Annoyed by long wait-times at the clinic?

[magical thyme]

5. I had one of our regulars wanting to know why I'm not married

that was after he wanted to know where I live, and then am I married to so and so in that village, because everybody knows everybody for villages around. I'm the transplant, so I get grilled.

So anway I said, "I already have 2 dogs, a cat, 3 birds and a horse, what do I need a husband for?"

The doctor looked up from the fluid he was draining from the guy's gut and quietly said, "That's great!"

I've had a secret crush on that doctor for 3 years. More than anybody I've ever met in my life, he simply embodies empathy.

Of course, my crush dissipated somewhat when the peritoneal fluid showed up an hour later in the lab for a cell count and diff, because it was a weekend and I was running the whole lab alone for the next 2 hours. Luckily there wasn't a white cell to be found, so the diff was not an option. Even better, only the memory of the empathy remained, so he's back at the top of my list for now.