Love him.

One of the MANY reasons I love Ben:

Whenever there is an animal on the road that was obviously hit by a car (which breaks my heart), he always tells me it's just sleeping. "Don't worry, Rosa. That cute little deer was just tired. He's taking a nap."

He's so good to me. :)

Ragnar Relay SoCal--- Here we come!

That's right, everybody! Ben and I are officially signed up to be on the yet-to-be-named Gardner/Williams family Ragnar Relay team!

I know, I know. You're thinking, "But guys, you're not runners! You've never run a day in your life! You are lazy and love to eat crappy food! And Rosa, your legs are super short!" ...and you'd be right. But what you DON'T know is that we've been talking about finding something fun and active that we can really get into for a while now, and we've both been running about three times a week for about a month. Yea even, we started running before we heard about the race. So, THERE, all ye naysayers! We can do it! And we will!

We're training right now with the aim of running a 5K in September, and then we'll go from there for the Ragnar. See, we are for real-- and now that you finally believe me, make sure to check up on us and keep us motivated!

We can't wait!

Around the World in Second Grade

I remember in second grade, my teacher would organize us into two lines-- girls and boys-- and we'd head over to the bathrooms. I'm sure it was like the "go to the bathroom before we head out on our road trip" mentality, to minimize the number of kids raising their hand every two minutes saying, "Teacher! Teacher! I have to peeeeee!" Anyway, I don't have a ton of memories of said bathroom breaks, but I do have one that I am very grateful for. I remember looking up at my teacher as she explained, "Make sure you take the handle and make it go around the world! Say it with me kids," and then we'd all make a circular motion with our hands while shouting calmly, as children do, "AROUND THE WORLD!!!"

Sometimes toilets handles work when you push down once. A lot of times, they don't. This is where this way of cranking the handle comes it. Because of my second grade teacher, I am never "that guy" that leaves a little present for the next person in a public bathroom stall. Around the world never fails. I mean really, people... does everyone think that every public restroom just has crappy (pun intended) toilets that don't work? Here's the thing: THEY WORK. You're just an idiot.

Ok, you're not an idiot-- that was harsh. Sometimes I'm pretty sarcastic. But, on to my point--I learned how to flush in second grade (thank you, Mrs. Kluter). I know you can do it too. I believe in you.