In 2014 I returned to the Central Valley after finishing my undergraduate degree, at UC Irvine, and shortly after Julie and I became co-workers in a chemistry lab at the USDA, in Parlier California. I figured if she could put up with my lame jokes for 8 hours a day, the odds of her going out on a date with me were in my favor. I mustered up the courage to ask her out through email, keeping it professional of course. To my surprise, she agreed and now here we are 5 years later, about to be wed in holy matrimony. We started off calling one another "co-worker," but what we look forward to the most is calling each other husband and wife!