Years of lukewarm online dating finally paid off. Bradley and I matched early on the evening of March 20th, and two hours later I was driving to the only cool bar downtown to meet him. He wore a dorky sweater and ordered some blueberry cocktail, but what I loved most about that evening was how much we laughed! On the second date he wore a cat t-shirt and again ordered a sweet cocktail. It was then that I knew this is the man I'm going to marry. I love how fearless Brad is to be himself, his kindness, his silly voices, and how willing he is to get me a glass of water whenever I need one. For the past 2 years we've bonded over our love of living things (him animals, me plants), goofiness, the great outdoors, camping in chilly weather, books, and nerding out with board games, tabletop RPG's, and online fantasy games (or "playing dolls on the internet" as my grandmother Judy refers to it). I'm secure in our foundation and I'm so excited to see what we build in our future together!