Engagement Story-Part 2

If you missed Part 1-Catch up here!

Fast forward a few months...10 to be exact...

After much deliberation we decided on taking a trip. This my friends, was our first official vacation as a couple. Believe it or not, over the 5 years we had been together we hadn't really taken a vacation together. A weekend away up north doesn't count, in my eyes at least. We both had taken our separate vacations with our friends, but we had never done it together. One step at a time.

We booked our trip to Cozumel and started the countdown til we left. Actually, Tony started the countdown. For some odd reason, this trip didn't seem real to me. Honestly, I really didn't get excited for it until we were sitting in the airport. And for some strange reason, Tony was a little too excited for it if you ask me. The ten e-mails a day with "are you excited??", "__ days til we're on the beach!" "What do you want to do this day?" where a little excessive. But I let it slide.

Fast forward again to the day we leave. It's 4 am. I'm going through the last minute packing and double checked our paper work. Pause. I forgot to mention something. Awhile back in conversation I had mentioned to Tony I had never had an ocean front room. It was never brought up again. Until I accidentally ruined my surprise when I was looking for our transfer information.

Haley: In a confused tone..."why on earth does this say we have an ocean view room"
Tony: "YOU RUINED IT!"
H: "ruined what?!"
T: "You weren't supposed to see that!"
H: "WHAT!? See what?!"
T: " I kept that a secret all these months and the DAY OF you find it!"
H: still in a confused/half asleep tone "I'm sorry?"

Oops.

Momma Mari walks in, Tony explains in disappointment that I found the room information. (hint) Momma Mari, who is way too excited for 4am in the morning, asks me if I'm "EXCITED!!??" As I'm standing in the hallway I reply with a yes but I can't be excited when my little boy Axel is starring back at me with a "what are we doing mom?" look...I didn't want to leave him :( So I quickly changed my answer.
While Tony is gathering the luggage, I head out to the car so I don't have to say goodbye to Axel. It's 4 am. on a Thursday. In October. It's dark out. I walk towards the car to get in the back seat, leaving the front for Tony. I  get to the door to find Diane and Brent sitting in the back. Again, it's Thursday, Diane should be in school...or at least still sleeping in order to get up for school...she should not be sitting in the back seat! (hint) But not thinking anything of it I jump in excited that I get to see them before we leave. We head to the airport. One thing I've learned, Tony is not an ...easy...traveler. He was so frazzled that it was starting to make me uneasy. But we got through just fine and we were on the plane to Mexico in no time. Even on the plan he was still uneasy. He kept checking his jacket and pockets. (hint) I of course thought it was because of his change of money handling, he had his wallet plus a money clip. Again, I didn't think much of it...just that he needed to take a chill pill and relax.

We make it to Cozumel. Had a minor hiccup with our hotel, but we got it all worked out-more in our favor actually. We settled into our room and decided to walk around. At this point it was probably 7 pm. Let me remind you we had left our house at 4:30-5 maybe, so it was a long day of travel. As we are walking around we are debating about what we are going to do for dinner. Eat at a restaurant or order in. We head to the beach to watch the sunset while we are discussing. After sitting down for a few minutes I ask if we can just order in food and go to bed, I was too tired to sit at a restaurant. Tony agreed. After a few more minutes went by Tony got up to use the restroom. When he came back out I got up from my chair, I was ready to head back to the room. Tony gave me a hug and made a comment about how he could do this the rest of his life. (hint) Silly me replied with a quick "me too" and turned to walk away. Tony held on to my hand but wasn't moving. When I turned around he was down on one knee.

Haley : In a serious tone..."is this a joke?"

To be continued....