My friends are enablers.

That's what I love about them.

Val's convinced I'm going to marry Hines Ward. So am I, so our little head game arrangement works out well. When I stalked visited Hines Ward's Atlanta house back in August, she totally supported me by taking a picture. Remember? Todd says I can be sure now that my photo is hanging in Hines's house—by the security cameras, snicker. But you gotta start somewhere.

Back on August 1, the start of my birthday month, I launched a campaign to seduce encourage Hines Ward (like a few other people in my life, I seem to be able to call him by full name only) to follow me on Twitter. I figured 23 days with which to work would give me plenty of time. I had friends join in the begging campaign. I told him I went to UGA when he was playing there, that I became a big Steelers fan after he was drafted, that this was my biggest birthday wish ever. And then, only six days in, it happened.


My joy rivaled that of someone who just won the lottery. (Though I'm still buying tickets in the hopes of one day having to test this theory in real life.)

(Although if I marry Hines Ward I'll be able to stop playing the lottery and focus instead on all of my diamonds and … more of my diamonds.)

Thanks to my friend Tempy, the below photo is my new FB profile picture.


Isn't it amazing? We are look so happy together.