Hitched at John Mackey’s Blog

February 23, 2007

Hitched

I know I’ve been incredibly lax about updates lately, but it’s been a crazy month. I was at Florida State from January 30 until February 3, then my mother came to visit until February 8th, when I left for Atlanta. I was just outside of Atlanta from the 8th until the 11th, when I went to Dallas/Fort Worth, then San Antonio (for the TMEA convention), and then I got home on the 18th. AEJ’s brother, Peter, came to visit from the 18th until the 20, and AEJ and I left for Las Vegas for a few days away on Tuesday. We just got home yesterday. Today is my first full day at home, sans house guests, in over 3 weeks. I leave for Chicago on Sunday.

Needless to say, this entry will be brief, but not uneventful.

While in Vegas, we played penny slots (and managed to get $1 up to over $8)…

… stayed in a crazy-fancy room at the Wynn hotel — on the 56th floor…

… contemplated buying jewel-encrusted pigs…

… went to a Japanese steak house (which was not Benihana)…

… enjoyed an incredible breakfast, right in our room (room service sure is fun — and have you ever seen a croissant with so many layers?!)…

… considered hula-hooping, as this was clearly a hula-hooping zone…

… went to an incredible dinner at Picasso, where we watched the Bellagio fountain show from a private terrace right on the water…

… and I asked AEJ to marry me. She said yes.


17 Comments to “Hitched”  

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  1. At 3:33 pm on February 23, 2007
    Daniel Montoya Jr. Says:

    HOLY COW!!! Congrats!!!!!!

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  2. At 4:19 pm on February 23, 2007
    Anonymous Says:

    Wow. How completely wonderful. Congratulations!

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  3. At 4:36 pm on February 23, 2007
    cory Says:

    I am so happy for you both! Congratulations!!

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  4. At 6:08 pm on February 23, 2007
    The Tsar Says:

    Freaking fantastic, John. Congratulations!

    By the way…I ended up getting that interview at NAU. I leave on Sunday.

    See you in a month. Once again, many congratulations to you and AEJ.

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  5. At 8:15 pm on February 23, 2007
    Novak Says:

    Congratulations on your engagement! Sounds like you’ll have to refer to your significant other as AEM soon!
    See you in a month or so!

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  6. At 5:34 am on February 24, 2007
    Sarah Says:

    oh my gosh i’m so ridiculously excited! i love you guys! congrats! loki will make the perfect ringbearer!

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  7. At 6:18 am on February 24, 2007
    Cathy Says:

    How exciting! Congratulations on the upcoming blessed nuptuals.
    ~C

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  8. At 6:39 am on February 24, 2007
    Gershman Says:

    Dude, you’re totally marrying up. :) Congratulations–I can’t think of two people better meant for each other. Really happy for you John.

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  9. At 2:09 pm on February 24, 2007
    Newman Says:

    [smile]

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  10. At 2:10 pm on February 24, 2007
    Jake Wallace Says:

    congrats! all my best to both of you!

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  11. At 9:51 am on February 25, 2007
    Michael Mathew Says:

    Congrats on the engagement! I hope that you had fun at TMEA. I enjoyed briefly meeting you, and my kids loved playing Mass last fall!

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  12. At 9:24 am on February 26, 2007
    jim Says:

    WHOA!!! And here I was wandering by to see if there were more pictures from Florida…

    Congratulations and very best wishes to you both!!!

    Jim

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  13. At 11:23 am on February 26, 2007
    devin & erin Says:

    congratulations to both of you! we must get together soon to celebrate…

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  14. At 3:31 pm on February 26, 2007
    Courtney Says:

    Congratulations! That’s awesome news, and thanks for sharing it with your adoring fans *g*.

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  15. At 10:03 pm on February 27, 2007
    Anonymous Says:

    I knew it!

    -Travis-

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  16. At 9:51 am on February 28, 2007
    Kevin Howlett Says:

    ’bout time, if you ask me. Congratulations to you both…and check this out, dude: I’m making this entry on my Wii! This thing is frickin’ AWESOME!

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  17. At 8:41 am on April 11, 2008
    Fletcher Says:

    Hey! So this is ..uh.. more than a year late, but CONGRATULATIONS! Looks like you chose wisely.

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