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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the blog. Today, I’m doing something that I haven’t done before. For the past few weeks, I feel like I’ve been very repetitive about talking about my habits and my outlook on life, and I think it could be good to have a change of pace.

For some quick background, my boyfriend has been an EMT for more than five years, and has recently become a Paramedic. He’s pretty much devoted his life to high stress, gas station burgers, and betting on how much he can procrastinate until 11:59 p.m. looms over him. He also has a wicked sweet tooth, and he is usually munching on a family-sized bag of peanut butter M&Ms. Boyfriend has two dogs, Apollo and Athena, and loves them to death. When boyfriend is not busy on the ambulance, doing homework, or asking his girlfriend if she can make him oatmeal for the millionth time that week, he’s usually found on a hike in the woods, working on a random project, or playing video games.

“A����������ٲ�. Question one: What brought you to the AV������?”

My boyfriend thought about it for a moment. “Well, the AV������ was the only college I applied to. It’s one of the only schools that offers a B.S. in Paramedicine, it’s close to home and work, and the architecture here is pretty sick.”

Author: “You applied to only one school? Ugh. That’s such a ‘you’ move.”

Boyfriend, smugly: “Well, it worked out, didn’t it?”

“Question two: What’s it like living with Bea?”

My boyfriend chuckled. “Where do I start? If you were to put a normal person and Beatrice in the same room, they would probably have a psychotic break about an hour in.”

My jaw dropped. “I am NOT that bad. There’s no way.”

“You have colonoscopy photos of your colon on the wall. There is plenty of way.”

(He’s right about that. I do have my colonoscopy photos on the wall.)

“Question three: what are your favorite and least favorite classes?”

“How honestly do I have to answer these?” “Honest enough so that I don’t get fired and people think this is good material.” “What does that even mean????”

Boyfriend: [coughs] “Favorite? Bioethics with Michael French, M.A.. I love that guy. That was a great class, and I really enjoyed our discussions. As for dislike... physics. Everything to do with physics. Yuck. Sorry physics department.”

I mean, I can’t do math so I can’t judge.

Author: “Question four: What’s your go-to study meal?”

“Peanut butter M&Ms, family size. If that’s not available, PB&J. If that’s not available, Red Bull.”

Boyfriend doesn’t “do” healthy. He doesn’t hit the gym, he eats whatever he wants, and somehow remains lean and semi-buff. Is this like a thing with men??? I wish I could just download his genome because the instant I even look at pasta I become the pasta. Men and their stupid weird metabolisms grrr.

“Question five: What are your plans post-grad?”

“I want to do something that I want to do. When you realize that it doesn't matter what you do with your life but that it makes you happy, you’re no longer trying to compare. And when you don’t compare yourself to others, doors open.”

Boyfriend's plans for post-grad include applying to PA (Physician Assistant) school and taking the MCAT.

I hope you all have enjoyed this blog and the slight change of pace. Maybe I’ll do another one of these in the future, but maybe not. Boyfriend isn’t a big fan of the center stage.

With peace, love, and peanut butter,
Bea