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Ben
Ben is my roommate, and friend.
He shines up like a new penny so I take him to weddings as my date.
One time I even took him to a wedding not as my date, but as my fiance and we did the deed.
He is from Florida, but we luckily met because fate landed him a job in Southern California after college. This means we visit Florida fairly often and live in SoCal on our down time (or would that be our “up” time?).
All About Ben:
- He was born and raised in Florida. And he killed an alligator when he was two years old*
- He played football in high school and is surprisingly nimble for being so big
- He went to Princeton (despite what it may seem from past blog posts, he is a genius)
- He is an aerospace engineer. When he first told this I said, “So, you’re a rocket scientist?”
- He loves new experiences, even if they are bad. I don’t get that.
- He loves animals and will pull over on the side of the road to help a cat that was hit by a car. This happened 2 times so far.
- He has oddly high arches and maybe should have been a ballerina.
- He sent flowers to my work (at my old job that I hated) and the card said, “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Your job sucks, But my love is true!”
- He is currently training for his first 5K!!! second 5K and first 10 miler!
*Not true about the alligator, but he wanted me to write that.
If you have questions about Ben check out my Ask Me Anything answers on my FAQ page – (I got a ton of questions about him and our relationship).
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For what it’s worth, I can totally picture Ben as a toddler, wrangling an alligator…..
Ben the lil’ Gator Hater: By Al E. Gator.
Hello! I just wanted to say that I randomly stumbled upon your website blog, and I am absolutely hooked! It is so nice to find somebody with a similar sense of humor and interests! That being said, I have just completed my first 5k! I have been telling myself I would do this forever, but I always seemed to find a million excuses. So, I signed up, still found reasons not to train, and made myself complete it anyway. It felt great. I want to continue to do more, and I find your blog to be inspiring, uplifting, and all around light-hearted enough to make training and having a healthy lifestyle FUN. Thank you and keep up the good work. You are beautiful inside and out, and I look forward to reading about your successes and silly experiences as well. BTW– I love celebrating “special” days like ice cream day, donut day… you must give yourself a chance to enjoy the little things every once in a while!
Congrats on your first 5k!
Hi!
So I have been reading your blog for a while now and came across this post today and then laughed because my dad is an aerospace engineer too and people always laugh and ask me if he is a “rocket scientist”… he actually works for a company that makes rockets so technically I guess he kind of is!! Funny stuff!! And super cool way to impress people is by randomly inserting that your man (or my for me..my dad) is a rocket scientist..people give you mad props for that!