High Five for Friday

Happy Friday everyone! 

1.  Last weekend we carved pumpkins with friends. I think you can tell which is mine.  :)  Although I would have to say Mike won on his 3D pop design!

2.  Jesse and I stopped by the Summit to see the Elio car, a USA-made small, gasoline powered car which gets 84 mpg for just under $7,000. It officially hits the market next year for those that have already signed up for one. We sat in the production car, which actually has a backseat. You ride tandem style as a passenger, and there is a tiny little trunk if you had...I don't know... a binder or something extra.

3.  Our school celebrated one of our best teachers this week as she gears up for her last full marathon in all 50 states! She started this goal a few years ago, then found out she had breast cancer, but it didn't stop her at all. Dr. Than is one of the most inspiring women, teachers, optometrists I've met. I remember in the first few weeks of our first semester in her class, she came in and apologized for not replying to emails the night before - she had flown to Las Vegas to run a marathon, caught a red eye flight back home, and arrived in time to teach our 8:00 class. She was really touched that we students were so supportive of her finishing her marathon goal.  You can read an article of her story HERE.

4. Rewinding to last Friday, my friend Heather took me to one of her new favorite places in town to eat, Wasabi Juan's. It's a blend of Mexican and Japanese (sushi, specifically), which sounds really weird, but it was good! I had a tuna roll, which was fairly the same as regular sushi, so I'll have to go back and give some other rolls a shot with more Mexican flair.

5. Jesse spent most of the week in Dothan for work and returned on Thursday which was also his birthday! We finally celebrated after he returned home around 8pm after music practice at church. I had dinner hot and ready for him, followed by his requested birthday treat: ricotta cheese cookies. I'm glad he made it back in town to celebrate his 27 years. And I'm glad I've been in his life for most of those years!