It's About Damn Time

A long time ago in a location not that far, far, away... Two young twenty-somethings met at a pool party and bonded over their shared interest in building Flash websites. Following more BlackBerry Messenger chats about other cutting edge technologies, sparks were flying and love was in the air. But wait! Cyrus was on his way to Spain for a yearlong Master's program, and the big blue ocean in between provided a logistical snag in the pair seeing one another. No matter - Heather did her part by flying over for a weekend, and Cyrus completely swept her off her feet. Eventually, Cyrus came back, and the two starting building a life together in charming Arlington... only to be met with another curveball of life. Faced with a fantastic career opportunity in the desert valley of Scottsdale - land of adobe abodes - Cyrus followed Heather out west in the name of love. The Arizonan experience proved to be an irreversible and incurable shock to their lives, and from it came the pair's decision to sell everything they own, move back in with parental units in DC, and to found their company Arousing Appetites together. Not only was building a company together proof enough, but the travels the two did in parallel convinced them both that they had found their perfect match. So on an August afternoon on a cliff in Croatia, Cyrus asked Heather to marry him... and Heather said yes! And yes, it's been two years since, but it's finally time for us to get married!