Our Story
The Overlap
Long before any of this, we were two kids at ASMSA (the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts), orbiting the same friend group. Senior year, we even played in a band together for prom — strictly platonic, strictly for the music.
The Reunion
Years passed without a word between us. Then in 2023, we both turned up at our friend Jon's birthday party — just two old friends catching up, nothing more.
The Sign
Some time after Jon's party, Toby reached out to catch up properly — a quick hello that turned into hours on Discord and days of texting. Somewhere in there, Amanda mentioned a dream she'd had: the two of them, years down the road, comparing calendars at the dinner table to coordinate kids and work schedules. Neither of us thought much of it at the time. In hindsight, it's hard not to.
The Leap
We met up, swapped playlists, played games, and built something real. Toby's lease was ending, so he moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas — into an apartment of his own. Ten months later, "his own" quietly became "ours."
The Pack
Today that home belongs just as much to our four cats — Peepo, Prismo, Simon, and Gus — and Murphy, our Great Pyrenees, who patrols them like a one-dog police force and is fully convinced he's the human one.