Worst news EVER.

I know that I have you all intrigued right now. What is the "worst news ever," and how come there is a picture of my engagement ring featured below such a scary title?

Dont worry, we didn't call off the wedding or anything!

I will tell you the story: Featured above is the beautiful ring that Trevor gave to me. This weekend I was looking at it, and I noticed something funny about the two suspended diamonds. One looked like it was slanted away from me and the other looked like it was slanted toward me. Of course I got a little scared, but then I reassured myself that I have only had the ring for a week, the diamonds could not have come loose already. Perhaps they were accidently put into the setting crooked. On farther inspection yesterday, however; I touched one of them and it moved.

By then I happened to be at work--I am fortunate enough to work in the same building as the jewelry store in which I bought my ring, so during my break I took it in to Fred Meyer Jewelers. They confirmed my fears. My diamond is loose, and if I continue to wear my ring I may possibly lose one of the precious stones.

They are really good to work with though. When Trevor and I got the ring we got the lifetime insurance on it, so they are sending it to a goldsmith who should be able to fix the problem. Which will take a whole week, but at least they are getting something done. They also told me that if the stones come loose again that they will order me in a new ring, in my size, (we think that having the ring resized might have disturbed the way the stones are being suspended) that way there won’t be any tampering with it.

I have also decided that I might have to stop wearing my ring to work, at least on days when I am at a regular check stand, because, me being a checker, I have a lot of opportunity to hit my ring, causing the stones to come loose. I'm not too sure about this at the moment. I have only had my ring for a week and I am feeling naked because I don’t have it on right now. I doubt that I would enjoy having to take it off every time I go to work so I would like to at least have a band to wear while I am working  - Maybe this is a sign that I should get a new job!