Karl & I met in college at The University of Oklahoma in 2013 but didn’t reconnect until over 6 years later in 2019, when Karl invited me to a concert and I said yes! December 4th, 2021 instead of visiting family in Canyon, Texas, Karl surprised me when he took me back to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where we went on our first road trip together Memorial Day weekend 2020. We hiked and ate and in the evening that Saturday, Karl proposed in the courtyard of the same hotel we originally stayed at along Route 66.