We first met the day before the world shutdown in March of 2020. A St. Patrick's Day bar crawl was planned with mutual friends. Armed with hand sanitizer we drank green beer and talked about maybe having to work from home for a few weeks. We did not start dating until the summer when Liz had to prepare for a bike trip with her cousin / maid of honor and needed a knowledgeable cyclist to help her get in some miles. Even though Mike would not allow for Beyoncé to be blasted from our bikes down the Chicago lake front path, we found ourselves looking forward to those weekly bike rides. One weekend, Mike's bike was "in the shop" and we met for dinner instead. We have been hanging out ever since.