B is for the Best Boyfriend

Some highlights of the best weekend in Syracuse, brought to you by the letter "B"...

• Belated Valentine's Day. I was sent on a "Supermarket Sweep" style scavenger hunt around Alex's apartment when I arrived at like 1am, finding cute and useful presents (like a jar opener because Alex isn't there to open jars, and vanilla chai tea) until I was led to a candle-lit indoor picnic. *awww*
• Blankets of snow! I haven't seen this much snow since I lived in Minnesota; and I probably looked like a little kid bundled up with gloves, waddling through the snow. I wasn't that cold, but I was wearing long-johns, gloves, a wool sweater, hat, and down jacket most of the weekend.
• Bruins Basketball at the bar, with buffalo wings and beer. Considering I don't even get most of the UCLA games out here, I don't normally eat like this. Even if most of the people in the bar were watching other games, it was still fun to be out with other sports fans. And we won!
• Basketball marathon. Watching the ASU beat USC (wohoo!) and the NBA All-Star weekend. Seriously, if basketball was all 3-point shootouts, slam dunk contests, and Charles Barkley racing 67-year old referee, Dick Bavetta, I would totally watch more often.
• Bowling! I haven't been bowling for years, and it took me a good game to warm up, but I had a lot of fun "Rock 'n Bowling" with Alex's co-worker and his fiance, who both went to ASU. It was a fun night of reminscing about the west coast, observing people with mullets who hang out at bowling alleys, and laughing at the guys try to assert their manliness by knocking down pins.
• Bring Your Girlfriend to Work Day. In addition to spending half a day at Alex's office, I also went with his staff to go see a play in Rochester. Seriously, the longest, most painful play that we've sat through ever. It was so bad that we can only laugh now about it.
• Bumming Around. The best part of the weekend was probably just getting the chance to relax. Just like old times...watching Law & Order, meandering around the mall, cooking dinner together, etc.
  

Though I've crashed back into reality, it's nice knowing that Spring Break and another trip up to Syracuse are only a few more weeks away.