always and forever

In fall of 2017 both Amanda and Jesse began graduate school at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. During Amanda’s time at ISU she worked the Academic Success Center (ASC). As an undergraduate student at Iowa State, Jesse served as a Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader for the ASC. In September 2017 at the ASC Amanda saw Jesse walk into the SI office. Amanda had mentioned to her co-worker (Jesse’s former graduate student supervisor, Morgan) that she thought Jesse was cute. Morgan and other co-workers offered to set Amanda up with him. Morgan had texted Jesse and told him that he was the talk of office. She mentioned that there was a new graduate student that thought Jesse was attractive. Jesse told Morgan not to pass along his number because if we were meant to meet then it would happen in person. Morgan introduce us at the Texas v. ISU football game on September 28th. The only thing that Jesse didn't expect... Amanda's mom, Molly, was also there, visiting Amanda for the weekend. According to Amanda, this is the first time they met. According to Jesse, this is not the first time they met. Apparently, "Hi Jesse! I'm Amanda and this is my mom." isn't a good pick-up line... October 6th (the day of NLDS Game 1), Jesse had graded about 360 exams… he was very exhausted and couldn't wait to spend time with friends and watch the Cubs. The plan was to meet at a local Mexican sports bar in Ames, and Jesse had coordinated with Morgan to invite Amanda. When Amanda arrived, rather than grilling her with questions, Jesse's friends took it upon themselves to share their arsenal of funny stories (some true, some not true). Jesse and Amanda didn't get to sit and talk with one another until 4 innings into the game, but eventually Jesse got Amanda's phone number, and Amanda hoped that Jesse would call…