We met on January 12th, 2019, a crisp Manhattan morning, with coffee in full brew and nowhere to sit. First words exchanged were "You might not recognize me because of my new beard," said Shashank cheekily, "No. You look the same," proclaimed Alyssa. After talk about family, school, aspirations, and Lion King, we planned another date. Then another. Then another. Then anoth- you get the idea. After all that, we decided not to plan another date, but to plan our life together. Now it is time to save this date and witness the union of Shashank, an academic-at-heart who gets really excited about scintillating endeavors such as reading Tolkien and watching test cricket and Alyssa, a creative who is scary good at puzzles and can eat an entire jar of pickles in one sitting.