So, after almost 14 and a half years of being together,  Hauke and I are about to make it official. We are getting married.

This stems from the start of this last year, as Hauke's and my schedules were opposite of each other, and we didn't get to see much of each other at all in 2019. I realized, by years end, I was becoming very lonely and depressed. So, one night, I just asked him "What happened to what we used to be? We used to go out to eat at least once every week. We had movie nights with friends every Thursday. I had my drawing friends over every Sunday. Where did that all go? What's happened to us".

We realized we had stopped communicating with each other. So, we opened up to each other again, talked about the past, talked about the future, for us. Then, it just kind of popped out.

Hauke asked, "Well, would you want to marry me?"

And I said "Yes. Very much so!"

And that was that. We told our folks, and a few friends got prior notice. We announced it to our friends here, during our Thanksgiving toast. We are hoping sometime in December to head down to the courthouse and become, legally, a couple.

So, what started out as a not so great year for me is ending up as maybe one of the better years. Here's hoping 2020 will be an even better year for the two of us, as one.