express those thoughts to Jeremy. Sheesh! Side note- I LOVE that people think that I have power. If anything, when you are dating the director of your show, people watch you even more to peg your mistakes. It was comical to sit back and watch and we got our fair share of laughs out of it.

Okay, now backtrack a little bit- The first Sunday that Jeremy and had been officially dating, we knew we were going to get married. We sat on his couch and just talked. I never wanted that night to end! I felt so comfortable and safe around him, and I could talk to him so easily, I could say anything and knew that he wouldn't judge me (Well, I could say ALMOST anything). After talking for awhile, he looked at me and told me he loved and that he wanted to marry me. That was one of the happiest moments of my life! He told me to start thinking of a date, to think of what I wanted in a ring, and that we would start planning. I remember the drive home perfectly! I called my mom, shrieking with joy, that I knew, with no doubt, that I wanted to marry him. After a few weeks of talking and deciding, we chose December 19th for our date.

Okay, back to the show. Our cast knew we were dating, but no one knew that we were planning on getting married. Of course, there were rumors, but no one knew anything. A few weeks before the show ended, we went ring shopping in West Valley. We tried to stay away from the Provo/Orem area because it wouldn't have helped if any of our cast members or people that we knew, well....people that Jeremy knows (turns out he knows quite a few people!), seeing us ring shopping together when we had done a wonderful job of convincing people that we were just dating. We went, I gave him a few ideas of what I like, but ultimately, I left it up to him.

Another side note- Jeremy and I teach together. We are both teach at a Youth Theater in Pleasant Grove, which is how we met. We've both been there for 5 years, so we've met a lot of people and have made a lot of friends, so they, too, were excited to hear that we were dating. We knew that we wanted to wait for our show to end before we got engaged, but we also wanted to be engaged by the time that our Youth Theater started up. It gave us a week of time in between one show ending and Theater starting up. I knew that it was coming, and I was trying to get it out of him so that I could expect it, but with no success. His friends, Heather and David, were moving back to New York, so we planned to go out with them the night before they left. Jeremy came to pick me up, and brought me flowers and a card that read "Dear Lauren, I'll always be there for you. All the love in my heart, Jeremy". Now, if you REALLY know me, you know that my favorite chick flik is "Say Anything", and the hero of that show gives his girlfriend and card with that exact saying. It was so romantic and I was so happy! So, we went to dinner, and confirmed our plans for the next night. My brothers and I had never seen "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and so we decided to get together with our friend Amber, Chris, and Danielle to watch it at Amber's house the next night. I went early to talk to Amber and help her get the food ready for our shindig. Also, Jeremy was preparing to teach at a school in Orem, and was busy, also, he had told me that he wasn't going to be to our party until later because he had to be at a parent teacher conference.
I didn't really expect anything that night.

I got to Amber's. We talked and started making food, then, she went outside to start up the BBQ, while I waited inside. I suddenly heard her yell for me and that she needed help, so I ran outside and WHOA! There was Jeremy! He was standing in the middle of her yard, holding a Batman ipod boombox above his head playing the song "In Your Eyes", wearing a trench coat. Okay, so even before Jeremy and I started dating, we had talked about the perfect way to propose and both came to the conclusion that recreating the scene from "Say Anything" when the hero goes to her house, and stands outside her room, holding a boom box above his head playing "In Your Eyes". Back to the story- he was doing exactly that!!! I couldn't believe it! Was he proposing?? I walked over to him, he held my hands and told me that he loved me and wanted to take care of me forever, if I would let him. Then....then....then....He asked me to marry him!!!!! He reached into his really deep trench coat pocket and pulled out my ring! It's gorgeous! It's exactly what I wanted! It was the most perfect moment of my life, and Amber was even there taking candid pictures so that we would be able to remember that moment. And yes, we still watched "Rocky Horror Picture Show" that night. :)

As of two days ago, it was 3 months away from our wedding. 3 months seems so far away! I love Jeremy so much, and I've never been so happy in my entire life. Already, I've been through trials and he's still here, helping me and seeing me through them. I can't believe how lucky I am, and I can't wait to be with him for eternity! We have so much fun together and he understands me so well. He's introduced me to so many things like, well, "Rocky Horror Picture Show", Batman, every good Broadway musical, blogging, Planet Unicorn, Dr. Horrible, Mapleton, pop (I still believe it's called soda, though), extended family, making amazing musical tracks from only piano music, and so, SO much more!

I love you so much Jeremy Showgren, and I can't wait to marry you!