Best Boyfriend Ever...and here's why...

It's my birthday today, and I was just presented with my present...

It was a clear cover folder with paper inside....titled Mara's Birthday Quiz.


With questions like:

Joel started hanging out with Mara because...
a) He was looking for a girlfriend
b) He was bored and had nothing else to do
c) He was looking for a good cook
d) She invited herself everywhere he went

and

In Joel's opinion the best thing about Mara is...
a) Her opinions about eating habits
b) Her ability to tell a story
c) Her cat
d) The amount of belongings she has

I had little chance of winning one of the three prizes.

There were 10 questions all together...I got 3 right according to Joel. Apparently I don't know "us" very well. But, as you can see by those questions it was a tough call on each question... for that first one for example, the real answer is probably (b). However, he said it was (d)...which is SO untrue, because HE was the one that invited me everywhere he went for the first week we hung out...which is why I ended up meeting his family that week, seeing his flat that week, etc.
And for the second question there, I circled (c) because it was obvious these were all the things that annoy him the most about me, and I chose the one that annoys him most. He ended up telling me that there was no answer to circle there, which means I got it wrong for circling an answer.

But in the end... he let me trade up from envelope A, to envelope B, and finally to envelope C. Envelope A contained the prize of spending the weekend at school with our old board. There is a lot of history there, but basically, I would actually rather slit my wrists. Envelope B's prize was a weekend in Daugavpils (the MOST Russian city in Latvia = ew, why would you want to). It included taking a bus there, camping in a tent for 4 nights, and then hitchhiking back. Envelope C, the final prize, was a 5 night trip with 2 nights in Bremen, Germany, and 3 in Venice, Italy!

My jaw dropped when I saw the word Venice. We recently watched a BBC show called Perfect Holiday about Venice. And it seemed perfect. Of course, we're not going to have quite the accomodations that the couple on Perfect Holiday had (I think they actually stayed somewhere that was USD$5,000 a night because the show pays for it all of course), but we'll have access to the city, and it'll be great.

So... there you go... I have the best boyfriend ever. :) I'm floating on air! We leave on Saturday! :)