We met on our first day of band camp with the MTSU Band of Blue in August 2021. Though we saw each other a fair bit, we didn't grow overly close until we started having breakfast together at the campus dining hall in the mornings. James eventually decided to ask me out on October 24, 2022, and I agreed to go out with him on November 1, 2022. Yes, I took over a week to say yes. And yes, he gives me grief about it every time it comes up. We had our first date on November 2, 2022.