As some of you know, Joe and I met while playing Magic the Gathering. In case you don’t know what that is, it’s an adult fantasy card game similar to the more juvenile Pokémon Trading Card game. I found out about a Magic tournament from a old co worker that was taking place at Peterson Barn Community Center in Eugene. My sister Emmy had played for a little bit and I had seen the cards and played once or twice so we thought what the heck, let’s go and check it out! My roommate Megan and her kiddos came along because her eldest had gotten into the game and wanted to try it out. We wake up at what felt like the crack of dawn, around 8am, to be able to get to the tournament on time. We sat on the other side of the room and played a game of two by ourselves while Cam, Megan’s son, played in the tournament. I noticed a guy playing earlier on in the day and was pretty smitten. (Hence forth known as “Cute Magic Guy”) At one point cute magic guy came over and was helping Cam with gameplay and rules.... I almost died..... it was then that I really decided I needed to meet this amazing man. As Megan and I went to subway to get lunch for the fam, we devised a plan to “stalk” cute magic man and figure out what his name was. I use the term stalk loosely. Going back into the tournament, we non-chalantly mosey on back to the wall with the game matchups and figure out cute magic guy’s name is Joe. Unfortunately due to some previously scheduled family event we all had to leave the tournament early, which meant I was not going to be able to talk to Joe, formerly known as cute magic guy. This is where I put my stalking skills to good use!! I looked on Facebook at the event and found Joe, there was more than one Joe, I messaged the adorable, mysterious, magic playing nerd and thanked him for helping Cam during the tournament. We messaged for a little bit before Joe asked me if I would like to have dinner..... the rest is history ♥️