Tis the Season to be Married

We first met back in the summer of 2009 at Michael Anthony's Restaurant. John was a server and Alyssa was a hostess. We just knew who each other were, we really didn't talk to one another much. Although, Alyssa did think he was charming for singing along to all the Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift songs that would come on. Fast forward to April 20, 2013. Alyssa is hanging out with her sister and cousins in a bar that was then called 9C. Her and her sister were getting ready to leave that bar, when all of a sudden walking in with one of their other cousins was John Long, We left for a few minutes, then went back to the bar, where the magical journey of Alyssa and John began.

What I thought was going to be an ordinary day at Yankee Stadium to watch some baseball turned out to be anything but ordinary. As soon as we got into the stadium, a rain delay was called. A THREE HOUR rain delay. John and I were just having a good time and making the best of the rain delay. We went with Brett, Mindy, Robbie and Jessica. John kept going on these random walks and I was just oblivious to all the signs that were leading to a proposal. Finally the game was set to resume. All of a sudden at the bottom of the 5th everyone strategically moves their seats away from me, still oblivious I thought everyone was hot and needed space. Then the marquee starts going with the birthdays, congratulations, anniversaries etc. THEN THERE IT WAS on the big screen "Alyssa, Will you make me the luckiest man in the world?" and there was John kneeling in front of me, asking me to marry him, and there I was frozen in time, in shock, I was so surprised! It was the BEST DAY EVER thus far!