Her: It was 2018 and I was educating a new east coast sales rep for the company I worked for, Green Cleaner. It was a cold day as I was walking up to Urban Garden Center in Portland when when I saw him (still with his very sexy long hair) driving a fork lift. Looking back, I didn't even realize what I was doing until my finger was already on my nose. The moment I saw him on that forklift I did a 180, looked at my trainee Rebecca (which makes no sense because she already had a man) and I called dibs. I think I said hello as I walked into the shop, but I can't remember. Before we left the shop, Jason came out to the parking lot and bought a couple of my packs of seeds and gave me some of his, along with his phone number. Little did I know, he remembered me from before.... His: She doesn’t remember this but the first glimpse of my future wife was back in 2014 when I was working at GrowLife. I was stocking shelves and pushing a broom when I saw this gorgeous blonde walk in talking about a product called Fasillitor. I couldn’t help but to think “another company put a set of hot tits in their lineup to sell nutrients” and after I listened to her school the staff on the availability of monosilicic acid within the plant body compared to potassium silicate, I quietly kept pushing that broom thinking I had met my match. Years later that same hot blonde came into another store I worked at selling seeds and I knew I had to get her number before she left. My buddy Jake saw her and was like , “here’s your shot” and egged me on to go talk to her. I started the conversation by buying some of the seeds that she was selling and proceeded to tell her about the seeds I had recently made and packaged up. Shortly after, I was entering her digits into my phone. Little did I know, I had just met my soul mate.

Her: I had finally found a reason to be back in town & I was excited to put together a dinner with all the breeders we work with & invite Jason. I wanted to impress him & when I saw him pull up to dinner on his Harley, even if he was late AND had wet hair, my stomach dropped & I lit up like a Christmas tree. I was straight giddy when he sat down next to me at the table. As high as all that took me you should have seen my face when he had a drink, maybe two & left before the entree was ordered. I thought I had more then 30 minutes when he showed up for dinner?! I shook it off & reminded myself I would see him tomorrow. Helene and I had scheduled a morning meeting with him to see if we should pick up his line, so it wasn’t goodbye. Plus, I knew there was a vibe. I shoved doubt down and finished my beer. Him: Caitlin came to town a few times after I snagged her number & she kept hitting me up and inviting me out but I was still dating at the time. I always wanted her to know I was interested but couldn’t hang out too long bc I was unfortunately dating someone else. She invited me out to a Breeders Dinner in Portland after a cannabis convention. I showed up a little late on my Harley after a quick shower & hung out for a few drinks just to leave before they ordered food. I knew if I stuck around, I’d make a decision that might hurt someone else so I decided to bounce early before that had a chance to happen. 

Her: The next morning I woke up late and immediately texted Jason to let him know I needed an extra 10 minutes. To my surprise, he then tried to get out of the meeting. I responded with something like “Yeah, No, Ill be there and we will just make it quick”. Quick is an understatement. We smoked a fat glass tipped doobie and before I knew it I was back in my drivers seat unsure if any business even happened. Helene & I stared forward as I turned the ignition and asked her “So, is this what it feels like?” We looked at each other and she replied “Rejection? Yeah.” I exhaled and turned out of the driveway. Him: Caitlin hits me up on their way back to Portland hoping to meet up w me before they left. I was waiting for my buddy who was coming to town to pick him up, & she insisted we sneak in a sit down to talk about possibly pulling on my seeds for her company to sell. I got word from my buddy that he was going to be in town soon so I tried to divert the meeting but she wouldn’t take no for an answer. We met at my house, chatted about what they had to offer and I was reluctant, at first, to let them sell my seeds. I rushed her out and we left things very open ended. 

Her: A few months had gone by & there he was on my Instagram rocking a fanny pack. I had been a fanny pack die hard (some may remember my Lara Croft bag) for some time now & I couldn’t help but show my approval & show him what I was rocking at the time. Wink wink. He responded immediately & I was hooked again. What proceeded was a whirlwind of texts, FaceTime and Instagram DMs. Him: While In Mexico at Holidaze I took a few pictures for the ‘gram and posted one up of me from a late night set where I was wearing a light knit long sleeve hoodie, swim trunks, and my Padagucci fanny pack. That’s when my vacation to Mexico w my best man turned into me talking about Caitlin all day bc she had hit me up saying “nice fanny!” We texted every day from that day forth.