Quick drop in...

Hey everyone (:  Refreshed after sleeping in after a longggg night up with Hallie - thank goodness she didn't wake up much, after 3AM.  Anyway.

Today, Tangled Fan got it into her wonderful little head to totally rearrange EVERYTHING.  We're on a complete opposite side of the room, on a bookshelf.  Rayne, Merida, and Blondie are all on the same shelf as Flynn and I - and let's not forget Allie, Hallie and Jase!  

I'm a bit..okay...a LOT disturbed by this.  About a month or a month and a half ago, I would've LOVED to have been on the same shelf as Rayne, Blondie and Merida.  But now that I'm married with Jase AND Hallie, I would kind of like a bit of privacy.  Our shelf was where we were able to talk wholeheartedly and display affection.  But now that we're up with EVERYONE ELSE, it's kind of embarrassing!  Make that a LOT embarrassing.  I have no clue where we're all gonna sleep!  Ugh.  :(  The only plus side is that we're closer to the 18 inchers.  But we're the whole room away from the chair and the window!  :[ 

So, when Tangled Fan randomly snagged me, Merida, Rayne, Hayley, the two toddler dolls, and Punzie, to have a photoshoot to get a picture for her A Dolly A Day blog, we decided to forget what the word cooperate was.  

Cooperate?  Uh...no habla Ingles!  ;} 

At first glance, this one might be okay.  But none of us are looking at the camera, or at least in the same direction.  Scratch that one!  

This one might look okay enough at first glance, but then there's this dilemma:  

Merida decided to pull some of my hair over her face at last minute.  

Scratch that one too!  

I guess she just gave up and used this one for her blog banner.  We got tired of being away from everyone else and being dragged around into different positions every ten seconds...so we randomly all remembered what 'cooperate' meant. 

By the time we were done, I was sooo ready to get back to Flynn.  I was mad that he wasn't brought with for the banner.  But oh well... 

Here's the 'new' bookshelf.  

Toddler Merida & Toddler Rapunzel are right below us, and Punzie and her friend, BFC Ink Addison (Aka Addi) are below them.  

And this is the top level.  

At least Flynn can stand up without being all hunched over - it was really doing a number on his back!  So I guess there's that.  

Several times after I got back, Flynn started to lean down as if to kiss me, but realized everyone was up there and half were looking in our general direction, so he would freeze and stand upright again.  I suppose I'll wait until it's dark out and just dim enough that nobody else can see, and then I'll just give him a kiss so he can quit looking odd, bending over, looking around, and then standing back up.  Heehee..poor guy.  Well, this new display shelf is awkward.  Sooo soooo soooo awkward.  I figure Flynn will have a rant posted here within the near future...if he doesn't, I'll be surprised!  =D  

I'm baack!! My side of the engagement & homecoming (=

Hi all!! I'm baack!!!  Sooo glad to be back!

 And...

My arm works!  Woooohoooo!  

(In case you haven't noticed, I'm in a generally awesome mood right now.  Wouldn't you be too?!)  

I can move my hair and actually brush my hair now!  Yay!!

And if you haven't already heard via this post, Flynn and I are officially engaged.  

I suppose before I show any pictures or continue into the homecoming, I should tell my side of the engagement.  

So after Flynn left Sunday, I was feeling pretty drained - emotionally, mentally, and I don't know what all else!  I wasn't sure what I wanted, either.  I mean, I did like Flynn - come on, every time I as much as saw him, I got all butterfly-ey in my stomach.  (I know, butterfly-ey isn't a word but that's the best description I can think of :P).  But weren't we going a bit too quickly?!  We'd known each other for quite awhile if you count the time we were beside one another at the warehouse.  But still.  But after I'd thought a long while, I was pretty okay with it.  

And then I overheard Tangled Fan saying that if she couldn't fix my arm, she would likely get rid of me on eBay.  I'd been told about eBay before by Rayne.  Whatever dolls weren't liked or whatever, were sold on there.  Um, no thanks.  

So I asked one day, just generally, if dolls were sent to eBay if they were engaged to a doll here.  When Tangled Fan said no, that they'd likely stay together if they were engaged, and not be sold or anything, I knew what I had to do.  I didn't want to be sent to eBay just because I was dragging my feet a little - especially if Flynn was okay with being engaged already!  

After my surgery, Tangled Fan explained that my arm surgery either might not completely fix it, if at all, or it would fix it completely and everything would be all happy.  

So when he visited again Tuesday, I was really awkward and quiet because I didn't know what to say to explain that.  So I finally just let 'er rip.  

And then Flynn kind of hesitated, and if I'd had a stomach, I probably would have felt like my stomach was likely dropping clear down to my plastic toes! So much so that I just had to sit down, before I threw up or passed out or something - I was fairly certain of my fate at that point.  I know there are thousands of other Flynn dolls out there, but they weren't my Flynn.  They all have different personalities, you know.  

But then he grabbed my arm and fairly yanked out the ribbon.  At that point, I REALLY almost passed out, but from excitement.  I could hardly wait till he was done braiding my hair and fixing the ribbon onto my hair, and as soon as he did, I wheeled around and grabbed him into a kiss.  So there - we're engaged now, so I'll let you get to enjoying our pics!  Phew, this is gonna be one lonnng post.  Sorry!

I think this should be our official engagement picture.  :P What do you think?

In this one, we were trying to make that heart sign with our hands, but Flynn's hand is, like, HUGE compared to mine, so it's a pretty funky-shaped heart.  But you get the idea :D

Once we were done with engagement pictures, we were finally able to go back to the shelves.  

First we made a pitstop to visit Rayne, Blondie, and Merida.  

As soon as we entered, all heads turned to me. 

Merida was the first to jump up and grab me into an excited hug.  Then she held me out at arm's length and exclaimed, "Your arm!  It's fixed!"  

I laughingly held my arms up and everyone cheered.  Who knew us dolls could get so excited about someone's arm surgery going well?

But Rayne knew something more was going on.  

Pointing, she asked, "Did I see something in your hair?

With a small...okay, fine.  With a HUGE grin, I pulled my hair up to show the ribbon, and she clapped. 

"Wonderful!  Any plans made yet?"

"Not really,"

"Oh, you can wear my dress and veil!"

"Oh, no - they're yours!"

"I'd love for you to wear them.  It would look GORGEOUS on you."  

"Well..."

" 'Why, yes, Rayne, I would LOVE to wear your dress!' "  She said, laughingly.  

"Okay..why, yes, Rayne, I would LOVE to wear your dress!" I giggled.  "No, really, thanks."  

  

Blondie threw her arms into the air.  "Oh, it'll be an awesome wedding - I know it!"  

We all chuckled.

So then we talked for a good while.  So long, in fact, that Flynn finally decided to just go back down to our shelf and sit.  I suspect his back was getting to him, what with having to stand stooped over for such a long time.  

Before I left, I unbraided my hair (which had become somewhat messy), and tied the ribbon at the top of my head.  

Yes. I know.  I look like I'm wearing rabbit ears. :D  

Flynn met me just before I entered the shelf.  

"Home, sweet home," he trailed off. "Er...shelf, sweet shelf."  

I laughed and he grinned.  I was glad he was back to his silly self!  

"It's...nice," I said.  "Different from the other shelf, but nice.  It just feels kind of weird being down here alone!"  

He nodded and patted the box (it was a Hallmark 2012 ornament...of me.  Tangled Fan is quite the, uh, Tangled.  Fan.  Heheheh) and I clambered on top of it to sit.  He took the chair, and we talked for a good long while, just about stuff in general.  

I daresay that I look forward to many a night of doing exactly this with Flynn!  (=

Flynn again - update on Rapunzel & just general updates

Hey again - it's Flynn again.
Well, most important news first - Rapunzel finally had her arm fixed last night.  I just came back from visiting with her.  Before I go into the details of the visit, there's another update I wanted to add.

I was moved to a different shelf, lower down.  Actually, it's the last shelf on the shelving unit.  There's not too much space, because as you can see, there's a lamp and an alarm clock on there as well.  But hey, it's got this neat chair (the one I'm sitting in), and I can go out to stand on what I call the 'deck', but it's actually just where the dresser starts (the shelving unit is part of a dresser, so it's set up on top of the dresser.) so I won't have to stand all bent over all the time.  But it's pretty lonesome by myself here - but it's not permanent.  

And as you can see, Merida, Blondie and Rayne are all still on that shelf.  It's just up and over one, so it's not too hard to get over there to visit - Rapunzel was pleased to know that.

I asked Tangled Fan why she moved stuff around, and she just said that it was looking to crowded up there with all of us there.  And yeah, I suppose it was:

Anyway, moving on.  

This morning, I was able to go see Rapunzel, as I mentioned at the beginning of this post.  Before I continue, I want to say something I just thought of.  Our whole relationship kind of reminds me of the song "Into the Open Air", which is a song in Merida's movie, Brave.  I found a YouTube link - click HERE to listen to the song.  I would explain why it reminds me of our relationship, but it's kind of hard to explain. 

But anyway.  This morning, after Tangled Fan dropped me off to see Rapunzel, she went out to feed her horses, so that meant I had about an hour to visit.  

Rapunzel looked pretty droopy,  I suppose it was because of having surgery on her arm, but she swore it was because of the heat.  (It's been awfully muggy and hot here.)  

I was still a bit concerned about how awkward it might be between the two of us, and so we just sat  in silence a few minutes after exchanging hellos.  

I kept glancing over at Rapunzel, and a few times caught her glancing at me, chewing her lip as if she wanted to say something.  Finally, the silence got so unsettling that I finally just said something. 

"Do you, uh, want me to braid your hair or something?  Get it out of your face so you're not so hot?"

Her hair truly did look messy.  I suppose she hadn't brushed it since she left on Friday, because of her arm.  

"Oh, would you please?  I would love you forever if you did that!  I tried to earlier, but I got reprimanded to not move my arm."  She rolled her eyes and pointed with her other hand at her arm, which was now wrapped in some sort of foam or something, to keep her from bumping it or hurting it or something. 

Seizing a joke opportunity, I said, "Hey, if you'll love me forever for just braiding your hair, you must be pretty easy to please.  I'll take the job!" I chuckled at the end, so she knew I was just joking around.  

To my relief, she laughed.  Since it was hard for her to sit up with just one arm, I helped her sit upright, and got to work braiding her hair.  

And then I realized it.  I'd made a bad mistake.  I didn't have anything to tie her hair with.  I tried holding it for a few seconds and then letting go, but it didn't stay.  I didn't have anything to hold the braid in place with.  Except for that stupid purple ribbon that was still in my pocket.  

Ohhhhh no...my mind wailed.  

"Uhh..I don't have anything to keep it in place.  Ex-except for that, uh, ribbon.." I finally managed to say.  

Rapunzel swallowed to audibly that I heard it.  

"Dolls aren't supposed to wear ribbons in our hair until we're engaged.  Er, rather..until they're engaged."  At this point, I was wondering to myself if I could ever be around this doll without embarrassing myself so horribly.  "You know how I said last time that I didn't want to have you propose until my arm was fixed?"

"Ye-e-e-ah," I drew it out, wondering what in the world she was getting at.  I was fine with that.  I was just kind of standing here.  With a handful of hair and nothing to tie it with.  That's normal, right?

With a grumble and a grunt, she managed to stand up without help, and suddenly turned to face me.  I was trying hard not to lose my grip on her hair, but I did, and when I did, it loosed from the braid quickly, whipped back behind her, and knocked her off balance, because it was so thick and heavy.  

Nope.  Never gonna be able to do anything without embarrassing myself around her. Never.  I thought, as I grabbed her good arm to keep her from falling. 

Steadying her, I apologized.  

"Don't be sorry."  Rapunzel said.  She touched my cheek and whispered, "My arm's fixed now."  

"I know, but you almost fell, and that wouldn't do it any-"

"No," she laughed.  So obviously, I wasn't getting the point.  "My arm's fixed now."

"Yeah...," I said slowly.  What on ...OHH.  I thought.  "Oh.  Oooohhh!"  

At which point she got the giggles.  So much for being droopy because of the weather.  

"I'm sure Tangled Fan would give me a rubber band to tie your hair back with if we wait - you don't really want to get engaged just to get your hair pulled back, do you?"  I laughed, but suddenly I was the one feeling like I was rushing!  Awkward.  

"I thought a lot yesterday, and Sunday after you left.  I was kind of an emotional wreck, because of my arm aching so bad, I was wanting to just go back home to the shelf, and I just didn't know what I wanted!  You know everything about me, and I about you.  So what's a few more days' difference?  And it's not like we're getting MARRIED right now - just engaged.  I just didn't know how to say it, exactly.  But I'm ready when you're ready.  So there- I finally spat it out."  She smiled, eyes bright and she seemed relieved to have gotten that out.

I stood there and stared at her.   I opened my mouth and licked my lips, but nothing came out.  What do I do now?  I hadn't practiced or anything.   

"If you wanna wait, that's fine," Rapunzel said softly again, once back to her somewhat droopy state.  She went to sit down, but in one swift movement (or, at least I thought it was swift) I snagged her good wrist, pulled the rather crumpled ribbon from my pocket, and asked her to marry me.  

Rapunzel was somewhat speechless, so she just nodded and stood while I braided her hair and tied the ribbon carefully in place.  Then, she just kind of whirled to face me and pulled me into our first real kiss.  

Rapunzel told me to add in this post that we didn't do any engagement pictures right away because of her arm, but we'll be doing them as soon as her arm is good to go, probably by the end of the week.  

I told her about the whole shelf-re-arranging thing, and although she seemed somewhat sad that she wouldn't be able to be around Merida and Rayne and Blondie most of the time, she also was kind of happy to have some more space.  And I told her that it wouldn't take much to be able to go see them anyway, and she was a lot happier then.  

Unfortunately, Tangled Fan came in all too soon to come and get me.  Today, though, Rapunzel and I hugged and I told her I'd see her soon, unlike our rather awkward visit on Sunday.  She smiled and waved at me as I left, and I felt melancholy to leave - although the whole situation is quite surreal to me.  I don't feel any different, I just feel like the same old Flynn.  Not like an all-new, engaged, soon to be husband Flynn.  

By the way, we didn't discuss any wedding dates.  I'll keep you all up to date on everything, and I really, really hope Rapunzel will be back soon - she also wants me to tell you all that she'll include her side of this visit in a new post as soon as she gets back, and that the engagement pics will be included there.  

I'm hoping that the next post will be by Rapunzel, but I'll let you know if any major events happen.  

-Flynn.