Ultimate Coffee Date: May 2016

This is the last Ultimate Coffee Date before I’m done with school…forever!!! *-* I boarded a plane back to West Virginia a couple weeks ago to complete my very last med school rotation (I have a week left til I’m done!). Someday, I’ll be done with all this time zone-hopping!

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I’d tell you that…I’M GOING TO HAWAI’I!!! <3!!! Way, wayyyy back, I shared my hopes for the “ultimate fitness getaway” and it looks like it’s going to get to happen! I haven’t been able to reach Grandmaster Relson Gracie because he’s still in Brazil, but hopefully I’ll be able to catch him while I’m over there!

I’ll super hoping that one of my friends can come along with me, because as much as I’m okay with traveling alone, it’d be even more fun if she could come with me! Hiking adventures, beaches, and outdoor explorations galore! (Plus, not having to befriend random people to go hiking with me might be a safer option. Although it did work out really well in Asheville…)

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I’d tell you that I’m currently bumming at my friend Sean’s apartment by way of a mattress on the floor. It’s been nice to have company again, and we’ve been giving each other pep talks every morning to motivate each other to power through the senioritis that has settled in!

We’ve been trying to eat everything we own, so our dinners have been somewhat creative–for instance, this fancy-schmancy crackers + cheese + salsa + turkey pepperoni combination!

Pinkies up for extra hoity-toitiness!

S: Permission to brush my teeth, your Fongfulness?
F: No!
S: :[
F: Alright fine, I guess hygiene is important for you.
S: Thank you so much, your Fongfulness!
F: I’m so nice!
S: You’re the kindest, most benevolent and most gentle Fong I have ever known.

S: Actually, we can just sit on my bed.
M: Farrah, will you get on here with us? Just sit between us and chaperone.

S: Did you ever play Age of Empires?
M: I think I had a girlfriend by that time.

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…it was my birthday about two weeks ago!

Sean and I went out to La Famiglia for dinner to celebrate both our birthdays–his isn’t for another 2 months or so, but since we won’t be in the same place by then, we figured we’d just celebrate early. Dinner was delicious! <3

A photo posted by Farrah @ fairyburger (@fairyburger) on Apr 21, 2016 at 4:16pm PDT

My friends from church (they pretty much adopted me into their family <3 ) booked me for dinner that weekend–it was awesome to see them again, but I’m also really sad, because outside of this next week, I’m not sure when I’ll ever see them again. :[ Moving really sucks.

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I had a super-fun conversation with the guy setting up my fingerprinting session for my background check for residency.

: What’s your skintone?
F: Uh, what are my options?
: Anything from albino to yellow. …or sallow. What the heck is sallow?
F: Um, I think that’s when you’re sickly pale with a yellowish cast to you. Can I go with a light tan?
: I’m so sorry for these options. I’m going to put you down as light brown.

Oh, life. Who would choose sallow?

I don’t think I’m really light brown, but alright, we’ll go with it.

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…I went to my first presidential rally ever last week! I found out the day before that Bernie Sanders was going to be speaking ~3 miles away from where I’m currently living, and I was actually off early enough to attend, so I decided to go!

It made me super happy to see so many people there with so much passion and enthusiasm in fighting for acceptance and equal rights. <3

A photo posted by Farrah @ fairyburger (@fairyburger) on Apr 26, 2016 at 5:15pm PDT

If we were having coffee/tea today, I’d tell you that…although I do miss home (that’s the longest time I’ve been home in 5 years!), it was awesome getting to see Linda and all the pets again! <3

I think Dora really missed me. <3

Guess who’s adopting the muffmuff and bringing her with me to my residency!? <3

See past coffee dates here!

(Link-up with Coco @ Got 2 Run 4 Me, Lynda @ Fitness Mom Wine Country, & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner!)

• Have you ever been to Hawai’i? Any suggestions for where I should go visit in Honolulu? …and if you happen to live there, would you like to meet up?! :P
• What’s the weirdest “random stuff in the kitchen” concoction you’ve ever put together?
• What’s your skin tone? (…hah)
• Have you ever been to a presidential rally?