Tristin was in school with one of my (Bianca) long time friends. I messaged Tristin on Twitter, and eventually Tristin continued the conversation by sending me his number. We officially met for the first time in person (thanks to Jeff Jamison for the transportation!) at Tristin's college on my Thanksgiving break. Little did we know, this was the beginning of our 5 years of long distance, with plenty of trips meeting halfway at the Ikea in Schaumburg, seeing each other once every 3-6 weeks. We would spend anywhere from 2-7 days at a time with each other, taking advantage of winter and summer breaks. I graduated and lived in Rockford until Tristin finished up school, continuing the long distance. Finally, in the summer of 2019, we moved to Madison with Bodie and have been enjoying Wisconsin ever since (DA Bears, boo Pack boo). We bought a house in Stoughton in the winter of 2021 and added on our sweet little Kipper in the fall of 2021.