Momentous courage.

Roommate Trista is finally out of our lives. She left a few things behind and the typical entitled attitude 'I'll have a friend come by to pick up my bed and the rest of my stuff'. Well as we know if you leave anything behind you can be charged any amount from a fee to rent per day if you aren't completely moved out. Her 'friends' came by, picked up the mattress and frame along with dozens of plastic hangers and just took them down to the dumpster. First,  those were perfectly good hangers which she didn't even have the decency to ask if we wanted them and second they left the mattress and box springs in the enclosure where it says specifically do not leave things outside the dumpsters. Sandy could get fined, but I think she's going to just tell Trista she lost most of her deposit to have it hauled away.
So there.. Jon discovered the mattress when he took out the trash and was incensed, he was pissed and took a picture of it to send to Sandy..which leads to the more uplifting scene to counterbalance it.
Jon and I  have been living together since January and we couldn't be happier. When we were looking for a place to live I would tell whoever I was emailing that he was my fiancee as that makes it sound more solid. I asked Jon if that was okay and he said, 'I'm yours.'
So I saw a men's silver and abalone ring a local artist created and when he saw it he loved it and said he'd love to have it. At the time (a month and a half ago) I had not gotten my 401k money and he just lost his job. So I messaged the maker and said I'd like to commission one and would get back to him. Well money came in and I asked how much it would be which as cost goes, not bad, $240. I sent half the money and he started making it. Sent me an updated picture of it in the final stage and I was thrilled to be able to afford something that would make my sweetie happy.
The ring was finished, I sent the remainder of the money and I got it a few days later along with a link to a sped up video of how the ring was made. (Jon loves to see how things are constructed so this was a bonus.)
Well, I planned on giving him the ring when we went to Old Town today but decided it couldn't wait given his mood when he saw the mattress.
I told him I had a video of the ring he saw before and we sat on the edge of the bed to watch it. I had the ring in it's box in my hand behind his back.
He was enthralled with the video and at the end he again gushed about how beautiful it was and wanted it. I brought my hand around in front of him next to my phone in his hand. He had a moment of confusion, looked at the picture then the ring then looked at me grinning big, looked at the ring and said, 'When did this....' I was in tears by then and said, 'I want to spend the rest of my life with you.' He pulled out the ring and put it on, perfect fit of course since I had discretely asked what size he wears weeks back.
We hugged and kissed a lot, said I love you several times and then he put the ring back in the box.
We were going to his storage and clear some boxes and didn't want to damage it. He put it back on when we got home.
So as proposals go, not the most romantic but it was very much from my heart and am happier than ever. No date set yet
as our life right now is up in the air but will update when that happens.
(sorry for the formatting and blurriness of the picture.)