My Phone Call with Zach Braff

My usual Thursday night, I watch Scrubs. This week was no different.

But, the thing that made this different was, it made me remember the time that I called Zach Braff and talked to him.

I know what you're thinking. Yeah right, Emily. Because I would too. I mean, my cat is named JD. You know when there are pets being named after characters on a show, that you just like that show a little too much.

I digress. During college, a lot of my obligations did not revolve around the airing of Scrubs (much to my dismay), so I would be forced to tape or download episodes so I could watch them. (And may I note, the episodes were not iTunes yet and all episodes have been deleted with my purchase of that season.) I had missed a certain episode (season 4, episode 9... I'm pathetic, I know) and so had downloaded the episode. I also love Garden State and Zach Braff's blog was linked my livejournal. I noticed much discussion about calling Turk's cell phone on Scrubs.

I was curious. My cell phone had long distance on it and I wanted to take advantage of it.

So, I dial the number. It rings. It rings again. And then I hear "Hello, Scrubs."

I froze. I knew that voice. The voice that spoke out to me as Largeman from Garden State and the squeaky voice of Chicken Little. But most of all, the dorky doctor that had my heart every Tuesday. Zach Braff.

Let me recap the entire conversation for you:

ZB: "Hello, Scrubs."
Me: "...."
ZB: "Hello...?"
Me: "Sorry, wrong number."
ZB: "Are you sure."
Me: "Yeah, sorry, bye."

And thus, my phone call with Zach Braff.

And Sean will be first to tell you, that I do still beat myself up about it to this day.

Home sweet home...?

I am an Arkansas resident.

It's kind of nice to be in a place away from home with my husband for us to call our home. But I think the frustrating thing is, neither of us want this to be our home. We both know that this is a place for us to save money and plan for the future.

The hard thing is, right now we're not very sure at all of what the future holds.

We both know I will probably stay with the hospital until we're ready to leave Arkansas. It'll give me lots of experience and the loyalty to one company will look good. And hopefully we'll stay at the hospital long enough for me to have the appropriate experience level to apply for other HR jobs when we move.

It's been so long since Sean interviewed with Walgreens.

The frustrating thing is, the probably are wanting him to move up to management. I mean, they have to find out where he'll move and give two weeks notice, but the district manager hasn't bothered to contact anyone. It's obvious that a photo tech moving to assistant manager isn't even a blip on his radar. That is so disheartening for anyone. And I can tell you from experience, your degree not really being recognized is frustrating. It feels like you wasted four years of your life to rack up some dept and make some new friends for a few years.

He's put in some other apps and has an interview set up for Wednesday. We just need prayers. We need some sort of sign of where to go. Sean needs to have a job that's more challenging that running a register and developing pictures. But we also need a job that will allow one of us to transfer when we are ready to move so we are able to have a source from day one in our new residence.

Granted, I get frustrated with my job too.

Our manager is sometimes on top of things. But a lot of times, she's nowhere to be found. I wrote entire handbook and gave it to her before I left for the wedding/holidays. I have been told to replace every "employee" with "associate" and try to get rid of any "musts" in the text. I have not received any other edit. I think she may have said a total of 50 words that are work related. I have no idea where she sees my position going or where she sees me developing in the department.

But, at least I know that in everything I do, I am making someone's day a little bit easier. Helping them utilize our benefits, making sure licenses are up to date, recognizing every employee's birthday, making sure everyone is entered correctly into our system, getting the right people into the right job. And I've realized I absolutely love my career path. Even with a company I'm not really sure of, I know that I picked the right field to go into.

I want that for Sean. Heck, I want that for everyone. But I especially want it for the man I love.