A Royal Engagement..

Well.. its about time for Kate Middleton and Prince William to make the commitment "official". . .

In case you have not already heard (and if this is the case I would most definitely consider you completely out of touch with the world, because it is all over the news... you know who you are) Prince William and Kate Middleton have become engaged, as of this morning.
check out ( http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Royal-Engagement-Ring/ss/events/wl/111610royalring) for pictures of the ring.. its HUGE!!!

For some reason after reading articles all over the web today (I may have gone a little over board during my lunch break today), I have managed to feel the need to comment on this engagement. I guess there is something about royalty that I find very interesting. Besides the fact that this particular royal family are basically celebrities in the U.K, as well as the U.S, there is something about them that I find intriguing. Particularly William's new fiance....

While I was watching an online segment today, they described Kate as a girl that came from an normal middle class family, who went on to University after high school, met William, and boom bada bing, she's a queen. While it is much more complicated then that, I cant help but think of Cinderella (yes, from the fairytale) and the fact that she went from rags to riches in the matter of days. Although, she DID have a little help from her fairy godmother along the way. While Kate certainly hasn't come from rags, and this romance has certainly lasted longer than days (9 years, actually) she's certainly living her own, real life, fairytale...with a REAL Prince!

With this 'real-life' display of Prince-charming-meets-girl, girl-and-prince-charming fall in love is in news media today, and I am sitting in my living room with my mind full of fairytales, being the hopeless romantic that I am, I hope the best for Kate and William... as I would ANY two people that have become newly affianced. It certainly makes one excited for the adventures to come in the future.

Whatever kinds of adventures are in store for ME for the future, I hope that I can make the most of them. I'm DEFINITELY not thinking of getting engaged any time soon like Kate and William.. but maybe a trip overseas or taking on an internship sometime in the next couple of months would be just enough adventure for me, for now.


jusqu'à la prochaine fois mes amis!

Courtney