October: she posts in an improv group about her "meet new people" events | December: he attends | Day after: she emails guests thank you | 31 minutes later: he emails HER a thank you | Next day: she emails: "Was great to meet you, let's grab BBQ sometime" | That night: he emails "How about after holiday travels?" | January: He asks her to BBQ & a neurofeedback workshop. Five days later, she asks him to an improv show. Two days later, he texts he LIKES her; she concurs. | Met 2009 | Married 2013

After a hike of a mountain, he glanced around like when you’re about to do something you don’t want others to witness. She thought: “Oh great; he’s about to fart.” He said, "Will you take more trips with me?" and pulled out a ring. Which is how she wound up with three $23 different sized Overstock.com rings and an engagement Macbook. Sweaty, in spandex, with frizzy hair & fuzzy legs is perhaps not one’s ideal engagement — but what a gift to tell someone you want to be with them just as they are.

Him: replace his stolen bike and invest. Her: guilt-free, stress-free time off from her business to finish writing her book. Us: new home in our new chapter of living elsewhere, having just sold our Chicago home to rent in Winston-Salem, as we excitedly-nervously experiment with leaving behind big city vibes for small city vibes, exploring a sight-unseen area, and taking life leaps cause what's life without a bit of eeeeeep and squeeeee?