Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Pink Hats 27: Deju Vu

 
Christmas parties in the first two years of medical school tend to be few and far between, or so it was in Jessie's experience. There just wasn't the time. The last week before the holidays was dedicated to exams and if you had time to party, you slept instead. It's tough and everyone knows it.

Actually being able to put on a dress or at least something other than scrubs and spend a social evening -- unless she was on-call -- with her "working family" was one of the perks Jessie loved about Maine Med. She'd gone through residency with several of her classmates and established friendships among the medical staff that she cherished. A rumor circulating about an attending position opening up once her fellowship was complete had been confirmed by the departmental director, and she was considered a shoe-in for the job. Christmas parties at Maine Med promised to be a feature in her life for years to 
come.

This year was going to be special for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was an occasion to formally announce her engagement to Bob. The truth is, there was scarcely a soul who didn't know already, thanks to the hospital grapevine. Good news travels like wildfire, especially when Halley Henry is the one with a match. Jessie and Bob spent the afternoon following his proposal with the twins and gave Halley the "Go" command she'd been waiting for. By the following Monday, neither one could walk the hospital hallways without running a gauntlet of congratulatory handshakes and hugs.


Fresh powder had fallen in the White Mountains off and on the week before the Saturday evening event, so Bob and Jessie drove up to Pleasant Mountain ski area near Fryeburg. Jessie skied while Bob spent the morning learning the ins and outs of snow boarding. After a few runs alone, she joined him on the beginner's slope.

"Why, if it isn't Shawn White!" she said, teasingly. "Can I have your autograph, pretty please?"


"Baby, you can have my autograph and anything else you want. I am footloose, fancy free, and all yours!"

She laughed and said, winking, "I can think of a lot of ways to take that."

"I'm sure you can, but this is the bunny slope and that means G rated. With the twins around, you better start getting used to that, Dr. and almost Mrs." he said, winking back.

"Only during the early evening hours -- after they're asleep, anything goes." she said, sidling close and raising her eyebrows.

"I think...I've created...a monster," he said, eyes wide.


"You have no idea. Now come on, you hot snow rider you, show me your stuff!"

Yogi Berra said it, this is like deja-vu all over again.


(Creative Commons image of Shawnee Peak by bobtravis via Flickr)
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