We're Engaged!!! (also in Boston)

WE ARE ENGAGED!!!

As most of you know, Naomi and I are engaged to be married!!! This is, of course very exciting. At the risk of sounding overly gushy on the fairly emotion-free medium of a blog, I cannot describe how happy I am, nor how ready I feel to wed this wonderful person. We don’t yet have all of the details for the wedding, but we are vigorously planning away. Right now, the idea is to have a small ceremony in Indiana fairly soon, but also to have a reception in Newton later this year, probably in August. That way, all of our Kansas friends and family will have a chance to support us in this new endeavor! I do thank everyone who has poured out their support on us these past few days, as well as before we were engaged. Your love has truly been most welcome.

On a separate note, Naomi’s work has taken her to Boston this weekend, and unlike the first time she went, I got to tag along. We spent the day traveling around on the T (the Boston subway) while visiting various museums and restaurants. One of my favorite stops was the MIT museum, a fascinating museum of science. They had lots of robots on display, as well as technology that assists in medical research. For instance, they are radically developing new ways to interact with the sense of touch over computers. If that sounds confusing, I am almost certainly not doing it justice. But this technology is going to change the way surgeons train their craft. Amazing!

It was great to experience this legendary institution that has been such a large influence on our everyday life. Really – if you counted up all the advances in technology that came out of MIT within the past 50 years, you would be blown away. Now all I ask is to see Isaac Entz’ name on the next big innovation in the world of technoloy. I even asked Isaac for some tips on how to best enjoy Boston (Thanks, Isaac!)

Now, as I lay on my warm bed, I feel truly grateful for the many blessings I have been given – supportive family, wonderful friends, and an amazing deal of good luck. Even in a Boston snowstorm, I have a toasty room to come back to. That’s more than can be said for many people. So, as Naomi and I embark on this road to our lives together, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. It is much appreciated.

p.s. I know many of you are going to be asking how we got engaged. What is our cute story? I’m afraid some of you may be disappointed. At the same time, many of you will say how appropriate it is for Naomi and me. Regardless of how you may feel, we simply decided together that we were both ready to commit our lives to each other. It wasn’t even in a special, romantic place – it was in our apartment. So there, eat your hearts out. I’m not so much concerned about how it happened. Rather, I’m just ecstatic that it happened.