Sharing Blankets

So after packing his lunch almost every day for the past couple of months, jigg finally saved up enough of his lunch money to surprise me with an engagement ring! The proposal was a complete surprise since I didn’t expect him to save up so much money so fast.  The poor guy probably starved himself for that rock.

It happened during his birthday dinner at Strip House.  After we were seated at our table, we were just chatting like we always did.  He smirked over something I said while we waited for our food and I asked him what he was laughing about.  He then said that he had a question to ask me.  When he popped the question and held out the ring, I thought he was kidding!  Of course I said yes and then made him put the ring on my finger to make it legitimate.

It was my first time at such an expensive steakhouse, but I could hardly even remember how the food tasted after the proposal.  I was so happy, ANYTHING would have tasted like a gourmet meal to me.

I love going out to buy lunch since it’s the perfect excuse to leave my seat. Wondering what to eat for lunch also takes my mind off the job I hate. Only problem was, lunch around my job is probably the most expensive in the country. I spend between $10-15 on lunch for food that can just hold me over for a few hours.

Fortunately for me, I have Karen to come up with cost cutting initiatives. Probably about a month and a half ago, I promised Karen that I would bring lunch to work three times a week. This would help me save quite a bit while still giving me the freedom of choosing two days a week to eat something else other than chicken; I always bring chicken.

There have been many occassions where I simply forget to bring food. No problem since I can use one of my two days. However, there were some weeks where I simply did not have the time to make lunch so there was nothing to bring. It’s a tough choice sometimes because you can only be one of two things: a man without integrity and breaks his promise to the person he loves or, a hungry man, maybe even a starving man, who does whatever it takes to keep his promise.  This means I would have to skip lunch entirely, even if I skipped breakfast.

The way I see it is, there are millions of people starving everyday. This gives me a chance to live in their shoes, keep my promise AND save money. Three birds with one stone!