Four days prior to getting engaged, my friend Ryan Matey asked me to go to an AKPSI Christmas event. For those who do not know what AKPSI is, it's a business fraternity that Ryan was the president of while he was in college. Ryan knew it was going to take a lot of effort in order to fool me, so he had an entire AKPSI invitation made in order to throw me off. Of course the invitation said to wear formal attire and stated reservations were held in downtown Detroit near Campus Martius.

The night before the big day I ended up working a 16 hour shift and was exhausted. Ryan was so nervous that I wouldn't wake up, so he called me numerous times throughout the day. After waking up, running us late, and almost walking out the door with wet hair, we were finally on our way to downtown Detroit. At that point I realized I hadn't heard from Michael all day, but remembered he told me he was playing hockey. Little did I know, Michael was already in Detroit, ready to surprise me.

Once we got to Campus Martius, Ryan stated he wanted to walk around. As we were walking around, I spotted Michael and immediately my eyes filled with tears. The next thing I knew he was saying a little speech and asked me to marry him. I, of course, said yes. He then took me to a lovely reservation at Prime and Proper where we drank champagne and ate delicious food. It was the most perfect day.

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