Grey Matter

Hi All,
Well, Grey's Anatomy is really making it hard for a person to sleep at night. It's that same problem I had with ER: The medical/personal crises get so intense, that by the end of the show you need to watch cartoons or Seinfeld reruns just to calm your mind. At least, that's what I do. I love a good drama, but I need to learn to stay away from medical ones becuase I get very emotional about medical issues. Grey's Anatomy has actually had my very case on the show-they had a preemie with hydrocephalus on there as a plotline! Of course McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey, YUM) was easily able to solve that one, and the baby was fine. If only I'd had a doctor that looked like McDreamy, I might have developed a sex drive at a much earlier age. haha
The real appeal of this show, though, besides the medical dramas, is the 'flawed' (the exec producer's words) character of Meredith Grey. I've mentioned before, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a more dysfunctional yet philosophical woman on TV.

And they make her that way on purpose: flawed, and always trying to redeem herself. That's actually a very good basis for a character; after all, aren't we all flawed and always trying to fix ourselves? My driving impulse has always been to expect perfection, in myself and in my life. Thankfully, the last three years have taught me that being flawed is innate to who we all are, and it's the way God made things, on purpose. This is the test run, after all. This seventy or eighty years we live here is like a second compared to what we'll live later, when the test is over. That revelation came to me thanks to the wonderful book 'The Purpose Driven Life.' Bean kills me sometimes; she said, "But what if this life is enough? Who needs to live another trillion years? What if I'm tired and have had enough?" This is when I tell her, "Dear, you're missing the great joy of being a Christian. It'll be awesome, trust me."
In the words of Yoda (I AM a nerd! Wow. haha), "You must unlearn, what you have learned." I had to do that, and man, let me tell you! It's quite a thing to realize your thoughts and feelings were flawed your whole life, when you thought they were perfect. I don't mean to say EVERYTHING I thought and felt was flawed; I mean that my thought processes were. They still are, and always will be, where the OCD is concerned. I can't change the way God wired me. But I can change the patterns and help to reverse the illogical thoughts. Do I still want it all to be flawless? Of course I do, deep in my mind somewhere. Do I realize this is a glitch in the mind? Of course I do, so I ignore it as much as I can.

There's a reason I always loved the song 'Crucify.' There's a line that goes, "Nothing I do is good enough for you." The author was talking to herself, in my interpretation. But there's always hope: at the end she says, "Never going back to crucify myself again."

Meanwhile, Meredith Grey will continue to entertain us with her imperfection. But more importantly, McDreamy will continue to make us reach for the ice to throw down our pants. haha

What's a 'Real' Medical Crisis?
1) When the president's speech pre-empts the season finale of Grey's. Who does that clown think he is?
2) Elevated blood pressure and hormone production caused by McDreamy's smile
3) Too many enemas, not enough bed pans
4) Hysterical nurses who fall for their patients and break down when they die
5) Scrubs shortages

I'm sure our friend Pack can tell us REAL funny nursing/hospital scenarios.

Have a great day!