I just this morning found out that my dear friends Teresa (she’s the cutie at the Abbey) and Ted (sorry, Cap’n, I’ll try to take a photo of you soon) are engaged — have been since last Saturday, as it happens. Even though I spent Saturday night and Sunday evening with them, I had no clue. (They decided to wait to tell people until they got the ring last night.) Ted kept talking about turning one of the rooms in Teresa’s house into a server room, and at the time I fleetingly wondered if that meant he’d be moving in, but then I must have gotten distracted by something shiny or the ham or something.

Anyway, congratulations, you guys. You’re both terrific people and deserve nothing but happiness and smooth sailing. Mazel tov!