Savannah & Mikey

Our Story

Time nor distance could break the connection between us.

Although we cannot recall exactly when we met, we know we were about 14 and 16 years old and probably met in the Villa de Oro neighborhood in Calexico, where the majority of our mutual friends lived.

Savannah likes to think Mikey knew she was “the one” all along and Mikey thinks it was the other way around.

• Teenage Years

  When Savannah and Mikey met, Mikey drove all of our friends around in his mom’s baby blue Ford Windstar van.

  Tony, Mikey’s younger brother, was an escort at Savannah’s quinceañera. Mikey and his parents attended the party too.

  Savannah & Mikey (very) briefly dated in 2003, and went to Mikey’s senior prom together. Savannah likes to brag that she was one of two freshman to attend.

  After prom, and dating for a month or so, Mikey broke up with Savannah. It’s okay, Mikey didn’t know what he was doing at the time, and Savannah deleted him from her MySpace Top 8.

  Fast forward to Savannah’s senior year of high school, when she needed a calculus tutor. Mikey, having taken the AP Calculus exam and passed, tutored her. Savannah eventually dropped the class.

• College Years

  Following high school, they both moved to San Diego to continue their studies. Mikey went to SDSU and Savannah went to USD, but they remained friends and kept in constant communication via the best app of the time, MSN messenger.

  Mikey lived on the hill above Fashion Valley, about 3 minutes away from USD. Savannah frequently visited during her breaks between classes to watch Penn & Teller, play Little Big Planet on PS2, or eat whatever Mikey made for lunch.

  Mikey also visited Savannah, but it was mostly to give Savannah’s little brother, Alfie, guitar lessons.

  Savannah took calculus (yes, again) in college, and Mikey tutored her (also again).

• Adulthood

  After graduating college, Savannah lived in Eastlake and Mikey moved back to Calexico. More often than not, Savannah had a long commute to work. Savannah would use this time in traffic to call Mikey to catch up on the Calexico gossip.

  In 2011, Savannah’s work team ran into problems when their contracted web team went dark on them. Mikey taught Savannah the basics of WordPress and helped her team finish their website for a very reasonable price – a bottle of Gentleman Jack.

  Savannah moved back to Calexico in 2013 and became Mikey’s “public relations manager”, often calling him to tag along to many of social events.

  After being inundated with questions of why they weren’t dating, Mikey and Savannah officially started dating in 2013.

  May 2014 brought the start of a new adventure. Prompted by new jobs, Savannah & Mikey returned to San Diego and decided to move in together. They experienced new jobs, a new tiny apartment, and new roommates (including Savannah’s cat) all at once. No big deal.

  After over twelve years of friendship, three years of dating, two years of living together, three Incubus concerts, six music festivals, countless dinner dates, and many Netflix binges later, Mikey finally decided to put a ring on it in February 2017.

  Who would have thought it was meant to be all along?!