We met on a “short” airfield matting install and test program in Patuxent River, Maryland. It was on April 21st 2014 that Vincenzo pretended to be jealous I was the one who got to blow torch some airfield mat to test the equipment. He used this time to flirt, run game, and check me out. I remember this first encounter like it was yesterday. He was charmingly funny, even from the beginning. After we had been stuck already for 4 weeks in Pax River, we still spent the next 4 weeks free time together. We’d have hotel lobby dinner dates, plane spot on the beach, and spend 10 hours a day stuck on a noisy JSF airfield. We somehow managed to not get sick of one another after those 2 months. I wanted to be “stuck” another 2 months with him, but it was over and I figured I’d never see him again. We remained friends till another project for the Great State of Maine Airshow in Brunswick, Maine. This brought us back together Labor Day weekend 2015. He was still sprung and the rest is history. We dated long distance for nearly the next 3 years. While I lived in NJ and traveled around the world for work, I preferred to be traveling to Jacksonville,NC where Vincenzo lived. (Well maybe not over Santorini, Greece!) Vincenzo proposed on May 31st 2018! He had fake proposed (once he was just tying his shoe and needed a hand up) at least three separate times prior to throw me off my game. In July 2018, I packed my bags! This long time jersey girl traded pork roll, egg, and cheese sandwiches for Pensacola’s oysters and grouper (both of which I am allergic to now). I still miss pork roll though... In November 2018, we welcomed our first baby girl, Mia Bella Polistena, little sister to Olive Sophia Polistena! We look forward to taking the next step in celebrating our very special journey together with family and friends!