We met when all hope seemed to be lost: the COVID-19 global pandemic. While most places were still closed to the public, schools had been transitioned to online, and masks were still required to be worn in public, we managed to meet while COVID-testing athletes at Davenport University. We bonded over music and simple conversation, which only made us wonder if we would see each other again during this strange volunteer activity over the next couple of weeks. We both ended up being too nervous to ask for each other's phone numbers in person to meet outside of our work activities, leading to Kylee using her internet sleuthing skills to find Tyler online and ask him out on a date to Rockwell Republic. And just like that, the rest is history.