Questions and Answers with Leigh Anne

Q: Where did you first meet?
A: I knocked on his door and asked his roommate if he had any chicken. Jay was sitting upside-down in a chair and said, “Oh, is this Shannon?” A few days later, the actual Shannon asked me who “this Jay-person” was. To which I replied, “He’s Paul’s roommate. You know, the cute one.” (no offense to Marcus or David).  

Q: How did he charm you into going out with him?
A: It was more of a stalker-situation. His best friend lived opposite me. Jay would stand outside of James’s door waiting for me to come out of my room. I knew that he liked me when pictures of me were suddenly up all over his website, Reddie Rants, and he titled one of his journal entries “Hazel-Eyed Treats.”  That journal entry didn’t say anything about me, but I knew that he meant me, and Jay confirmed it. Basically, he was just really persistent, and very sweet. He drew me a picture, he wrote me letters and a poem, and he sent me flowers. You know, the usual please-oh-please-won’t-you-go-out-with-me stuff. I finally agreed to go out with him after he told me that he wanted to marry me. I knew he wasn’t playing games then. 

Q: Where was your first date?
A: A trip to Capitol City (Little Rock). It was lunch at Schlotzky’s, Lost in Translation at the Rave, and dinner at the Park Plaza mall food court. (Chinese food!) 

Q. Who said “I love you” first?
A: He did, exactly one week after our first date. I, of course, responded in kind. 

Q: How soon were you engaged?
A: Officially, Friday, March 26^th, 2004, 5 months after our first date. Unofficially, two weeks after our first date. I asked him where we were headed, and he told me he wasn’t going to California without me.

 Q. Where did he propose?
A.  On the Bridge of Angels in Rome, Italy.

Q: Where are you going on your honeymoon?
A: Paris, France

Q: Where do you plan to live after you are married?
A: For the first couple of weeks, we’ll live in an attic apartment at my parent’s house. After we first move to the Bay Area, we’ll be living with Cynthia Pierce, a great friend of the family for a few weeks until we can find a place of our own. Or until she boots us out. J