What you got?

Movies are a mainstay in our house, particularly during this fight with Josh's noma. Each time Josh has received news that was hard to take, he escaped to a movie that would make him laugh. It's a rare family dinner around the table that someone doesn't blurt out a quote from a movie and others jump in with the next line. We've even played a game at dinner where we go in a circle, each person having to come up with a movie quote and the rest have to try to guess which movie (I'm certainly the worst at this game).

One quote from Open Season sprang to mind yesterday as I was at MD Anderson waiting for Josh's appointment...

Beaver #1: Hey, what you got?
Beaver #2: Wood. What you got?
Beaver #1: Wood. You wanna trade?

Ethan has used this many a time for after-dinner chores when he's assigned clearing and would rather do dishes.

Ethan: Hey, what you got?
Katelyn: Dishes. What you got?
Ethan: Clearing. You wanna trade?

And it usually works (I'm not sure why Ethan would rather do dishes).

But this movie quote has a different meaning for me after yesterday. One of the diversions that the many waiting areas provide are jigsaw puzzles and Isaac encouraged/cajoled me into finishing a nearly-finished puzzle with "they saved the hardest part for you." Done (in a mere 6 minutes).

As I was sitting there working on the puzzle (without my glasses, by the way, which is quite a feat with my diminishing reading capabilities), I overheard the conversation between two small groups of people sitting in close proximity, who were also waiting for their appointments.

Woman: What you got? (OK, it wasn't actually those exact words)
Man: Thyroid cancer. What you got?
Woman: Brain tumor. Wanna trade? (No, they didn't really say this, but instead shared symptoms and sympathies.)

It's a different world we're now a part of. What you got? Wanna trade?