Such a lovely week

Monday I had a rough day at school. Once again I'm struggling with grades. My Prof and friends all agree it's a testing-skills and anxiety problem. It's nice to have people standing behind me, cheering me on. Tuesday, as I resigned myself to work harder than I've been working and to find a way to refine my test-taking skills while also lessening anxiety, I was pleasantly surprised to find my boyfriend standing in the parking lot after my last class with a bouquet of flowers.

I'm extremely lucky to have such wonderful friends and family, but I'm also very blessed to have man who loves me as much as I love him. Luckily his current job allows him to work remotely sometimes and therefore he stayed up here with me until today. Tomorrow he has to return to the office and today he's working on his current hobby. For nearly a week I've been able to have my supportive boyfriend stay with me.

And what a week it's been. I always find myself more relaxed and more productive when Mr B is here. By Saturday morning I'd finished my reading for all my classes (both for Monday and Tuesday) and started my new outlines. As part of my attempt to stress less and learn more I'm trying a new type of outlining. So that's what I worked on yesterday and what I'm continuing to work on today. But beyond being productive for school, I also cleaned the entire apartment, did laundry and went grocery shopping. Mr B asked me to pick out some recipes from my Cooking Light magazines and he cooked them for me. There's something incredibly sexy about a man cooking for most of the day in the kitchen. And it all tastes SO YUMMY!!

We also found a new Mexican food restaurant in town that is my new favorite! My usual favorite in Austin has recently stopped doing the thing that made them top my list: homemade tortillas. This new restaurant has homemade tortillas, wonderful food and isn't expensive.

I've a wonderful past few days. And while Mr B left earlier today, I'm stilling riding the 'calm' wave he brings into town with him. Hopefully I can sustain this throughout the week.

I'd originally planned to go home this weekend for Easter and for an early celebration of being alive for a quarter of a century. With my new study plan, I'm not sure I'm going to make the trek. Looks like I might be sticking around until May, when finals will be over. But that's not really too upsetting. The house is clean, I have good food and my flowers still look lovely.

Thank you baby for always picking my up when I need it. You're the best!