Overheard in the office

Me asking Kristian if a certain day might work for the surgery clerkship for Resilience Day...

Kristian: "No. There is no way at all ever!"

 

Karen: "Are you expecting a box filled with collapsed boxes?"

Jennifer: "You can never say no to a bucket list."

 

Lorelei: "Well, it tasted like it could have tasted good..."

 

Jennifer: "Look how cute this is!" 

Me: "Oh is that from your Christmas stocking?" 

Jennifer (completely serious): "No it's from the trash!"

Me to Amy: FYI It seems like Dr. Codorniz is running rather behind. He still has an entire student waiting to see him.

Amy: An ENTIRE student! Glad it's not half a student

COVID Quotes:

 

Jonathan (after flying): "But there was this 90-year-old guy on my flight. He basically looked like a walking pre-existing condition!"

 

Dr. Lamberton (comes out of his office without his mask): "Oh dear me, I think I better get my mask!"

 

Rosalyn: "Hi Alane, how are you?" 

Me: "Good, how are you?" 

Rosalyn: "I'm here."

 

I turn the calendar to October. Me: "I wonder what fresh new circle of hell this month has in store for us!"

 

Me: "Oh I'm having my worst nightmare...well one of my worst nightmares..." 

Debbie: "Working here is a nightmare."

 

Me: "Dr. Codorniz, do you think you're going to be doing any awkward dancing at any holiday parties? It's on the bingo calendar." 

Dr. C: "Actually I can't help you there because my dancing is not awkward, it's actually super awesome!"

My cracked cell phone screen

I dropped my cell phone at Disneyland last Saturday and the screen cracked. Again. I bought this phone less than a month ago to replace the iPhone 5 that I dropped one too many times and whose screen had cracked so many times that it had become irreparable due to the backlight breaking. I felt so ashamed standing there staring at the broken screen, realizing I had somehow managed to break yet another phone screen.

Today I walked into the cell phone repair shop yet again, and the guy behind the counter pleasantly smiled and said, "What can I do for you Alane?"  He literally knows me by name at this point.  Without a word of criticism or judgment, he had my phone repaired in less than an hour.

This evening as I sat listening to worship music and was spending time reflecting on my life and thinking of how many times I have messed up this past year, I was obviously also still feeling slightly guilty over the cell phone incident.  And then I began to see a small parallel between the two.

 

When we finally come to God with whatever situation we may find ourselves in, it is sort of like the cell phone guy - God doesn't say, "I can't believe you did this again!" but instead is ready to wash away our sin and make things new again.  And God doesn't even charge us to fix things - because Jesus already paid the price for us.