Meet Your Members Monday

BEKAH PETERSEN 1. Where are you from?  Amarillo, Texas 2. What's your student's name and what year are they?  Jim Petersen MSIII 3. What or who made you join SAA?  It looked like a good way to support Jim and make some new friends! 4. Do you have kids and if so how many?  2 1/3 5. If you were a superhero what would you want your superpower to be and why?  I think Elastigirl's powers are pretty sweet because she can stretch to reach/grab/catch anything and basically be supermom. That's what I'm talkin' about. 6. Have you ever had to get stitches?  If so how old and what for? Only for wisdom teeth when I was 18 7. If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional. with whom would it be?   Calamity Jane or Annie Oakley. 8. If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?  Julia Roberts. 9. If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?  Spend it with family and friends, seeing the world.

Meet Your Member Monday (on Tuesday)

Apryl Pritchett, Vice President

1. Where are you from? 

Tushka, Ok

2. What's your student's name and what year are they? 

JB Pritchett 1st year

3. What or who made you join SAA? 

My cousin's wife suggested it to me!

4. Do you have kids and if so how many? 

2 girls! Saylor & Addyson 

5. If you were a superhero what would you want your superpower to be and why?

Lightening fast speed! So I could get everything done so much quicker!!

6. Have you ever had to get stitches? If so how old and what for? 

Yes! 9 times!! 1st time I was two and my brother dropped me into the coffee table! Cut my upper lip!

7. If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional. with whom would it be? 

Wow! I'm not sure! Thats a hard one but I am pretty happy with my life!

8. If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you? 

Julie Roberts! I love her!!

9. If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time? 

Spend every moment with the loves of my life! My husband and two girls!

RANDOM TRIVIA QUESTION:  What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? 

A towel?!

Correct!!

Meet Your Members Monday

Sasha Big Hair, SAA Vice President 1. Where are you from originally? Tishomingo, OK 2. What's your student's name and what year are they? Ross Riddle MSII 3. What/who made you join SAA? I wanted to support Ross and learn more about the Osteopathic field. Plus, I wanted to meet more people and get more involved. 4. What is your #1 survival tip for med school? Plan Plan Plan! I invested in a great planner and scheduled all of my student's tests, breaks, and school events. It makes living with a med student more manageable. 5. If you were an animal what kind would you be and why? I would be a tiger! They are tough and beautiful! 6. How would you describe yourself in 3 words? Competitive Ambitious Hospitable 7. What was the most embarrassing (appropriate) moment of your life? When I was in 8th grade I got a head injury at a track meet, was rushed to a hospital and got 11 stitches. To this day my old track coach tells that story to prevent the same injury. lol! 8. If you were to win the lottery what would you do with the money? I would donate some to charity, pay off my debt, and invest it for the future. 9. If we were to look in your refrigerator right now, what would we find? fresh fruit and veggies, eggs, cheese, condiments, chicken, and turkey! TRIVIA QUESTION: What year was Elvis' first EVER concert? 1954 CORRECT!!

Meet Your Members Monday!

Amanda Lee, SAA President

1. Where are you from

Calera, OK

2. What's your student's name and what year are they?

Brian Lee, MSIII

3. What or who made you join SAA?

Spookoween--Holly greeted me with a smile and told me that SAA was not only there for our students but also for us wives! I was having a hard time transitioning and getting used to the idea of Brian being back in school after 6 years straight of being in school and she really helped make me feel like what I was doing was important too.

4. Do you have kids and if so how many?

Harmony-8 (going on 13), Spencer-4, Scout-1

5. If you were a superhero what would you want your superpower to be and why?

I'd say it is a tie between being everywhere at once and never having to sleep which actually go hand in hand :)

6. Have you ever had to get stitches? If so how old and what for?

Nope!

7. If you could trade places with any other person for a week, famous or not famous, living or dead, real or fictional. with whom would it be?

I would love to have met my great grandmother. She was an avid softball player up into her 60s. She pitched an all girls team (mostly made up of her daughters and daughter in-laws) and won most of them! She was a full blood Choctaw Indian and was a spit-fire!

8. If Hollywood made a movie about your life, whom would you like to see play the lead role as you?

Reese Witherspoon hands down!

9. If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time?

Spending every waking moment with my family visiting the world and making memories

RANDOM TRIVIA QUESTION:

What's the only animal in the world that can't jump?

elephants :)

CORRECT!!!

(Man I really thought I’d stump you on that one.)