We first started talking in early November of 2018–Sagan slid into the DM’s ;) A week later, we went on our first date. Brook came to Omaha, and we went to a sushi restaurant since Brook had never had it before! We continued to hangout for a few months after that, but things didn’t amount to anything at the time because the places we were in our lives just didn’t align.

Fast forward to October of 2019, Sagan was in Kansas City for grad school, and Brook was back in Nebraska. On a random Saturday night, we just drunkenly snapchatted with each other, and it didn’t really stop. A couple months later, Sagan was back for winter break, and we went to a movie and dinner. We continued talking to each other daily after Sagan went back to KC, and once spring break came around in March of 2020, she was back for the week. We went to Little Women in theaters, and we ended up leaving in the middle of the movie because it was a total snooze fest, and we ended up just driving around and talking for the rest of the night.

Following the week of spring break, Sagan was back in KC because of school, but a couple days later, the world shut down because of COVID-19. During those first few months of COVID, both Brook and Sagan were back in Nebraska. We were texting/snapchatting each other constantly throughout the days. We started having regular FaceTime dates since we couldn’t really see each other in person because of the initial mandatory quarantine period. However, in June of 2020, we were able to finally see each other because things were starting to open again. We got Chinese takeout, took it back to Brook’s parents house, and we watched a Stephen King movie because Sagan just read the book; Brook kindly agreed to watch it even though scary movies are not his favorite. Later that night, when we were about to part ways, we said our first “I love you” to each other!

In the summer of 2020, we were able to hangout more and more because things were opening up more, and we could spend a lot of time outside together. On July 5th, Brook asked Sagan to FINALLY be his girlfriend after talking and hanging out for nearly 8 months! Everything after that was pretty typical. Sagan moved back to Nebraska in 2021, so we could see each other on a more regular basis. In Summer of 2022, we moved in together on a farm in Wayne, and we got our sweet dog, Hughie, together in August 2022.

On September 22nd, 2023, Brook proposed. Sagan got home from work, and it was pretty muddy outside because of all the rain that happened earlier that week. When she got out of the car and was leaving the garage, she noticed that the front door to the house was wide open. Off to the side of the garage, Brook was “wrestling” Hughie while wearing jeans and a nice shirt which was odd since that is not how Brook is typically dressed on a Friday night. Brook comes over to Sagan, and he is obviously so nervous. Brook says to look at Hughie’s bandana, as we look, Hughie rips it off of himself and starts running in the opposite direction. Brook then got down on one knee–mind you it's quite muddy outside–and pops the question! Brook had not told a single soul that he was planning to do this because he wanted us to share that experience together without anyone else. Now, we are planning our wedding, and we cannot wait to celebrate with all the people we love!!

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