We first met in Spanish class during the fall of senior year. After getting back our exam grades, Emily “shot her shot” by talking to me after class. That shot went over my head, but luckily we were reunited senior spring in the History & Science of Brewing and the rest was history.

During the pandemic, Emily drove from Michigan to New York with Wally who refused to go potty on the city streets. We ended up having to take him on a 25 minute walk every day to Central Park to go potty. One of those days, we had a sushi picnic date in the park. A few years later, we took a trip back to NYC where I recreated the date with the intention of proposing. However, I never figured out how I'd get her to walk away so I could get on one knee to propose. In the heat of the moment, I took Emily’s phone and threw it, which confused Emily who replied “What the ****, do you want ME to go get that?”. She stomped away and when she turned back around I was on one knee.