On the morning of May 23, 2016, Semaj said he wanted to have a simple date night downtown margaritaville at the Navy Pier. I gave him a crazy look & said yea ok but that’s not so simple. After having dinner, Semaj said it’s such a nice night outside let’s walk around and get some pictures of the skyline. Once again I gave him a crazy look but agreed; and for those of you who know me you know the look I gave him. After walking around and finding the perfect view of the skyline Semaj just stood behind me looking at the view. After standing there for a few minutes he said let me take my hat off and put my sunglasses away. For those of you who know Semaj know he’s NEVER outside without his hat. So that made me jump and turn to look at him and as I was turning to face him he had the ring in his hand……………… 

After a few months of dating I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Nakita.  So my next steps was to subliminally pick at her to see how she felt about marriage, if she was to get married where would she get married at and what type of rings she liked. Trust me, sometimes it is not easy asking Nakita questions without her asking “why”. After getting all my answers and finding the perfect ring, I began thinking of a way to propose. I knew I wanted it to be quiet and personal but something she would always remember so I thought (ha ha) she loves margaritas so we’ll go to margaritavillle at the navy pier…quiet, simple with a little romance. Nakita had a bad weekend so that Monday morning May 23, 2016 I told her I wanted to take her out and cheer her up, she was dragging but eventually she agreed to go. My plan was to propose in margaritaville but it was a little more crowded then I thought so I decided to go for a stroll after dinner and pop the question then. Once I found a nice quiet spot with a nice view of the skyline we stopped and we both stood there looking. Nakita was standing in front of me so I quietly took the ring out my pocket and made a comment to get her to turn around and when she did I asked her would she promise to be mine for the rest of our lives by marrying me…..