Think back to recess at 5 years old. What did you do? I was a big fan of "Lava Monster" which was a combination of tag, the floor is lava, and potential concussions. I was also a big fan of finding small hidey corners in which I could make witches potions without the wary eyes of the recess monitors. Small issue with that, I was not actually good at hiding, so I was regularly found out. One such occasion, I was absolutely fine with having a guest. It was small Tommy wearing what seemed like a giant puffy coat. Who knows what us kindergarteners talked about, but the conversation must have been good because it warranted a kindergarten kiss from my first-ever crush. Fast forward to highschool and we seemed to run in similar circles, specifically when playing capture the flag at Lafayette. We sailed together for a few races, including one very damp, windy International from Thunderbay to Houghton. My thoughts at that point were "wow this dude eats a lot of sunflower seeds". Fast forward again, to May 2021, on a Wednesday night race, Myra (the scorpio little sister) shouts at me "IS THAT TOMMY SOLA ON THAT BOAT?!" and indeed it was. After we both had summer sabbaticals, we met up to catch up after almost 10 years. We both tried really hard to be friends and nothing more, but as you can tell, we failed miserably.