Good things happen.

I've been a little quiet on this blog lately, and this is due to one reason:

I got engaged.

And it's pretty much all I've been able to think about for the last few weeks.

I can hardly believe it myself, but it's true.

I asked. Courtenay said yes. And I feel like the luckiest man in the state.

I'm not a man who believes in fate, but I can't help but be awed and humbled by the fact that she came into my life when she did, and wants to share her life with me. Good things happen.

My journey has been twisted by some bad decisions, and if my mistakes have left me with anything, it is a visceral sense of when I'm making a good decision.

And this, dear reader, is a very good decision.

A no-brainer, if you will.

Here are some pictures of the moment I'll always remember (atop Mt. Tamalpais):