Glad to hear you're getting excited about the new apartment. It's a lot of work, but moving to a new place always felt like a "new beginning" to me with a lot of anticipation and hopes about how life would be different and new.
It sounds like your H is comfortable talking and sharing with you. I think that's a good sign and you're doing a good job of just being a friend who listens.
Hope your placement exam went well.
Me: 59 and holding H: :53 Me: 1 S, 1 D, both grown M: 19 T: 23 BD: 9-23-2013