took me 3 days! i've long suspected that i tend to over analyze things in my day-to-day existence. this is proof. imagine!! it took me 3 days.
the solution kind of dawned on me on the 2nd day but i wasn't able to figure it out completely. i was just trying to look for the rose because the "petals have to be around the ROSE." how could i count the petals if there was no rose, right?
