High Five For Friday

It's Friday, y'all!  Everyone's favorite day of the week, right?  I have decided to start linking up with Lauren @ MyGreyDesk on Fridays for a series called "High Five For Fridays."  This should be a great way to share my top five things of the week with you guys, which I think is an awesome idea because some things are not worthy of a whole blog post by themselves.  This will also help me search through my week and realize that there are indeed (at least) 5 awesome things in my life - celebrating even the smallest moments that make me smile.

So, the top five highlights for this week look something like this:

1. Some Luvernians came to Bham last Saturday to watch The Dark Knight Rises in Imax, so we met them there.  This was the first movie we've seen on the Big Screen since... Up!  Yep, we're just cheap like that. :)  The movie was great, and we were thrilled to see some old friends. Afterwards we went to this little burger joint where we had a Nutella and Burnt Marshmallow Milkshake. (Say what?!)

2.  All summer I have wanted to make a map to mark the places we've been.  I wanted this to involve a cork board and map pins, but I could not find a map anywhere that was the size of my cork board.  Then, through the handy-dandy world of Pinterest, I found an even better idea than just using a map.  It took a great deal of patience to complete, but it was so worth it.

3.  I registered for Optometry School classes!  Which makes it finally seem real!  My classes include Ocular Anatomy, Geometric and Clinal Optics, and Physiology of the Eye, among others.  It's gonna be really awesome!  28 whole credit hours of awesome... I better fasten my seatbelt!

4.  Our new friends Mike and Kelsey introduced us to a fabulous place called Steel City Pops. Their slogan: "gourmet popsicles that will make your tastebuds sing."  Believe it.  We will definitely be returning (or trying not to return too often). By the time it was all over, the four of us had had strawberry fig, raspberry lemon, blueberry, green apple, chocolate, and avocado (surprisingly good).

5.  There is not a photo for this last one, but the biggest news of this week is that I became a recipient of a 4-year scholarship for optometry school!  We are super excited about this, because anything that helps reduce the amount of loans I will take out, we are welcoming with open arms!