Jake and I met our junior year in college at Illinois State. We were set up by a mutual friend. I needed a date to a dance, but he already had plans to go to a dance with someone else. After the dance, we ditched our respective dates to hangout with each other and were inseparable through the rest of Jake's time at ISU. Jake graduated before me, and we went our separate ways but always remained friendly. We reconnected in 2019 while I was living in Louisville, KY and Jake was living in Chicago. Jake offered to drive down to KY for one night just to take me to dinner. Fast forward to six months later, a position in the Chicago office opened up for my job. And the rest was history!!!