Jose and I had a trip booked a trip to Cancun in January months in advance. We flew out of Boston on January 2nd. For the first couple of days we ate a lot of tacos, hung by the pool, went to the shows, and got massages. We had to book excursions and set up dinner reservations a couple days in advance.

I really wanted to try this Italian restaurant so Jose went and set up a reservation for January 4th. We spent most of our day at the pool. Then we headed back to our hotel room to get ready for dinner. When we came back Jose was upset that our room had not been cleaned and was on the phone with the front desk. I didn't think it was that big of a deal. Jose helped me pick out my dress since it was a nicer restaurant and ironed it for me as I was doing my hair and makeup. Jose ended up burning through his shirt he picked out for that night while he was ironing it. He was pacing back and fourth in the room for a while as I was still getting ready and then ended up falling asleep on the bed.

We left our hotel room and walked down along the beach towards the restaurant. He stopped me and said that we were having dinner here - a small private pavilion overlooking looking the water. The stairs and floor were lined with rose petals. At that point I had a feeling he was going to propose but didn't see a ring or anything in his pocket. After we ate dinner, Jose ran to the bathroom and gave his phone to our waiter. He sat back down, held my hand, and said "This was not just date night." After so many words Jose got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Obviously I said yes! We facetimed both of our families and then headed back to the room. He had rose petals set up around the room along with chocolate. Everything about that night was perfect.

The next day we went to XCaret. We floated down the underground river, snorkeled with fish and turtles, and watched the show. The other excursion we went on was ziplining, driving ATVs, and swimming in the cenote. The weather was beautiful for the whole week and of course we came home to a snow storm. Maverick was so happy to see us!

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