It was Mardi Gras 2001 when me and the cutest boy on the planet went down to NOLA. The night before we left he decided to walk me down to Lake Pontchartrain. I say down, but you have to walk up to the lake. visually It is really weird. Anyway, we get there, and he’s telling me how much he loves me. And in my mind I’m thinking yeah, yeah I love you too. The girl brain in me is thinking he really wants to get romantic with me the night before we leave so I’m not really paying that much attention to what he is saying. And then the next thing you know, I hear,”So what I am saying, Dana is will you marry me?” Well, as you can imagine, I snapped to attention, and looked at the ring that he slid on my finger before I even realized what was really going on. Well, as you can imagine I said yes, because yes, right?! When I look at this painting, I see all the colors of Mardi Gras, and I see lots of love. I hope you see it too. Sidenote, there is a word still exposed from the under painting. I decided to leave it because it describes how I feel.