January 2018
Pawel and Kristin both sign up for an intramural soccer team because they have no friends
March 2018
Rough & Tumble are born

Mostly I wanted to share cute kitten pics, this has nothing to do with the relationship timeline

Important to note that they predated Pawel

July 2018
Pawel convinces Kristin to join an outdoor soccer league with him in a blatant attempt to spend more time together, not realizing how much running and physical activity would be required.
August 2018
First date - Kristin proceeds to run away at the end of it

Honestly there's no picture here due to the aforementioned "running away" situation

MY UBER WAS DRIVING AWAY 🤷🏻‍♀️

November 2018
Pawel tags along to family Thanksgiving as "just a friend". Family sees through it, Kristin refuses to admit anything

No actual evidence of the "friends" giving but here's an unrelated picture of a turkey

No apologies, I maintain this saved you from the uncles

March 2019
First trip together to Joshua Tree for Pawel's brother's birthday

Pawel forgets to mention how many strangers would also be coming on this trip.

Kristin pretends to like camping (in 30 degree weather).

Pawel forgets to mention a lot of things about this trip, like the freezing weather and the casual pit stop to watch the Indian Wells tennis tournament

May 2019
In an early test of their relationship, Pawel has surgery and Kristin goes MIA for a little while.

She does eventually visit and proceeds to cut up Pawel's favorite sweatshirt in an attempt to make it look "cool"

Pawel's parents were in town taking care of him! I didn't want to invade!

I also learned that whatever he says while on percocet is not to be trusted, hence the loss of sweatshirt

July 2019
Pawel doesn't get invited to a Wright family wedding in France, but decides to crash the family vacation to Barcelona anyway
October 2019
Pawel gets a new job at a direct competitor to Doordash (where Kristin has worked her entire career)

Yes, this decision was partially influenced by Pawel's unhealthy competitive nature

All of 2020
Covid

Let's move on

March 2021
Pawel and Kristin (officially) move in together

Unofficially Pawel may have moved in a couple of months earlier under the guise of his "lease being up" and being "homeless"

April 2021
Pawel gets jealous that Kristin is buying a new car and makes the dubious financial decision to also buy a new car on the same day

😢 RIP Chad (my previous, much beloved car)

May 2021
First real post Covid trip together to Hawaii
December 2021
Kristin leaves to work in Germany for 3 months but also takes the opportunity to visit Pawel in Poland for the first time

Actually if anyone asks she was in Germany as a "tourist"

April 2022
Kristin and Pawel decide to quit their jobs with no real plan and move out of Austin

Pawel immediately gets injured making the whole travel thing a bit more difficult

Everyone be impressed with that tetris job 👀

Also with my aim here 😂

May to December 2022
(F)un-employment

Lots of time in NJ

A good amount of travel

Couple of surgeries (Kris shows up to these!)

A very stressful period of job searching

March 2023
Kristin and Pawel move to Colorado

Kris learns how to drive a 26 foot truck, Pawel is responsible for snacks

Pawel is also responsible for panicking every time a car passes us on the highway 😜

August 2023
Pawel and Kristin try to integrate into Colorado society and climb their first 14er

Also potentially their last 14er

Who needs oxygen anyways

November 2023
The Mankowski/Wright families meet in Belize

Toddlers cause chaos

January 2024
The engagement!

Kristin surprised that Pawel would propose in the snow and cold, both of which are her nightmare