High Five for Friday

Happy Friday, y'all!

1.  This past Saturday we went to our friends Jennifer and Jarrod's wedding.  We are so very excited for them to finally be Mr. and Mrs. and were thankful to be there on their big day!  They are two absolutely wonderful people that are just perfect for each other and will be even more wonderful together.
Now let's talk about her dress.  Jennifer is always dressed cute, so it was no surprise that her dress was gorgeous.  But I'm talking drop.dead.gorgeous. Every bride looks beautiful in her wedding dress, but brides have different tastes about what the "perfect" dress looks like, so I'm not gonna lie - there is usually something I can pick out that would have prevented me from buying almost every dress. (I'm surprised I found my own dress so quickly!)  Not this one.  It was perfect in every way.  I know you can't see from the pictures, but it laced up the back, fit like a glove, the material would sheen just enough in the light, the beading was beautiful, and the way the bottom draped was....stunning.  Can you tell I liked the dress?
But we love the bride and groom even more!  Congratulations to Jarrod and Jennifer for joining the married club!

2.  On a much different note, I got to dissect an eyeball this week!  A cow eye, that is. Fun stuff happens in optometry school sometimes. :)  (The bottom left is the lens.  Pretty cool, huh?)

3.  So remember the book I told you about last week?  Well, this week I got to meet the author!  She's a food blogger that I follow named Jenna.  Long story short, I found her through Instagram (via sketchy searching on my part... don't judge, you know you're guilty too).  Lots of her Instagraming consisted of inspirational verses that were part of a devotion on the Bible app that some of her friends had made a website for to encourage women to go through this devotion. (see SheReadsTruth).  I'm almost to the end of the first devotion, however there was such great response through social media that they are continuing on to do more devotions together. (Cool right?  Social media for the Good.) Well, turns out she has gone to culinary school and is now a food blogger that shares great recipes with the world.  Also turned out that she just wrote a book and was coming to Birmingham for a book signing!  So I ordered a copy and planned to go.  She's a pretty cool gal.  I talk like I know her, but I really don't. That's the fun part of the blogging world.  There are so many inspirational women (and men) out there sharing their stories and passions, and you as readers can become a part of it in a small way.  It's like free advice or inspiration on any topic you're interested in.  The book signing was a fun experience.  I had never been to one before, and it was neat to hear the author herself read an excerpt from her book then share her story with us. Jenna was really sweet and you can tell that she is still humbled by the whole fact that her dreams are coming true!

4.  I filled out my desk calendar for next month and we have a [much needed] fall break coming up!  However, the two weeks before that (aka the next two weeks!) are insane.  All prayers are welcome during those weeks!

5.  Every Wednesday an on-campus organization hosts a speaker in the medical field and gives us free lunch.  This week was free Chick-fil-a and a gynecologist telling us about his mission work in Africa and how God changed his heart to even do that kind of thing.  It was some great inspiration during a tiring week.

How was your week?  Don't be shy to share some of your highlights!

While you are all out having fun this weekend, think of me.... sitting at my desk... studying my little heart brain out.  LOL