It was during my long hiatus over the last year that a wonderful development happened in my life: I got engaged! I’ve been seeing my fiancée for over a decade now and it was time to make things official. I’m very happy and very excited to officially get official about it. Over the last year many great plans have come to fruition. We Traveled to Paris…and Got Engaged! We have a tradition of traveling during Lauren’s birthday. I suggested that we do something “big” for this birthday and head to Europe. It was her first time to visit and I couldn’t wait to go with her.