On Sunday, May 25, 2014, I picked Sharwyn up from Port Canveral and we went to my aunt's house for breakfast.  My parents and Tima were in town, so he was able to finally meet them!  After breakfast, my parents were heading out for church and Sharwyn walked out to talk to my dad.  Sharwyn, Tima and I went to the mall and he bought a nice, new light grey suit; he'd been talking about buying a new suit for a couple weeks.

Tima and my uncle (Edgar) dropped us off at the port as I was going to cruise with Sharwyn for a week while he worked.  While we were hanging out on the ship, he mentioned wearing his new suit for dinner and to go to the show that evening.  I was like, "so if you are dressing up I guess I have to too...but it's not formal night!"  He pretty much just said, "yep, you need to dress up too."..Me: "uh, ok."  He even made a comment about how I was wearing my hair (I was just going to do my normal ponytail, but he advised against it :-/)...

So we go to dinner and have our own little table for two, then he mentions getting to the show early to get  a good seat.  I'm thinking 'aren't they all good seats?...but ok, I will follow his lead.'  His version of 'good seat' was the second row!  We are sitting there, all lovey-dovey when they ask for volunteers to come up on the stage.  One of the carnival employees walks past the girls beside me and comes and asks me to come with her onto the stage.  Reluctantly, I go with her while looking back at Sharwyn with a "did-you-tell-them-to-do-this look!!!!!

There were about 8 guests on the stage and they have us all turnaround and tell us welcome to the booty-shaking contest.  Yes, I had to stand on stage and shake my booty toward the audience - Sharwyn says I did the 'cute-booty-shakin'...that's because I was not trying to be up there!  Then we turn around and the host tells us that had nothing to do with why we were up there. 

Next they go down the row of guests and ask you to state your name and where you are from.  I say "Syreeta, from North Carolina."  The host, then asks me who I was on the ship with...I pause becuase I was about the 5th guest and he had not asked the other 4 who they were with.  So he asks me a second time and I say, "Sharwyn."  Then he asks me, who Sharwyn is (the DJ, which I knew he knew), who is he to me (my boyfriend), and how long it had been since I had seen him (6 weeks)...Then he tells Sharwyn to come up on the stage. 

Sharwyn, aka DJ Tropyx, introduces himself and invites everyone to come out to the club.  The host has the two of us move front and center stage, they dim the lights and he gives Sharwyn the mic as the live band on stage starts to play John Legend, All of Me.  Sharwyn sings the first verse to me, with his St. Vincent accent, as I'm melting on the inside.  He drops to one knee and asks me to marry him.  And obviously, I said "Yes, I will!" 

Well, after all that, the host made me get back into my spot and participate in more activities on stage, when all I wanted to do is go sit down and enjoy the show with my fiance!!!! 

Each of us had to step to the front of the stage and dance to a snippet of a song...then, we had a contest to see which team of 4 could get a spoon on a rope down the top of each person's clothes, out the bottom and on to the next person the fastest...

My team won!!!  All 8 of us were given a bottle of champagne...when Sharwyn and I went back to the cabin, just the two of us...and popped our bottle, that's when I cried...my happy tears!