Ultimate Coffee Date: October 2015

Hi everyone! :] I’m linking up with Coco @ Got 2 Run 4 Me, Lynda @ Fitness Mom Wine Country, & Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner! for October’s Ultimate Coffee Date! Pull up a chair/bean bag/whatever you like to sit on and come link and/or catch up with us! :]

If we were having coffee/tea this morning…I’d tell you that…I’ve been published! :O I wrote an article for an online magazine for the American Osteopathic Association! It gives tips on finding and scheduling elective rotations!

If we were having coffee/tea this morning…I’d tell you that cute animals make my world go round. If you follow me on instagram, you may have already seen these earlier in the year (e.g. around March, because no, it thankfully has not snowed here yet o_o), but…they’re too cute not to share here too! <3

Lately, Princess Muffin has gotten a thirst to explore the outdoors. Linda thinks it’s because she’s looking for me. ;_;

My foster kitty met a hedgehog at church! She was fairly indifferent, but Johnny (the hedgehog) really liked her and kept trying to burrow closer.

He wanted to test out his talents as a hat. Kitteh was not particularly amused.

I stopped by at Please Save A Cat before heading off to my family med rotation back in WV, and got to hang out with all the adorable animals there for about a day. <3

Look at Bonnie’s ears fly! <3

They function to block out the light too! :] I love this cuddle pile!

If we were having coffee/tea this morning…I’d tell you that only the first + last paragraphs in this entire post were real-time life updates! :O My preceptor went to a conference in Texas on Thursday/Friday of last week, so he told me to enjoy my very-extended long weekend.

I made it as productive as humanly possible by going back to Ashland and…getting my flu shot + hep B titers drawn (yay for clinical rotation requirements), showing 2nd-years around at the hospital + answering any questions that they had, scheduling more interviews*, printing necessary documents for said interviews, gathering food, working out, and catching up with a bunch of friends.

*I currently have one week where I have 3 interviews scheduled across 3 different states (NC, NJ, CA) in 3 days. I’m probably going to die, but let’s be optimistic here, shall we?!

The last set of friends I caught up with = my med school study buddies. One had just returned from an audition rotation in Indiana, and another had just come back from an interview in Oregon, so we caught up over delicious food and decided to watch Fear The Walking Dead in the semi-creepy student house they were staying in.

That cup is a bouquet of empty ice pop wrappers, courtesy of Sean to Isaac. Such a lovely friendship they share. :O

I didn’t feel like driving back at night, so I crashed on the couch, and my friend left his door open so that if either of us screamed for dear life, we could potentially save each other.

• Do you have a favorite animal?
• Any pets at home? (I miss my kitties. ;_; )