Friday 11.20!

A couple of happenings today:

I heart labradoodles!


I love looking up new cupcake recipes!!
chocolate chip cupcakes


banana cupcakes with caramel buttercream icing

strawberry cupcakes with strawberry buttercream icing

& tonight, I'm going to see a movie with some girlfriends
..and I have a date! :D

Post- Final Exam Block 1C

On Monday, I took my final for block 1C...which means means I am roughly 3/4 done with my first semester of medical school!! yay!

I tried to take picture of everything I did this afternoon since I haven’t used my poor broken camera in a while…

I finished my Lower Extremity Final exam around 4pm (amazingly early!). Afterwards, one of my roomies and I went to Target & bought Christmas decorations (I know its not even Thanksgiving, but you should see how the other half of the duplex is lit up!!) and goodies to cook pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing

Steve getting in on the holiday spirit..


Giulia and I tried to order in Chinese food, she ended up going to pick it up while I vacuumed haha but it was still good!


We had some wine & I started baking!....





This was the second time I made these cupcakes & each time, EVERYONE adored them
They are soo festive & Delicious!







.... andI got to scrapbook a little!


...and then Samir, Giulia, & I met up with some classmates to watch the Leonid Meteor Shower! We found our way to Bryan Lake and had a spectacular view! We saw about 10-15 from midnight-2:30am...and I froze my toes off!! Here's an oh-so flattering picture of me as a enchilada, trying to stay warm & watch the sky


But it was such fun, even Claudia joined in!!

Happy Things

(We were just tested on pes anserinus and this guy appeared on our test...made me laugh in the middle of the exam :) )

I have been RIDICULOUSLY happy these days! I mean seriously, I am waaay blessed & I count my blessings every day!
I love my life here in medical school. I am amazed everyday at how wonderful things are here... also I've noticed that I've become less shy and more vocal since I've been here. Maybe it's because one of my roomies likes to talk or that all the people I hang out with are pretty vocal or maybe it's because I'm more confident in who I am & what I'm doing...either way it's pretty fun!
Oh and second development...Each time I go to the gym, I've been able to run a little farther and a little longer, with it becoming just a little easier for me to breath afterwards too. So. I'm going to give myself the goal of running a 5K by the end of the school year (next summer)!! I've walked in a few but I've never ran them before so this could be interesting...

And I love baking cupcakes these days..especially THESE pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese icing...I could eat just the icing but the two go together well!


Soo I'm thinking next I'll bake german chocolate cupcakes, or chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting, or chocolate chip cupcakes with buttercream + chocolate chips icing!
Or maybe BRAIN cupcakes since we are studying head & neck in this next block?! How cool is that!



My Aunt Patty posted this wonderful quote, which was great pre-test motivation: “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice!” ~ Bethany Hamilton (awesome female surfer)

My wonderful friend Cari showed me this great song by Michael Buble called, Haven't Met You Yet …but I adore this video set in a grocery store!

Prehistoric necklaces at Anthro