tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27990593850097628172024-02-06T21:33:32.461-05:00Allison WonderlandDerek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-19449029034736274132013-11-29T17:35:00.002-05:002013-11-29T17:35:38.010-05:00Happy Holiday Season!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-63393342827672423502013-05-06T21:09:00.002-04:002013-05-06T21:09:39.519-04:00A Great Weekend<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Life post-law school has been fantastic so far! I had several days without any responsibilities, and I have felt very productive because I've been studying for the bar during the mornings and afternoons. In the evenings I've gotten chores done, and I've experimented in the kitchen with some old and new meals. Derek is quite enjoying my free time as well! He's usually the one who likes to cook, but I think he enjoys eating just as much (if not more haha).<div>
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On Saturday I went to my friend Vicki's apartment for some charades with friends. We always have a good time coming up with the charades clues. When you get a bunch of law students together, the clues end up saying things like "Airplane jurisdiction." We had a great time!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vicki is moving in about a week, so she cleaned up and found some temporary tattoos</td></tr>
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On Sunday, Derek and I studied in the morning and afternoon. Derek has several big tests coming up (including one on the day after we get back from Becca's wedding!!), so he's been working a lot on school-related activities <i>on top </i>of working 14-hour shifts at the hospital. I don't know how he's doing it. He also made me this:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Avon Walk for the Cure is a 39-mile walk to benefit breast cancer research that takes place over two days. The route went right in front of our apartment!</td></tr>
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In the evening, to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, we enjoyed some festive food and music! I cooked some beef in the crockpot all day with peppers, onions, and a spice rub for carnitas. I'd also pinned something on pinterest that I was excited to try -- homemade flour taco bowls! You take a flour tortilla, spray it with Pam, and drape it over a ball of aluminum foil. Bake it in the oven at 375 degrees for 10 minutes, and you get a taco shell!</div>
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Now dear readers, I warn you... if you have not eaten in the past 2-3 hours, you should probably consume a snack before scrolling down through the following pictures. Good looking food ahead!</div>
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After dinner, we broke into a bottle of champagne I received as a gift from the professor I worked with as a Dean's Fellow. This was my first official glass of champagne--since it's not technically champagne unless the grapes were grown in Champagne, France. I also googled the price because I'm curious like that! It was a <i>nice</i> bottle, if you catch my drift. Honestly, Derek and I must not be very worldly because I couldn't really tell between real champagne and sparkling wine. Either way, it was a very thoughtful gift, and Derek and I enjoyed it!</div>
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I have also had the chance to learn more about my new camera (thanks for the early graduation present, Mom and Dad!) I've had so much fun fiddling around with it. I don't think a day goes by that I don't pull it out and try new settings and functions! I have probably 300 pictures of Brennan modeling! Here's some fun pictures I took last night:</div>
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New reports show that studying with a cat snuggling nearby greatly enhances a subject's desire to remain sitting in the same position. Observe*:<br />
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As more data is gathered, this research will be updated.<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-29147145913539429952013-05-02T13:54:00.003-04:002013-05-02T13:54:36.544-04:00Today, I took my Last Law School Final<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday, at 12:30 PM, Catherine Allison finished law school. I then ran some errands for a few hours afterward in a fog of unknown feelings. It's finally started to sink in, 9 hours later.<br />
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I feel like I should take this moment to say thanks for all the love and support from friends and family!<br />
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Derek is still chugging away at the hospital. He's currently on a Vascular Surgery rotation, and it has been less than ideal. Today, he dropped this on me:<br />
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STUDYING a ton, but thankfully I have a great study partner!<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-38797383346211890652013-04-11T08:52:00.000-04:002013-04-11T08:52:03.020-04:00Photoshoot at GW Law!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday I got to try out my alternative career as a business model! GW is putting together a bunch of promotional materials for the next couple of years, and they asked if I'd like to be involved in a photoshoot... and if you know me AT ALL, you know I was all over that!<br />
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It's been HOT in the District, but yesterday, a few classmates and I donned our power suits and pranced around the Capital posing for pictures! The photographer was really fun (as only photographers can be haha). He does a 'one picture a day' blog, and I was on his blog!<br />
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We did a lot of shots talking and walking in front of various buildings.<br />
These were his initial comments to me:<br />
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"Stop smiling at me."<br />
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"Yeah, don't look at me. Try looking over there. Oh much better [when I was no longer facing him at all]!"<br />
"Ummm... can you relax your face? Uh, no not like that."<br />
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So it looks like I don't have much of a career in modeling! Haha but we had fun, and maybe I'll end up on the GW Law website or catalog!!! <br />
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Derek and I had such fun trip last Saturday up to Baltimore. We may be one of the only people in the world who tours hospitals when we go on vacation! :) We wanted to check out Johns Hopkins Hospital while we were up in Baltimore. Obviously we're not making any big plans, but it's good to check out our options! So we've toured University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University Hospital, so only about a thousand other hospitals to get to next!</div>
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How gorgeous is this building?? And with my sweet-awesome-graduation-present-camera, it looks even better!<br />
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These are all pictures that we chose not to post on Facebook haha. But we wanted to share them!<br />
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Baltimore ended up being much cuter than I remembered! Here's the skyline.<br />
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Seriously such a pretty hospital!<br />
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It was awe-inspiring to walk the halls of Johns Hopkins. So many medical discoveries and procedures happened at Johns Hopkins first. I also learned that a year after the medical school was founded, several women got together raising money to help fund the medical school--with the stipulation that women be admitted.<br />
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Anyway, it was a great trip! Maybe we'll end up there this time next year... For now, we're enjoying this time period in our life where we could end up almost anywhere when Derek opens that envelope on March 21, 2014!<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-40388668883633504482013-03-10T18:36:00.001-04:002013-03-10T18:36:29.122-04:00"Bubbles" the Cat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dorothy sent us an email a few minutes ago telling us that Young Williams Animal Shelter called to ask about "Bubbles"the cat! Since I haven't done a purely Brennan cat update in awhile, here's some stuff going on in her life! It'll be like an entry into "Brennan's First Year [with the Allisons]"</div>
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-Brennan LOVES music. When we play it over the speakers, she jumps onto a little perch and takes a nap near the speaker. Derek picks up his guitar a lot and strums some tunes, and she always makes her way over to him to listen to him play.</div>
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-She's gotten into the habit of meowing insanely every time she hears our alarms go off on our phone. We feed her first thing in the morning, so she knows we're getting up and getting her breakfast! Last Saturday, she got right up in Derek's face as soon as the alarm went off!<br />
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-Our cat is really playful! I thought an older cat might be less playful than a kitten, but Brennan loves to play with her toys. She likes it best when we make her run around the apartment to get to the toy. She also does this really adorable wind up where she shakes her bottom in the air right before pouncing!<br />
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-Brennan has been really good with all our furniture. She really doesn't like our leather couch (yay for us!), and I've never seen her jump up on it to sit with us. She stays on her little palace that my dad made for her for Christmas most of the time. It's got a little seat for her at the top that she loves to nap on. We have it set up right by the window so she can get a little sight seeing in during the day!<br />
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Hope you enjoyed that little recap of what our cat has been up to! She's been so much fun to have in our apartment. It's nice to have a little creature waiting by the door for you every time you walk in the door!</div>
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-79234974597635711992013-03-09T12:06:00.000-05:002013-03-09T12:06:17.900-05:00Long Hair Don't Care<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I happily sent off 9 INCHES of my hair to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths Program last week! My hair will be added to 5 other ponytails to create a wig that will eventually be given for free to a woman suffering from cancer. <br />
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It's a big change, but I was getting tired of my long locks anyway. It feels so much lighter now!<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-88526185182037674342013-03-05T22:18:00.001-05:002013-03-05T22:29:02.747-05:00Back in DC!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My spring break is over after a whirlwind weekend in Tennessee with some of my favorites! My first stop was a wedding between two of my good friends in college--Jay and Jessica!<br />
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After a night of dancing and catching up with college friends, it was time to focus on Becca's shower I hosted for her friends in Nashville. We had a blast!! Here's some snapshots:<br />
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And on Sunday, I went out to Smyrna to see my friends Brittney and Pamela--my best friends from high school! I also saw my Aunt Kathy!</div>
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Becca and I also went out and checked out the farm where she'll be getting married! Here's a sneak peak...</div>
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And then, on Sunday evening, I got to hang out with my cousin Brad! On Monday morning, I got on a plane to get back to DC. Such a fun weekend!<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-62113029359967869452013-02-14T12:10:00.000-05:002013-03-09T12:10:22.056-05:00And Valentine's Day For Real<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you know me, you know that I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to celebrations. I love celebrating on the actual day of the event, and Valentine's Day is no different! On Thursday, I put on a purple dress and came home after class so Derek and I could go out for dinner! We went to Parthenon, a Greek restaurant near our apartment. We had such a great time! I'm a lucky girl to get to celebrate my 7th Valentine's Day with Mr. Derek Allison.<br />
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I took no pictures, but here's Brennan on her first Valentine's Day with a gift from her grammy :)<br />
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For Valentine's Day, I wanted to get Derek something he'd been talking about for awhile:<br />
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Tickets to a Washington Wizards NBA game! Neither of us had ever been to an NBA game, and we had a blast at our first game! Memphis Grizzlies are the closest NBA team to where we grew up, and they didn't even come to Tennessee until 2001. I'll let you in on a little secret: until last year, I didn't know any NBA teams aside from the Bulls and the Lakers!<br />
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The game was really high energy! And that's fire in the picture above!!<br />
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And with our star player back, the Washington Wizards won! John Wall played for the University of Kentucky back when Derek and I were trying to decide which medical school and law school to go to. Kentucky was a contender--and the first school we got into together--so we've had a soft spot ever since for the Wildcats!<br />
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--Catherine</div>
Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-20829571305719142013-02-04T11:01:00.000-05:002013-02-03T11:02:07.368-05:00Check out Who is on the Main Page of GW Law!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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That's me!! This is a snapshot from the Mock Trial where I volunteered with Professor Turley to teach civics to a group of elementary school children! I got an email from my friend that said I was on the website and "to send the link to my parents ASAP!"<br />
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I have always wanted to be on the cover of a school website! I did some legit photoshoots at Lipscomb. I showed up on a postcard to people who donated, and I made the course catalog once, but I never made the main website!! <br />
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Turns out all I had to do was prosecute the big bad wolf :)</div>
Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-77051554922677827452013-02-03T10:09:00.003-05:002013-02-03T10:09:56.444-05:00Peanut Butter Cup Milkshake <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Derek and I are sitting on the couch catching up on some news and sipping on a delicious smoothie this morning. The smoothie is so good, I thought I'd share how we made it!<br />
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Peanut Butter Cup Milkshake<br />
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2 frozen bananas<br />
2 spoonfuls of 0% fat greek yogurt<br />
1 spoonful of peanut butter (crunchy or creamy, but if you use crunchy, you should mix for longer in the blender<br />
3 packets of artificial sweetener<br />
6 ice cubes<br />
1/2 tablespoon of cocoa powder<br />
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Mix in a blender until super smooth and enjoy!<br />
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--Catherine</div>
Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-14244870535675037542013-02-01T23:54:00.000-05:002013-02-01T23:57:53.643-05:00Our Fantastic Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This morning, Derek and I worked until 11:30 AM-ish. I did some work at home, and Derek took his Psychiatry Shelf that recaps his past month practicing psychiatry at Georgetown.</div>
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As soon as Derek got home, we embarked on a giant date day, and had SO SO much fun!</div>
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<b>First Stop: Bread and Chocolate</b></div>
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This is a really cute place about two blocks up the street from us that we've been planning on patronizing for awhile. We showed up around 11:30 and tried some fun foods. I got a chicken empanada (the closest dish to the camera lens) that reminded me of some food that I got from a cute little hole-in-the-wall in the Dominican Republic. Delicious! Derek got a savory ham & swiss Pfannkuchen. It's a type of ham and swiss wrapped in a crepe served with hollandaise sauce. Yummy!!</div>
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<b>Second Stop: The Avalon Theater</b><br />
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Next, Derek and I meandered to the historic Avalon Theater for a show at our favorite oldest-theater-in-DC! We though Silver Linings Playbook--a story about two people with some mental issues--would be a great capstone to Derek's psychiatry rotation!! <br />
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We LOVED the movie! We kept talking about it hours later. That's the sign of a good movie for us!<br />
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<b>Third Stop: TV Stand</b><br />
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After our fun movie, Derek and I decided to shop around for a TV stand. We've been using a china cabinet for awhile, but we finally decided to upgrade to a piece of furniture that was actually made for a TV. We got a great deal!<br />
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It looks so nice in our living room! I found the deal on Craigslist from a couple in Maryland. They bought the stand from IKEA a couple months ago but decided to move shortly thereafter. They spent around $200 and sold it to us for less than $50!! <br />
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<b>Last Stop: Chili's and Back Home</b><br />
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While in Maryland, Derek and I hit up a Chili's and enjoyed our 2 for $20 fried cheese and entrees! I got chicken fajitas and Derek got chicken crispers. It was delicious (but unpictured haha).<br />
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We got home and enjoyed our new entertainment center and our adorable cat! Hope you all enjoyed your Fridays as much as we did!<br />
--Catherine<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-7680349952688844342013-01-30T11:07:00.000-05:002013-01-30T11:07:55.539-05:00More Weird Sicknesses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our last blog was about having the stomach bug. We've self-diagnosed ourselves, by the way, with the Sydney Norovirus. Blech... I'm trying not to remind myself about that awful time :) I'm going to continue the theme today though by discussing another random illness that afflicted the Allison apartment!<br />
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Last Friday, I went downstairs to the laundry room. We had six loads of laundry to do from where we were sick the weekend before. I loaded all the washing machines, and my legs started itching. Then I looked down and my arm had a mosquito bite on it. I thought that was weird... until I noticed what looked like 10 mosquito bites on my feet!<br />
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I ran back up to the apartment and stripped to find myself covered in hives! All within about 5 minutes! Derek received an odd text message from me that said "Ummmmm kind of an emergency, I'm broken out in hives" followed by a frantic phone call. We had no benadryl in the house, so I headed out to a CVS Minute Clinic about a mile and a half away. Derek was at the hospital with the car, so I started walking.<br />
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I forgot to mention that there was snow on the ground, and I was wearing leggings and a tank top and sandals with a coat and scarf thrown over top. I got to the CVS about 40 minutes later, but I was three people down on the waiting list. I weighed my options and decided to catch a cab to GW Student Health.<br />
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I braved the weather, found a cab, and finally got to the GW Student Health Center.... where I waited for nearly an hour to see a doctor!!<br />
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By this point, I'd been broken out for 3 hours and I was finally starting to return to a normal peachy color. The doctor was great and gave me lots of Benadryl, and I caught a bus home. </div>
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My immune system really needs to get on the ball! I have classes, homework, interviews, and applications to do!!</div>
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--Catherine </div>
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-59988062336372699692013-01-21T17:28:00.001-05:002013-01-21T17:28:11.587-05:00A Stomach Bug.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Derek and I went over to a friend's house to hang out with her on Thursday. Unfortunately, her son was sick. <br />
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And the next day she was sick.<br />
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And then Saturday hit, and we were sick. <br />
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I'll spare you the gory details and just say that from 4 AM on Friday morning until Saturday morning, we were both pretty out of it. We slept all day, except when we were ...ahem... reacting to the stomach virus. We're on the mend now, but we've definitely appreciated the three-day weekend to get better. <br />
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So instead of recounting our horrible weekend, I'll leave you with some pictures of Brennan, who became extra snuggly when she noticed we were sick:<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-34279076914508808942013-01-17T07:57:00.000-05:002013-01-17T07:57:00.397-05:00Driving Ms. Kitty<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Let's talk about how not fun it is to drive long distances with a feline companion....<br />
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I have the scratches to prove it! <br />
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Despite the loooooonnnnggg drive back to DC, Derek and I made it safely back with Brennan, and she's loving the apartment!<br />
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We've got her scratcher set up in the corner, and she's getting used to life with us too! We wake up around 5:45 AM, and as soon as our alarms go off, Brennan is meowing for breakfast! We'll see if this becomes Pavlovian!<br />
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Derek and I are now a week and a half into our spring semesters.<br />
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I am taking Labor Law, Administrative Law, and Corporations. On top of that, I also get credit for teaching twice a week and serving as an Editor on the Public Contracts Law Journal. I have several late nights at school, which can be really draining. Today, for example, will be the third day in a row that I got to school at 7 AM and will leave after 9 PM. The classes are enjoyable though, and I'm happy to be able to set my own schedule for times in between classes or meetings. Last semester, when I was working, I felt like I had zero free time because I was either in the office or trying to catch up from what I had missed before.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5-Part Brass playing Canon in D at 7 AM outside of the Metro station downtown on my way to school. That's one way to brighten people's days!</td></tr>
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Derek is currently on his Psychiatry rotation. He's at Georgetown, which is nice because it's close by. The rotation could definitely be worse--he usually gets there around 7:15 AM and comes home around 5:30-6:00 PM and he's had weekends off. There is a test at the end of the rotation that he has to study for in the evenings, but he's had much more downtime than any other rotation so far! <br />
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Derek is working with the consult team of psychiatrists. That means that when a new patient comes to the Emergency Room with signs of mental illness, or when a current patient who needs to sign consent forms shows signs of dementia or some other mental illness, or when a diagnosed mentally ill patient comes in for other medical issues, Derek's team has to get involved. Derek, as the medical student, is the first one to go in and assess the situation. I also have to brag because he got back his grade from his Internal Medicine rotation and he TOTALLY ROCKED IT!!! He's going to be embarrassed that I said that haha.<br />
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So that's what we've been up to for the past week and a half. :) What have our lovely readers been doing??<br />
--Catherine</div>
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I have to share this adorable video of our new cat, Brennan, playing with her Christmas toys her proud grandparents got her! Watch the video here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpEJxb_if7Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpEJxb_if7Y</a>. <br />
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And yes, I did just become the type of cat owner who posts pictures of her cat playing with toys on youtube. Enjoy.<br />
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After that, Derek and I headed back to Chattanooga to celebrate New Year's Eve with my parents. We stopped in Nashville to say hello to Evan first. <br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">We celebrated the beginning of 2013 with my parents and Ben, and we played games until 3 AM! Here's hoping 2013 is swell! </span></div>
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-28247141193906230182013-01-14T06:30:00.000-05:002013-01-14T06:30:03.499-05:00Farm Kids<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Derek and I woke up early on New Years Eve. I read a book for awhile until more people started stirring. When Derek and I woke up, we were ready for an adventure!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Adventure-mobile, courtesy of Renee and Joe!</td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We had such beautiful views as we drove around Joe's farm! So different from DC--really open and pretty!</span></div>
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We had such a relaxing break, and I'm really glad Derek convinced me to go on an adventure with him!<br />
--Catherine</div>
Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-85963406126853132422013-01-13T04:30:00.000-05:002013-01-13T04:30:02.102-05:00Celebrating My Grandparents' Birthdays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our first stop was to see Cora, and our last stop was hanging out with my Dad's side of the family to celebrate his parents' birthdays! My grandmother and grandfather were born only one day (and a few years) apart, on December 30th and December 31st. Happy birthday and happy New Year!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the family resemblance between these four?? My dad and his youngest sister, holding the children of their older brother's oldest daughter! (Did you follow that?) The Lynn genes are strong.</td></tr>
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At the end of the night, Evonne, my dad, and Joe got together to recreate a classic picture from their childhood:<br />
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They came pretty close, didn't they? There was no way to recreate that unibrow on the older Santa though...<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-41855401255236234572013-01-12T07:58:00.000-05:002013-01-12T07:58:00.767-05:00Christmas/New Year's with Lynn Extended Family<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On December 30th, we left Knoxville and traveled to Cookeville and White Bluff to see some of my extended family. First stop was in Cookeville to see Cora, my mom's father's wife. My maternal grandfather passed away in 2009, but we still try to get out and see Cora every year. <br />
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This year there was a little snow on the ground still! Here are some pictures:<br />
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Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-19487050099089379452013-01-11T08:11:00.000-05:002013-01-11T08:11:00.101-05:00Dr. Temperance (Bones) Brennan Allison<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As you may remember, my Christmas present to Derek this year was a cat! It was really important to me to let him choose our new family member though. While we were in Knoxville, Derek, me and Dorothy hit the road to find the new Allison. We visited a PetSmart, but ultimately struck gold at an animal shelter called Young Williams.<br />
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When we walked into the cat room, I immediately noticed several kittens. Derek, however, immediately went to a cage in the corner with an older tabby cat in it, named Bubbles. We looked at a kitten named Tator, and two sibling kittens named Holly and Mistletoe. Derek kept coming back to Bubbles though. Young Williams had rooms in the back to take the potential pets to see how they reacted to their potential new owners. Derek immediately requested Bubbles to see if she would be a good fit with us.<br />
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She was perfect! We knew almost immediately that we were going to take her home! The shelter estimated that she was about two years old. She had the sweetest disposition in the playroom, immediately rubbing up against our legs and purring loudly. She even sat down in my lap! It was pretty close to love at first sight! We played with a few other cats, but all three of us felt pretty connected to Bubbles, so we claimed her!<br />
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Derek and I discussed what her name would be for the rest of the night. Originally, we thought of naming her after a famous female lawyer or physician. Ultimately, we fell in love with the name Temperance Brennan, based on a character from a show that we watch. We've even been calling Brennan by her nickname--Bones. I think the name suits 'Bubbles' well :)<br />
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The next day, we got to bring her home to meet the rest of her Allison family! <br />
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Once we decided to adopt her, we went to PetSmart and picked up some essentials. Most important, I got her a santa hat and scarf because I love dressing up pets! <br />
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Did Brennan love it? Maybe her face in the picture is some indication! Haha she was a good cat though for the pictures!<br />
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Brennan has beautiful green eyes!<br />
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You may be looking at next year's Christmas card ;)<br />
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We have had Brennan in DC for almost a week now, and she's making herself at home. She's a sweetie!<br />
--Catherine</div>
Derek and Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05359594706409224386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799059385009762817.post-65747057261980978192013-01-10T06:30:00.000-05:002013-01-10T06:30:03.428-05:00Christmas Vacation in Knoxville<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I realized I didn't take very many pictures of our time in Knoxville :( I think we took a lot of pictures of Lucas and a lot of other pictures on the Allisons' camera, but I don't have much to show (picture-wise only, of course!!) from our time in Knoxville. We had a really great time, all 7 of us, eating together, watching TV in the evenings, chatting, and doing some post-Christmas shopping. It was so nice to have everyone in the same room! Lucas was a doll and always the center of attention! :)</div>
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Derek and I also had the opportunity to go out with friends in the area. Derek got to hang out with David Bearden:</div>
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And I got to see these girls from high school:<br />
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I see my friends from high school about once or twice a year on average. I actually saw them twice this break, and I will likely see them again at a wedding of one of the girls who is not pictured (we'll see how the job situation is before I send in that RSVP haha)!</div>
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