Out of the hundreds of thousands alumni, Emily calls Mike as a Michigan State telemarketer via an automatic randomized call list. He doesn't answer her call for money

Emily moves to San Francisco for a job, knowing approximately one person from Michigan who lives there. Mike starts his residency at Stanford, knowing almost no one except the same person from Michigan

Through said mutual friend, Mike and Emily end up on the same ski lease in Lake Tahoe

Palisades prom, IYKYK

Mike and Emily start going to every show, festival, and warehouse party possible with Mike's hectic residency schedule. Emily's dad sends her a Suze Orman personal finance book in the mail and says stop spending all your money on music festivals

Lots of miles put on Ruby the Jeep Rubicon

Against the wishes of one of Mike's roommates, Mike, Emily, and his other roommate impulsively adopt a husky named Nala. They have no prior husky experience

They max out Emily's limited PTO by exploring Cambodia, sailing in Thailand, drinking too many beers at Oktoberfest in Munich, snowboarding in Japan, eating their way through Mexico City, and surfing in Nicaragua to name a few

Mike moves to San Diego so he can surf everyday

Emily follows, does not surf everyday

They discover the magic of Valle de Guadalupe

Mike becomes a cat guy after vowing to never date a girl who has cats

Finally! Engaged at Cuatro Cuartos in Valle de Guadalupe

COVID halts all wedding planning

With COVID looking like it wasn't letting up anytime soon, Mike and Emily sign on the dotted line at the courthouse. Appointments were nearly impossible to get (3:30 pm on a Monday wasn't exactly the ~vision~). They close on their first house and Emily starts a new job all in the same month. 2 out of 10, do not recommend

Between Emily's sister's wedding in the Netherlands, the birth of their nephew Henry, and Mike's sister's wedding in Michigan, they continue to forget they need to start wedding planning again

IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME :)