still kind of gone...

...well, i've been gone for a while, and i still pretty much am. i haven't been home since before that mock trial tournament, a week ago thursday. i've been in st. louis with my boyfriend ever since the tournament, because he has been ill. he's been getting better, thank goodness...but it's been so worrying. i've just spent the last week being here for him--thank goodness my friend drove me to st. louis from dubuque last weekened. it's one of the nicest things a friend has ever done for me.