My Ho...I mean Ro

01. i was born at a hospital

02. i grew up moving a lot around Brazil, and I loved it (well, at least until I became a teenager)

03. my knees hurt every single day, all the time, but most people dont know that.

04. i can drink all the grape juice you can give me

05. as a kid, i used to use colors as adjectives to people... based on how they behaved

me: what...

give an example

Romulo: i would say people were green or red or blue

you would be...

light baby pink... probably because of how soft your skin looks and your eyes... dont ask...

i would probably try to color a drawing of you with very light pink... to show how soft your skin looks...does it make sense

i liked drawing people i knew...i guess that can be 06.

07. i also liked to write songs as a child

08. i began playing sports because i thought i was too skinny

09. i will never come back to an italian restaurant that doesnt serve gnocchi

10. driving on a steep downhill scares me

11. i am more insecure about myself than i let show

12. seeing my wife makes me smile... i have had the same butterflies everytime i reunite with her, since the day i picked her up in the Sao Paulo airport

13. i wish we could see our families more often

14. i dont think i ever had a favorite color

15. i love to go out to eat

16. i dont think i am as smart as people think i am, although i dont mind having them thinking that i am.

17. i wanted to learn tap dance

18. i love making my wife laugh

19. i can't see her crying

20. dirty secret of my childhood: i asked my father to buy me a menudo shirt when i was 7 (this one might not make to the blog, hehehe)

he did, and i wore it many times

until kids began teasing me

me: whatever you were young and they were the hot group at the time

Romulo: oh and it was a bright lime cut-off

lol

21. i am crazy about jeans

22. i think my wife is the most gorgeous girl i have ever seen: perfect features, skin, height, everything

23. i like to be a laid-back person, but i became like that with effort, and not by nature

24. i wish i enjoyed reading novels.

25. sometimes i like to daydream about Brazil... the place, the smells, the trees, etc...

me: that makes me sad...bc you havent lived there for some time and you might not ever live there...bc i know i would surely miss the usa...heck i miss va like crazy

26. i miss VA too

27. i hate shaving, but i hate having a beard

28. i was afraid of frogs and beetles as a child

29. i wish i cried everytime i felt like crying

30. i consider myself an extremely calculated person, although the most important (and best) choice i made was 100% from the heart: Marrying Lydia

31. i love volleyball.

32. i love mashed bananas with honey

34. i hope our kids learn how to play instruments

33. my favorite chocolate is dark... as dark as it gets

35. i love to buy suits, but not necessarily to wear them

36. when i am focused on something, i cannot hear people or anything around me

37. with water and pretzels to keep me up, i drove for 20 straight hours once.

38. i have never felt so emotionally fulfilled in my life as i am now.

39. my wife is my best friend

40. i love staying long hours at night just laying in bed talking to my wife abotu everything

41. i love watching my wife sleeping.

42. i am a momma's boy

43. my dad was my super-hero

I L O V E Y O U- Romulo