It all happened on Friday, January 1, 2021. We woke up around 9:30am and we started off the morning doing Chloe Ting workouts. It took about an hour long. We were scheduled to do the polar bear swim that morning. We told Hannah and John we were leaving at 10:30am and headed to Golden Ears. Michael mentioned the night before that John his cousin was also coming as well as Pedro. I was excited to hear that more ppl were joining us for our 3rd annual polar bear swim. The weather was supposed to be rainy all day but we had mostly cloudy skies during the event. Michael scheduled to meet both his cousin and Pedro at the Tim Hortons near his parent's house. So we got there around 11am. I think we got to Golden Ears about 11:30-12pm. It was great to see Angel, Aurora, Jenny, Mikayla, and Marcus out to watch. I headed out of the house with just my sports bra, shorts, and my jacket because I didn't want to put on new clothes and I forgot to bring my shoes with me so I had flip flops on the whole time. This was bad because my feet were freezing after the swim. I did bring clothes to change out of and towels. I was ready to go just waiting on Hannah and John to arrive. Once they got out we were ready to hit the waters. We were about to go when a lady came up to us asking if we were doing the polar bear swim and we said yes we were and she told us she was a reporter working for the Maple Ridge News and asked if it was ok to take photos and we said yes. We then all ran in, jumped in and I was the first one out. As always I run-in with my flip-flops and I realized just then when I got out that I had to look for them to get out. Thank goodness they were floating nearby. Out of the water I quickly grabbed my towel to dry off. Then while looking downwards Michael was on one knee saying he dropped something and in his hand was a ring. I swear I was too cold to even notice. I seriously thought he injured his leg or something when he was in the water. And then I waited...waited....till he popped the question and I said YES! And we didn't even know which hand to put the ring on. That's how newbie we both were. Afterward, we hugged and kissed and our family and friends celebrated with us. All of them surprised except for Pedro and Angel who helped Michael pick out the ring. This was definitely a special moment for the both of us. We took some photos with everyone. Said our goodbyes. Went home showered and went out to have our favorite bun bo hue noodles on Nanaimo and Kingsway. Cafe Xu Hue. And we just settled at home and had a chill night.
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