I received some very happy yet surprising news. My reaction to which can be best summarized by the one-way IM below... I feel the need to capture that moment, HZ, so I hope you don't mind that I copied this IM onto my blog. If you do, I'll take it off. =)

(1:06:25 AM): OMG!!!!!!!

Auto response from [friend] (1:06:26 AM)...

(1:06:33 AM): huizi!!!!!!!

(1:06:41 AM): how could I not know the INSTANT you're engaged!

(1:07:11 AM): I just told my friends today that you're my oldest friend America... I think the significance of that (and of you) is way more than the above sentence implies!

(1:07:21 AM): OH HUIZI!

(1:07:27 AM): I can't believe you're engaged

(1:07:34 AM): the girl who gave me my first pop-tart

(1:07:44 AM): I think my fingertips went numb when you told me that...

(1:08:02 AM): did I say "congratulations"?

(1:08:06 AM): I mean "congratulations"!

(1:08:48 AM): 2+2=4? How can you compare love/marriage to math?! We are (you are) way more complicated than some equation

(1:09:05 AM): ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

(1:09:58 AM): I'm having a conversation with myself, so I'll stop now. I hope this is what you REALLY want... despite the doubts (which would seem normal)... I say listen to your gut.. and that elusive heart...

(1:10:11 AM): sigh.... time... life... what more can I say.