Ultimate Coffee Date: December 2014

Hi everyone! I’m so thrilled that the Ultimate Coffee Date has been rescued by Coco @ Got 2 Run 4 Me, Lynda @ Fitness Mom Wine Country, & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner! Pull up a chair/bean bag/whatever you like to sit on and come link and/or catch up with us for this month’s coffee date! :]

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you about the murder mystery dinner I went to a couple weeks ago! It’s the first one I’ve ever been to, and it was a lot of fun! My dean is a volunteer forensic medical examiner for the Children’s Advocacy Center, so she sponsors tables each year and basically treated us to dinner. <3 The theme was “Marriage Can Be Murder.” I was thisclose to guessing the right person!

Since she essentially paid for my dinner, I decided to donate money to the center in the form of raffle tickets…and for $10, I won both these sets. o_o (Clearly, I chose well!)

The food was lovely! I may or may not have had seconds/thirds.

Look at my bling! :O!!! I was just messing around (as per usual). If anyone actually congratulates me on this, I’m going to laugh. A lot.

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you about my Thanksgiving over at Please Save A Cat! PSAC is a cat sanctuary in West Virginia that takes care of 4 colonies of over 80 cats, and is also known as my second home out here. Although I’m usually in Kentucky now for my rotations, I go back whenever possible to visit. The lady who runs the rescue is like a mom to me. <3

Herman was making disgruntled noises because he’s sad about being a “prisoner” in the barn (we don’t want him to be eaten by coyotes! :[ ), so I joined him in making disgruntled faces.

Us with our circus cats!

She was lying across my shoulders and it was wildly difficult to get her to look at the camera and not move. :O In other news…BLUE STEEL.

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that I was talking with a friend recently, and I’m not sure how we came to this topic, but he said this to me, and it was really awesome to hear!:

You don’t strike me as the type to ever pretend to be someone else. Which is good, because with the way you are, no matter where you go, people are going to love you. I think more people like you should go into medicine, because you really sincerely want to help other people. You’re kind, giving, enthusiastic, humble, and willing to learn and admit your mistakes, so I’m really not worried about you. All your preceptors are gonna love you.

Twas super nice of him! I’ve really been loving this year a whole lot more than the past two. Finally being able to interact with real patients again reminds me of why I went into medicine to begin with, and I love getting hands-on experience (at long last)! I hope I start kicking butt on the testing portion too. Taking standardized tests has unfortunately never been my strong suit. :[

If we were having coffee/tea this morning, I’d tell you that…I actually went Black Friday shopping! Mostly out of curiosity. We stayed for a very short time, and since we were at Walmart, I browsed the food and workout clothes aisle (the two things I like shopping for most). But then as we were leaving, I came across these two beauties! (“Beauties” might not be the word you’d use, but they are beautiful to me.) Note that D3 is for a “Mature-17” audience, which I guess means you need to be 17+ to purchase it.

I got carded while trying to purchase it. ._.

That’s all I’ve got! :] Until next time!

• Have you ever been to a murder mystery dinner?
• If you celebrate Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving, how did you spend it?
• If you’re from the U.S., share your favorite Thanksgiving recipe? (If you’re not, what’s your favorite holiday recipe?)
• Did you go Black Friday shopping? What’s your favorite thing to go shopping for?