I am a short woman, with curly black hair. I tend to smile alot and have been described as feisty or spunky. I have a good sense of humor and can use sarcasm in an appropriate way. The old TV show you should draw your attention to is "Cheers". If you are not familiar with the show, look it up. It was a 30 minute sitcom filmed in a bar in Boston that will make you laugh out loud.
Carla, played by Rhea Perlman, is the feisty barmaid from the show, "Cheers". She is very short with black curly hair. She is feisty and shows a lot of spunkiness. Sound familiar?
Josh, a patient I saw many times, saw a similiarity between me and Carla. So, that's what he called me, Carla. However, he did not just call me that in the clinic, he spread the word around the small community I was working in. Let me explain.
A new patient arrived at the clinic one day and said she had an appointment with Carla. I immediately knew she had talked to Josh. I asked her how she knew him. She stated, "All I know is that, an electrician is at my house (Josh was an electrician) and when I told him I was coming here for physical therapy, he told me to say the name, Carla."
Another time, there was a concert in town. I was going to with a girl friend and Josh happened to be going with his wife. I made the mistake of telling Josh where my seats were. My friend and I had just arrived at our seats and sat down, when Josh appeared about 4 rows in front of us.
With a loud booming voice he spoke to everyone in our section saying, "hey everyone, Carla from Cheers is sitting in this section, right there." Of course he pointed directly at me.
When I left that small town clinic for another larger clinic, Josh found me. He walked into my new clinic and asked the receptionist if he could talk to me. However, he asked her to call me Carla over the intercom. I heard the page and immediately knew that Josh was in the building.
Hearing the name Carla will always put a smile on my face and a memory in my mind of a fun patient named Josh.
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