Christian Women in Leadership

little story

the day before I left for vacation, gosh, this is so embarrassing...

Okay, I will tell this story anyways. First, it needs some background information. A couple months after I started working in the E.R., I started wearing this special "I love Jesus" keychain type thing with my name tag, instead of just the plain purple one that they give us. I never would do anything so blatantly gaudy as this, but after being employed there for a while, I felt there was just too many young men there (residents, interns, tons of male nurses) and I just wanted them to know where I was coming from. That I wouldn't just go home with them. that I am a church person.

Anyways, I think that this has really helped; since I have started wearing this keychain/I.D. badge thing, I feel like I have been harassed (sadly, I think I would have to call it harassment) far less by all the men in their 20's. whew. It's like now they know where I am coming from; it's much better standing here.

All that being said, now there is a particular intern--he is a medicine intern, not E.R.--who starts being really nice to me despite the "I love Jesus" I.D. badge thing. So, I realize, he must be a Christian, too! The problem is, I feel like he goes out of his way to talk to me. Like the other day he was so nice to me, in front of everyone. I was so embarrassed, and I did not know what to do. I looked at the ground, I turned red, I mumbled something. (I just feel like, who am I? a lowly technician. he is an intern who won a big award last year, "intern of the year" for a prestigious residency program. all of the attendings know him.) No matter what I do, the shy girl returns.

It's just nice to have some positive male attention. The funny thing is, all of those other months, the other guys probably thought they were positive male attention, when they weren't! all they wanted was my body, and that is not positive for a Christian woman like myself (see previous posts).

I don't know what I'm going to do about the intern though. The next time he comes around, I will probably run and hide in the stockroom.

posted by the princess @ 1/07/2005 08:44:00 PM