Grey's Anatomy: The Nurse's Station

Nurse Debbie On "The Becoming"...

Yang has NO interest whatsoever in scrubbing in with Erica Hahn. The cardiothoracic surgeon whose backside has been attached to Yang’s lips everyday since she arrived. Of course this all has to do with Dr. Burke winning the Harper Avery Award.   The Harper Avery Award!  That’s the equivalent to winning a Pulitzer OR an Academy Award OR the Fastest Supply Stocker (Betsy, watch my DUST this year!)

I sympathize with Cristina Yang.  Well, as much as one CAN sympathize with Cristina Yang. Come on, let’s admit it: she’s kind of a turd.  Okay actually, Cristina Yang is a more of a big, heaping pile of little turds that can easily be just one big turd.  So to see her like this, well as much as it lifts my spirits, I can see why she ran down to the morgue for solitude.  Nurse Tyler was in the vicinity and he said he heard her singing Madonna.  That’s when I knew she had finally broken.  If she were singing Sinatra or Whitney Houston (pre Bobby), maybe I wouldn’t have been so concerned but….

Here’s the deal.  We ALL know what Cristina did for Preston Burke.  She saved him more times than she should have in my opinion. But it’s done.  She made a choice to protect him in all those surgeries.  What does she expect? A medal?  I mean, this crop of young, female residents think that they are the end all/be all and the truth is, if it weren’t Cristina Yang protecting Preston Burke, it would have been someone else.  These residents don’t realize that there is a long line of women waiting behind that curtain to take their place.

Case and point?  Meredith Grey.  Yeah, I’m going there so fasten your seatbelt. She thought Derek Shepherd would ONCE AGAIN wait for her to get it together but not this time.  Didn’t I say that there was a line of women waiting in the wings or behind the stall or something like that (I have a small screen and I’m too lazy to scroll back and see what I actually wrote)?  Enter Rose.  Waiting.  And once Meredith decided yet again that she couldn’t be with Derek, Rose pounced.  And a’ pouncing is what I think is about to happen BECAUSE LADIES AND GENTS (hey are there any men who actually read this blog?  If so, email me.  Let’s have a drink!  I love a man who reads) Rose asked George O’Malley for the  “I’M ABOUT TO TELL EVERYBODY WHO I’VE SLEPT WITH IN THE ON CALL ROOM, CAFETERIA, ROOFTOP, SUPPLY CLOSET & IN THE SHOWER” form.  Yeah, I saw her ask for one in the cafeteria after she told O’Malley a couple of hours before that she wouldn’t need one.  So they are going to “do the Dew.”  I wonder how Meredith Grey feels about that???!!!

I have an answer to that question.  I’m going to say that in true Meredith Grey fashion, she will pretend as if it doesn’t matter when it does.  She still wants him.  She does!  Nurse Tyler told me that Meredith was whispering to herself at the nurses’ station: “He’s with Rose.  He’s with Rose…” Does this paint the picture of someone who doesn’t care?  NO IT DOESN’T FOLKS!!!

Let’s get back to Rose and Derek sealing the deal.  They have officially moved on to the next level.  What does this mean?  Are they in a relationship?  Or will it be just casual sex?  Will Rose want more?  Okay people, I had lunch with Rose today and she told me that she does want more.  She is a woman in love.  Derek?  I don’t know.  He’s hard to read.  Will he want more?  Has his feelings deepened for Rose?  Or does he feel regret?   That happens you know.  Just ask me, I’ll tell you. 

I had to fill this out for the Chief today so I might as well fill you in as well… There was Dr. Hall and Dr. Guzman and Dr. Marinis and Dr. Mckee and Dr. “Hammer” Wilding and Dr. Saul and Dr. Preston and Dr. Corn and Dr. Zemans and Dr. Fuerman and Dr. Barg and Dr. Brown and Dr. Rater and Dr. Heinberg and Dr. Clack and well, I could go on but I’ll just stop here.  After all, I’m a lady.  Oh!  I’ve gotta run!  Joe is having a contest tonight:  Free two pound bag of pork rinds for the girl who can do the most Jell-O shots from his belly button!!! 

The Return

Hi all!!!!  It’s good to be back amongst the living.  Joe and I have been on a hunger strike for several weeks so I haven’t had the strength to blog (is it still a hunger strike if you eat those mini powdered doughnuts? I mean they ARE tiny).  Anyhoo, let’s talk about what’s been going on in the halls of Seattle Grace!!

Okay what is UP with Meredith and Derek????  He has a girlfriend people, and her name ain’t Meredith.  Okay, I thought the downfall of Meredith and Derek would coincide with the end of the world, or a housing bust, or I don’t know, something drastic like… Oh no. Like me going on a hunger strike. That basically is the end of the world. Holy crap! I brought on the demise of Mer/Der myself! I have to go call Joe and discuss. 

But, my point is that I never ever thought I’d live to see the day when Meredith and Derek weren’t together.  But, when Derek got off of the elevator this morning, the woman he was with wasn’t Meredith.  The woman he kissed in front of EVERYONE wasn’t Meredith. 

I was at the nurses’ station standing near Meredith and she tried to look away when that kiss happened.  Well, she didn’t look away quickly enough.  She saw the kiss and everyone saw the pain on her face before she looked away.  The thing is, it’s so obvious that Meredith and Derek still have feelings for each other.  The way he looks at her… yeah, they’re still in love.  At least, in MY opinion they are.  But truly, how long do you expect a man like Derek Shepherd to hang around?  I heard that he bought a piece of land to build a house on.  He wanted to build a house for Meredith, himself and their future children.  Okay, a man doesn’t do that if he’s not ready to settle down.  He’s ready.  He wants to be married.  He wants children.  He wants to be with his true love for the rest of this life.  And well, maybe there’s another “love” out there for him that wants the same things.  Obviously, Meredith Grey doesn’t. 

Meredith and Derek spent most of the day yesterday not talking. Derek was all business with her and would hardly look her in the eye but here’s why I know that they have feelings for each other:  The next morning, after Derek and Rose shared a kiss, Meredith proposed the idea of a clinical trial and Derek just looked at her in that way only reserved for Meredith. 

The question of the day was (I emphasize “WAS”) “are Rose and Derek doing it?”  After Nurse Tyler overheard the conversation between Derek and Dr. Sloan in which Dr. Sloan was teasing Derek for NOT sealing the deal yet, I’d have to say “no” they’re not doing the deed yet.  WHY NOT?   WHAT IS WRONG WITH ROSE???? If I was in Rose’s position??  Let’s just say that Mr. Shepherd would be fighting me off every minute of the day.  Listen, we girls usually “save it” for that special guy.  For the guy we think is THE guy.  Let me tell you, you can’t get any better than Derek Shepherd. He invented perfection.  Yeah, yeah, I know he’s flawed and all that but LADIES, he is the entire package.  I mean it.  Well, maybe Rose wants to take her time.  She IS the rebound girl afterall.  And Meredith Grey?  Well, she and Derek, they were THE couple.  And everyone, including Rose, knows this.  Meredith and Derek were like Sonny and Cher, Brad and Jen, Brad and Angelina, Ashford and Simpson… you get the point. 

Let’s go back to the clinical trial.  One would think that Meredith’s proposal is a way to spend some quality time with Derek.  What do you think?  I honestly think that saving lives IS important to her but I also think deep down, way down, she does want to have some time with her ex beau.  I hear she’s seeing a therapist.  Okay, you guys may be thinking, “Nurse Debbie, you’re going too far” because therapy is a very intimate, a very personal thing.  I know.  But seriously people, if you don’t want me in your business, then don’t see a therapist in your place of work is all I’m saying. Besides, we pass in the hall. My weekly appointment is immediately after hers.

So Meredith Grey is in therapy.  She’s gone through a lot with her Mom’s death, her fake mom’s death, her near drowning… and kudos to her for working it all out.  But, I bet Derek is the real reason she’s in therapy.  Why isn’t she with him?  THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.  HE WANTS TO BE WITH HER.  SHE LOVES HIM.  Okay, so WHY aren’t they together?  I’m sure it’s a question she asked herself and I’m sure, since he’s with someone else now, the question is on her mind all day, every day.  I overheard her mumbling to herself in the locker room “stupid therapy, stupid problems, stupid have to work all of this stuff out so that I can be a normal human being…” Yeah, she’s got some things to work out.

Once she works this stuff out, will it be too late?  Will it be too late to get Derek back if that’s what she wants?  I don’t know. He and Rose looked mighty cozy.  We’ll have to see.  Let’s not hold our breaths though, because this saga of Meredith and Derek has been going on for a while now and there’s no telling how it will all end.

Well people, now that the hunger strike’s over, all my extracurricular activities involve eating.  Time for some bacon and hash browns.  Yes, it’s after midnight but Joe serves breakfast all day. Breakfast and beer. My kinda night!

NURSES' UNITED AGAINST MARK SLOAN!

Say it loud and say it PROUD! We are UNITED. We are DONE. Mark Sloan, watch your back because we are FED UP. Tired of your come-ons and one-liners. We’re not taking it anymore! Okay, Mark Sloan has never actually come on to ME but I have a feeling it’s just a matter of time. Not that I WANT him to come on to me or anything. I mean - EEEW. Big biceps. Nice assets. Killer smile. Whatever. TOTALLY not interested. Not at all.

BTW - What in the world is Meredith doing carrying her Mother’s ashes around???? In a baggie. A BAG FULL OF MOMMY?!? I thought she put Ellis Grey to rest long ago! But apparently Ellis has been in Meredith’s kitchen cubby all day!!! Hello. This is a hospital. A sanitary place. Leave your bag of dead people ashes in the back of your closet where it belongs Dr. Grey! I must admit, Ellis was a TOUGH woman. I remember as a young nurse being absolutely intimidated by her. But she loved what she did and more than that she was a BRILLIANT surgeon. I have a soft spot for her because she was so passionate about saving lives. I hope Dr. Grey’s final resting place will be somewhere comfortable and happy. Or at least, somewhere other than here. In my hospital. In a plastic frickin’ bag!

Okay, let’s talk about the OTHER Grey for a minute please. Okay not so much the other Grey, more like the other Grey’s boyfriend. MCDREAMY IS DATING???? Well, that’s what I hear! Is it true??? All I know is Sydney Heron was babbling extra loud in the ladies’ room today (the woman has NO volume control, truly) and said that she officially met Derek Shepherd for the first time today and how when he shook her hand, he held on for a beat longer than necessary. In that moment, she felt a connection. Yeah, whatever Sydney. Whatever “Heal Love and Touchy Feeling-ness.” Save that for someone else because let me tell you, Derek Shepherd is not for you. I would change bed pans for a month straight if he ever showed a bit of interest!

But seriously, all jokes aside with Sydney thinking she might have a chance with McDreamy, is he really ready to date? There has to be SOME truth to it. I’m looking around and I’ve noticed that all the ladies are re-applying makeup a lot more frequently which means SOMEBODY is single and that SOMEBODY is usually a doctor. And the doctor’s name I’m hearing is Shepherd. I wonder how he could be ready to date now so soon after Meredith? And how is Meredith taking this???? Is SHE ready to date? Is she just going to stand there and let someone like Derek Shepherd walk out of her life? Has she ever heard of fighting for something? Because let me tell you, he seems like someone you’d fight for. I don’t know. I think the ladies around here have been given false hope. Whether Derek is ready to date or not…he only has eyes for one lady. I know when a man is in love. And I know when a man is in love trying to distract himself. I don’t want to be the woman who is used as a distraction. No way.

Speaking of distraction, Alex Karev has a heavy dose of it today. I heard Alex was in the on-call room for several hours with a certain person who used to be a patient. Lewy told me. Lewy also told me that Alex left Ava, I mean Rebecca, I mean Jane Doe, I mean-you know. Faceless ferryboat surgery girl from a few months ago…Anyway, she was waiting… waiting for quite some time before she finally left. I saw her leave. She didn’t seem angry or anything but she seemed a bit anxious. And she kept looking around hoping, I guess that she would run into Alex. Alex went flying past me not long after Rebecca left. He seemed so disappointed. Like he wanted to tell her something. Maybe they had things to say. Maybe not. It’s interesting to see that soft side of Alex. The side that makes him dash across the hospital for a girl. The side that looks just a little crushed when he finds her gone. He seemed to have a lot on his mind before he left tonight…I wonder what the future holds for them.

Well anyway folks HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! I’m dressed as a nurse for Halloween this year (hey, if it ain’t broke…) and on my way to Joe’s for a little trick or treating with a certain cute intern by the name of Steve who passed out last week in my car. He wouldn’t wake up AT ALL and I had to pick him up and carry him into the house. I’ve never dated a guy who I could physically carry but I don’t know I kind of liked it…

Ten Bucks on Stevens!!!

Ten on Stevens!  Ten on Stevens!  That’s where my money was.  On Stevens.  And the “fight” didn’t turn into a fight. Why?  Because the truth is finally out that George and Izzie slept together!  I knew!  I should stop what I’m doing.  I should stop what I’m doing right now and become a psychic for hire. I knew it.  I could FEEL it in my bones. Okay yes, maybe the fact that I’ve been trailing George and Izzie for most of the day for about two weeks helped but I’m telling you the rest I owe to my gift.  My psychic ability…

But going back to the fight! Torres wanted to TALK not fight.  I mean, COME ON.  Fight for your man Torres.  That’s probably why you lost him in the first place [harsh I know. But seriously?]  The woman (Stevens that is), TOTALLY and COMPLETELY humiliates you in front of everyone by bedding your husband without shame, AND has the audacity to get into fighting stance in front of EVERYONE as if SHE’S in the right and YOU DON’T FIGHT HER????  There was some face needing to be saved here and let me just say that Torres lost the opportunity.  Is it too much to ask for a Chief Resident I believe in???

Okay, I’m getting ahead of myself here.  It all started with George running through the hospital today at top speed like the energizer bunny on, well speed.  Running over patients, crashing his family jewels into a crash cart (I’ve never seen a guy in so much pain run so fast.  Guess I know who I’ll pick to be on my team in the annual “Who Can Handle the Most Hypodermic Needles in the *#! contest.”)  But just running and running.  I of course, decided to run after him, at a respectable distance of course.  I just had to know what he was up to. 

Finally, he saw Izzie and Izzie saw…TORRES.  Yes!  A challenge?  Well, that’s what we all thought (and hoped. I had money riding on that fight!)  But sadly, there was no fight. Torres met Izzie in the lunchroom and when Izzie said she was ready to, in her words; “GO” well, she had ME shaking in my boots.   But Torres walked away.  And really in that moment, I think we all felt kind of small.  Here this woman has had her life on public display and like a car crash we all watched through clenched eyes as her marriage fell apart. 

I took the stairs today (I may be dating a new guy and want to get in shape but more on that later), and there Callie was, sitting on the stairs crying.  All I could do was keep walking.  What can you say when someone is hurting that much?  She deserved her solitude.  I figured we owed her that.

Everyone in that love triangle seemed shattered by the end of the day.  George started to ignore Izzie YET AGAIN.  And Izzie seemed lonely and, well, friendless.  People seemed to turn the other way when they saw her coming.  I felt kind of bad for her.  I mean, she isn’t vindictive or anything.  They fell in love.  Some things you have no control over…

I think the worst part of the day was when Torres and Izzie were in the hallway.  I only caught the tail end of the conversation.  I was coming out of a patient’s room.  Actually, it was the Chief’s niece (Camille. Cancer. Very Sad.)  She is such a young, sweet girl and I’ve seen many miracles happen at Seattle Grace.  Maybe this old hospital has one more miracle up its sleeve.  For her, I hope so. 

But as I was leaving the room I heard Callie telling Izzie that she “took something from her.  Like a petty little thief.”  The knock down punch was when Torres called Izzie a “traitorous bitch.” The look on Izzie’s face…After that conversation she ran to the ladies’ room and the next time I saw her… she had obviously been crying.  So many tears today.   So many hurt feelings.  What’s next in this saga?  How will things turn out now that everything is out in the open?   O’Malley, albeit an adulterous, is an honorable guy.  Will he stay with Torres out of obligation?  Or, will he follow his heart? 

Oh my goodness.  I just overheard a conversation between Meredith and Derek!  THEY have been quite the odd couple lately.  Meeting in the on-call room but acting very discreet in “public.”  I mean, we all know!  Come on!   But, I thought about them today and I don’t think it’s about being discreet.  I don’t think they’re trying to hide anything.  I just think Meredith is keeping Derek at arm’s length.  I mean, Derek basically PROPOSED to her tonight and she turned white as a sheet!  Such fright!  Why?  What is WRONG with her?  The women who would do ANYTHING to be with a man like that…I would do anything to get a man like that.  Why can’t I get a man like that????? But you know what?  It doesn’t matter.  Because he only has eyes for her. Believe me, there have been days when I’ve dropped a sterile glove or two on the floor and picked it up.  Slowly.  Right in front of him. And?  No response.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen a man so in love before.  So SURE of his love for another woman.  It’s so rare!  Why can’t she see that??  I’m rooting for them.  I guess because they are the one couple who no matter what happens, always drift back to one another.  It’s like they can’t help themselves.  They are what I call, true soul mates.  I just hope that Meredith realizes this before it’s too late.  Because after the way Derek looked when he got on the elevator.  Well, he looked tired.  Tired of waiting.  Tired of hoping.  A person can only wait so long for love to be reciprocated…

Speaking of love:  I drove someone home from the bar last week.  I’m not ready to reveal his name yet. He was slightly intoxicated but we really hit it off.  He works with me at the hospital but we got to know each other really well at Joe’s Bar.  He made me laugh.   Ladies, if he can make you laugh, he’s worth getting to know.  And he can dance.  Well, he was kind of dancing with a pool cue but the man knew how to move his hips!  So anyway, I’m going to play darts with him tonight and he said that he would teach me some of his tricks.   This is the first “date” I’ve been on in three years.  Wish me luck!   

WHAT'S GOING ON?

Okay, weirdness going on with Meredith and Derek!!!  I hear they’re broken up.  THE WORD is they’re broken up.  So why, pray tell, are they still a couple?  “Still a couple” MEANING they’re talking hallways, still giving each other “the look.” You know the one.  The look that says “I want to ravish you, all night long.”  Does anyone remember that song by Lionel Richie?  Great song.

Nurse Olivia told me that Derek invited Meredith to lunch and she declined, ending the conversation with a request that they meet in the on-call room later (Note to self: Must change on-call room sheets after they leave and Purell my hands.)  When Meredith left, Derek had this look on his face.  Like, he wished that she said yes to lunch.  I think he wants more.  He’s that guy, you know?  That rare breed who is meant for one woman, and when he finds her, BAM, that’s it for him.   Hello out there in “men who only want one woman land???”  I’m here!   I’m READY!!  I would TOTALLY go to lunch AND the on-call room.  Honest.

I don’t know what’s going on with Meredith Grey these days.  I mean, her sister Lexie Grey is here.  And, okay the kid is slightly annoying and clumsy (IF SHE KNOCKS THE FILES OFF OF MY DESK ONE MORE TIME!)  But she seems kind and just wants to reach out to Meredith.  I don’t understand why Meredith won’t give her a chance?

Tons of excitement today!   Excitement mixed in with a bit o’ quiet.  And by quiet, I mean the hushed conversations between George and Izzie. WHAT IS GOING ON??? I’ll tell you what’s going on: SOMETHING IS GOING ON!! 

Let’s start off with what I observed today.  I’m at the nurse’s station minding my own business while competing for a toaster (Cristina brought all of her wedding gifts in to work. She seems to be in the process of moving on) that has eight slots not SIX slots, not FOUR slots, but EIGHT slots.  Do you know what this means????  This means, that when I have my next “Knit and Stitch it Bitches” brunch, we won’t have to wait for everyone’s bread to toast.  MEANING, no cold eggs, no meaningless conversation as we all wait for the last person’s bread to toast knowing that we don’t want to talk, we just want to eat and how rude would it be to start eating when there is one person still waiting for her bread to toast???? 

But, I digress.  Where was I?  Okay, so I’m minding my own business trying to eavesdrop on what George and Izzie are talking about when I see them suddenly NOSE TO NOSE!!  Huh?  Okay, HELLOOOO out on the floor, with a married GUY, nose to nose.  What is going on I ask you?  They were either having a really serious game of “stare down” OR some kissing was about to go down.  I choose the latter.   Wondering if these two were about to share a kiss IS killing me BUT what is really torturing me, is what was said.  What were they talking about? 

My question was later answered by Nurse Tyler (who snagged himself a waffle maker by the way GO TY TY!!) who overheard George telling Izzie that he must tell “her” the truth.  Okay, let’s recap people: hushed conversations in hallways, nose to nose action and finally, the realization that the truth must be told.  Well folks, I know what I’m thinking.  How about you?

You know, I like Callie.  Yeah, she screwed up big time today what with the dope-dealing family (I mean she actually LOST a baby YIKES, wouldn’t want to be her right now!) and she has NO control over her residents whatsoever.  Yet and still, as a PERSON, I like her and she loves George.  You just see it in her eyes; the way she looks at him when he’s not looking…I feel for her.  What do you do when you love someone and he doesn’t love you back?  You hurt.  And you hurt.  And in this hurt, you hope that the next day, will be a little less painful.  We’ve all been there ladies.  And if what I’m thinking is correct with George and Izzie….well, I just hope that she will eventually be okay…

Sorry to be so melancholy folks but there was this guy today…he was a victim in the meth-lab explosion and here is a man without a family.  He encouraged all of us to, if we can, seek true love.  Life, he believes is about family and love.  He really got me thinking.  So much so that tonight, when I go to Joe’s to play darts, I am wearing my polka dot sweater and matching scrunchie!!!  True love, here I come! Watch out!

Cheers!

Seventeen Days Later...

They’re back!  They’re back from vacation!!!!  Seventeen days.  I’ve lived for SEVENTEEN days without knowing what went on with Cristina and Burke.  Meredith and Derek.   Lewy the janitor and the woman who sells the mini-sausages in his neighborhood on the street corner (okay, so I’m a little desperate for gossip).  Seventeen days and they’re back AND I still don’t know.  Why?  Because NO ONE is talking! 

Cristina is acting cool as a cucumber.  She’s not fooling anyone.  I know.  I know what it feels like to be left.  It’s the night of the prom and you’re standing there in your teal dress.  Your hair in a bee-hive that took hours to craft.  You stand there and wait.  And he doesn’t come.  Damn you Andrew. 

Well, anyway.  My point IS that pain doesn’t go away in seventeen days.  It just doesn’t.  I overheard Derek tell Cristina in the nurses’ station today that Burke wouldn’t be back.  He gave his resignation.  We all knew that of course.  I was here when he came in to talk to the Chief.  He looked…different.  He looked sad yet free. 

Well, I tell you as cool as Cristina has been all day, when Derek told her that Burke was gone for good, she…it took a split second to for her to compose herself.  Yeah, she’s quick, that Cristina. But in that split second, I saw the heartbreak.  She’s heartbroken.  Even the coolest surgery won’t squelch that pain right now.  And, to go through in front of everyone who witnessed it….I don’t know.  I guess I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, not even Cristina.

Okay! Okay! Okay! So what with Lexie Grey?  She’s been stumbling and bumbling around all day long and I’ve caught her not once, not twice but THREE TIMES watching Meredith Grey from afar.  I mean, shouldn’t we call security or something????  She has spent most of the day stalking her.

BUT THAT ISN’T THE JUICY PART OF THIS SAGA!!!  Okay.  Nurse Olivia told Nurse Tyler who told Chef Jorge who told me while he expertly whipped up my lunch of fried zucchini and tofu with bits of bacon (I’m dieting) THAT Lexie Grey was the girl in the bar that Derek was flirting with a couple of weeks ago!!!!

Can you believe this????  A Grey is in love with a Shephard who flirted with another Grey in a bar.  And this Grey and this Shepherd work together.  They met in a bar first, and discovered they work in the same place.  Just like the other Grey.  Interesting.  Very interesting…  Apparently, Grey (Meredith that is) got her scrubs in a bunch as she told Shephard “I’M the girl in the bar” before stomping away. Hmmmm…..What next?!  What next?!

Dude. I heard we had a patient who was eating almost EVERYTHING in sight  today.  Yes, I mean clamps, cotton balls, and change. He had pica. Honestly- I think I may have pica too because I can’t seem to stop eating (those tofu bacon bites DID NOT satisfy) either except MY pica only requires me to eat little chocolate caramels.  And doughnuts.  And chips and salsa.  And oh, those itty bitty corndogs.

Anyway, it’s the end of the night and I saw Derek and Meredith enter the on call room. It was weird. They went in looking so sad.  But, they came OUT of the on call room, looking so satisfied!  Wonder what they were doing in there for an hour???  I know it was an hour because I dropped my pencil outside of the door and it took me a very long time to pick it up.  It’s my back.  I should really see a doctor about it…

It was an interesting day.    A lot of activity the first day back to school but that’s how it usually is right?   

What in the world????  George O’Malley just ran past me like there’s a fire!!!  Where is he going?  He’s been odd today.  Especially with Izzie (who is a special kind of odd because she spent the entire day in the back of a pick-up truck with a half dead deer) [And – can I just voice for a moment – we treat people.  Not road kill Just SAYNG.]  He’s been blatantly ignoring her all day long.  Like if she is walking in his direction, he scurries.  It’s like they’re playing cat and mouse.  There was one heated discussion in the stairwell today per Lewy.  Hmmm…what is going on with them?  And where is he going this time of night.  Shouldn’t it be home?  To his wife?  His wife who wants to have his baby very soon?  Maybe he IS going home.  But that look on his face.  It’s like…I don’t know.  Like he realized something.  I’m sure I’ll find out soon enough…

The Big Day

TODAY IS THE BIG DAY FOR CRISTINA YANG!!!!  The day!  The big day.   What does she do on her big day???? She comes to work.  I mean she must have some serious issues this girl because if I were getting married to the illustrious Dr. Burke, Seattle Grace is THE last place I would want to be.  But OH NO, Ms. Yang, soon to be well, Ms. Yang because you know women today REFUSE to change their last name.  Oh, she doesn’t know how lucky she is.

Nurse Tyler was in the OR during Dr. Burke’s operation and he said his vows out loud!!!  For the ladies. Dr. Burke, in an instant managed to have every single woman in the hospital in love with him. After Nurse Tyler repeated Dr. Burke’s vows to me, we both proceeded to stare into space for about a half hour followed by gorging ourselves on Twinkies and chocolate milk. 

But getting back to Cristina showing up to work WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO HER EYEBROWS???? If you want to try something new, then do it at LEAST a month BEFORE the big day right?  Her face had no hair.  Not a one.  I kept thinking of a hairless chicken right after birth or a hairless baby or just you know, a person without hair on his or her face…well you get the point.

But all she kept talking about is cutting someone open and needing validation.  Validation???  How about the R-I-N-G?????  Some women just don’t know what they have until it’s gone…

Speaking of GONE?  Okay, maybe he was just cleaning out his locker because it’s the end of the year.  You know, a little spring-cleaning never hurt anyone.  But Lewy told me that George O’Malley cleaned out his locker and left!!!

Okay, I heard from our hospital chef: Chef Lemonier (oooo la la he makes the BEST deviled eggs!), that George failed his test.  How Chef Lemonier heard that OR how he manages to get the perfect amount of “devil” in those eggs I’ll never know.   But the point IS George O’Malley DID NOT pass and that means he either has to repeat his intern year or move on. 

It’s so sad really.  He actually has talent and he started off so timid but in a year he seems to have grown so much.  I hate to see him go folks.  I mean, he was one of the few that I could deal with.  One of the few who said “please” and “thank you.”

But he must have not been too down in the dumps.  Because Lewy saw him and the Mrs. getting it on in the on-call room (this man sees more action than, I don’t know…ME!).  You heard me.  Getting it on.   I don’t know, sex in the on-call room is so blasé’ now a days.  I mean EVERYONE does it in there.  Snore.  I mean, if some hottie pulled me in there right now, I would refuse.  I would.  Too boring.  Been there. Done that…

Oh PLEASE LET SOME YOUNG HOTTIE PULL ME IN THERE!!!!  JUST GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY NOOOOO!!!!  Okay, I’m done.  Let’s get back to it all shall we?

Okay, I never thought it would happen.  Ever.  BUT….Jane Doe/Ava/Rebecca has been claimed.  Finally!  Her husband came today.  He SEEMED nice.  He also seems like the type who puts one shoe on at a time.  Who chews his food thoroughly?  But this entire situation has me thinking…it was weird with the husband.

I went to Rebecca’s room to say good-bye and check in one last time but she seemed…I don’t know, distant.  She smiled and thanked me but her thoughts were somewhere else.  I wonder if that could have anything to do with Dr. Karev?

I mean, how can you spend so much time with one person.  She almost died right?  He saved her.  Many times.  Ladies, how can you not fall for that?  And the fact that he looks damn good in those scrubs!!!  I wonder if this is it for them…I mean, is she just going to leave?  Disappear?  Go back to her life and forget all about Alex?  I wonder…

Lots of “newness” here at good ole’ Seattle Grace.  Not fun newness.  The kind of newness that gets on your nerves.  Like a new crop of interns.  They’re all giggly and anxious.  Speaking of a new crop, I was checking the list today and Lexie Grey was on it.  Interesting.  Sisters working together.  Wonder how that relationship will be?  Lot’s of baggage with this family.  I can’t wait to see how things pan out…

AND speaking of Grey.  Nurse Olivia informed me that Meredith and Derek got into a heated discussion today on the floor.  I told her what Joe told me which is Derek was flirting with some cutie in the bar the other night!!! I was so glad that she said something because I didn’t think I could keep it in for that much longer!  Anyhoo, they make a great couple yes and YES I’m sure they do love each other BUT this is my two cents and take it for what it’s worth:  Meredith has a good thing going and she either doesn’t know it or doesn’t care.  Either way, she had better be careful because there are a few of us in line to take her place…

Okay I’ve gotta run!  I scored a “ticket” to the wedding.  We had a raffle and the grand prize was an invite to the wedding of the year!  I have no interest in seeing the newlyweds suck face at the altar but I AM interested in all of the gorgeous specimen who will be in attendance.  I got the hottest dress!  Hey, who said that only the bride should wear white????

AND ACTION!!!

I want a leave of absence…Addison is back from hers (and none too soon – Sloan’s been a NUT case without her).   She is back and there are whispers that she’s entertaining the idea of leaving Seattle Grace. For good.  For real.  For fun in the sun!  I hear “the fun in the sun” comes in the form of a hot tamale “alternative medicine doctor” that she smooched in a stairwell (Please – can someone say quack? Sounds like a duck to me!).  Apparently, in Los Angeles, the S-E-X happens in stairwells. Hell of a lot less claustrophobic than an elevator right? Hmmm…maybe I should consider a change in location…

Something that may really push her to move (besides the ex-husband thing and the ex-adulterous boyfriend thing) is the fact that she can’t have children.  Nurse Tyler caught the tail end of a conversation that Addison had with Callie and it looks like Addison went to Los Angeles to get pregnant, but found out she can’t.  Couple THAT with the fact that it is unlikely she’ll get the job as Chief.  I mean, realistically, Dr. Burke and Shepherd are the obvious front-runners and unless they both do something COMPLETELY against hospital policy, I don’t see Addison getting it.  But, stranger things have happened so we’ll just have to stay tuned!

Action, action, action on the floor today!!!  So much so that instead of the interns taking advantage of the “free” day to study, they are constantly in the way.  I mean, isn’t it enough that we have to cover for them??? I wish they’d go hide in a dark studious feeling room somewhere instead of standing around watching us do their work for them on the mountain climbers who were just rushed in.  Those poor mountain climbers…  I don’t know what happened on that mountain but MAN. I’m dying to find out!!!

Poor Meredith Grey. What happened to her today made ME almost break down.  As she was ready to leave to attend her surrogate Mom’s funeral (I hear that this woman in a very short time, showed Meredith more care than Grey’s Mom ever did) Thatcher showed up here at the hospital! He was stumbling and reeked of alcohol.  He told Meredith she wasn’t welcome at the funeral.   He blamed her for Susan’s death!  It was horrifying.  I wasn’t there the night he slapped her but Nurse Olivia told me that it was the worst thing she’s ever seen.  To me, what happened today was way worse than the slap.  The look on Meredith’s face…this is one person who has suffered a lot, but today, it’s like she just gave up. 

Did I mention today is test day?

Lewy was sweeping up outside the hall and peeked into the classroom where the intern test was taking place (he’s now in the habit of peeking in windows since he saw Dr. Crawford getting it on with Nurse Carrie) and he said that Meredith was just sitting there.  Everyone was frantically taking the test (by the way, if you’re ever in doubt, choose “B” that’s usually the answer), but she was just sitting there in a daze.  It’s really sad because Grey (as annoying as she can be) has a gift and I hate to think she could fail out of the program.

Speaking of failure, what is WRONG with George O’Malley????  I hear he got accepted at Mercy West, (which is like leaving George Clooney for Alex Trebeck).  Well, everyone kind of heard: Bailey put a hurting on him on the floor in front of everyone.  She is completely insulted that he would leave the most competitive program in the country for a second rate one.  I don’t blame her.  If I were his resident, I would be insulted too…And Callie seems so excited about George heading to Mercy West – you don’t think, he could be leaving because of Izzie Stevens???? I must do a little digging and find out what’s really going on.

Well, it’s time to sign off.  I hear that Dr. Burke is having a bachelor party at Joe’s and there’s nothing funnier than a bunch of drunk doctors. Plus maybe the groom will try to sow his wild oats with a certain nurse who is very sexy once she starts playing darts.  Darts can be a very sexy game! 

Ok.  My shift is almost done – I do not have the patience to deal with some crazy yelling patient right now, seriously - who is yelling down there?  Wait. It sounds like the Chief…what is going on???  OH MY GOD-

Whispers in the Hallway

Cristina Yang is losing her mind today.  She’s wearing nail polish.  She borrowed my nail file.  She was HOLDING HANDS with Burke in front of a patient. Since when does Cristina Yang ACT LIKE A GIRL?

That’s it.  If I can’t count on Cristina Yang to act like Cristina Yang anymore – I may just have to QUIT.  I mean – seriously.

Meanwhile Ava was REALLY yelling at Alex today…Let me just say that the past few times I’ve checked in on her, Alex has been there.  They have this weird relationship. Ava and Alex are constantly teasing each other and laughing and sharing things (not that she can share anything because she has no memory but she seems to be PRETTY interested in whatever he has to say).   

But all of a sudden today, things changed.  Some people who claimed to be Ava’s parents came by to retrieve her only to find out they weren’t her real parents.  Alex must have been the one to break the news to her because all of a sudden we heard YELLING.   EVERYONE stopped what he or she was doing.  Me, I just happened to be walking by and dropped my pencil on the floor right outside of the door, (why it took so long to pick it up, I don’t know... wink wink). 

BUT the surprising thing is Alex.  He’s been yelled at, belittled, beaten up by George.  I’ll say it again, beaten up by George.  And through it all it never seemed to affect him.  But this, I mean, for the rest of the day Alex seemed HURT.  Alex hurt??? He even said thank you and please not once, but TWICE today! To me.  I’m a NURSE!!  Hmmm…. are we starting to FEEL, Dr. Karev? 

But if you want to talk TENSION? Whispers in the hallway.  Whispers in the elevator.  Whispers at the station.  All of this whispering happening between Izzie and George.  These whispers are driving me mad because I can’t HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON.  I was on shift in the clinic earlier and my inability to decipher what was being said has forced me to be extra observant. 

What I do know is this: they have been gone most of the day.  First Izzie takes off and then there was some weirdness between Bailey and George and there was one moment when I thought Bailey would use her clipboard to brain him she got so upset but next thing I know, George is now gone.  Hmmm…. Now Nurse Tyler told me that Nurse Olivia told her that she saw O’Malley pushing Izzie in a wheelchair.  What?  What is going on between the two of them? 

By the end of the day though, where there were intense whispers there were tender whispers.  Where there was a wife waiting for her husband (Dr. Torres O’Malley), there was no husband (I was at the coffee truck and overheard Callie talking to Addison about where her love muffin was.  Okay, she didn’t actually use the word “love muffin” but it’s a little nicer than her choice of words).  But, standing up your wife in the honeymoon stage?? Okay things have just gotten a tad juicy around here…

Speaking of tension, what is going ON with the Chief and Dr. Shepherd?  I was sitting in the cafeteria, eating my lunch and minding my own business when I overheard Patricia telling Nurse Olivia that Dr. Shepherd was very upset with the Chief because he was promised the job and the Chief suddenly has amnesia. 

What’s more, I hear that the Chief doesn’t want to give Shepherd the job because of Meredith Grey!!!  Oh yeah, THAT’S good for the relationship.  All day long, Shepherd (who is one of the nicest surgeons we have here) has been moody and just a little short with people.  I heard that there is a little distance between the happy couple as well.  MY GOODNESS, what IF Dr. Shepherd is forced to choose between CHIEFDOM and RELATIONSHIPDOM. 

Note to self:  Must get new hair cut, a manicure and those cute maroon scrubs with the little strategically placed penguins along the neckline.  If Dr. Shepherd needs a woman who has no chance of jeopardizing his career well, HELLO MCDREAMY!!!  Must stay tuned…

Oh!  Just got an email from Joe.  Apparently, the Chief ‘s at the bar “cutting a rug” on the dance floor.  The Emerald City Bar has a dance floor???  Okay, I must grab my camera and run! 

I'M BAAAACK...

I know, I know, I’ve been away a long time but let me just say that when one’s path is revealed, he or she must follow it.  As you well know, I am now a world-renowned writer and from the moment I put pen to paper, I had to satisfy that yearning, the desire to become a WRITER.  So, I’ve been traveling the world. Visiting my fans. Holding book signings.  Hunting for inspiration for my next masterpiece. 

It’s been quite a ride so far; I’ve been everywhere:  England, France, Rome…sometimes there were as many as five or even six people waiting for me at a bookstore, their hands clutching my book to their bosoms as they waited with baited breath to get a glimpse of …well…Me!  One gentleman in France rode thirty miles from his small village to attend my book signing.  The man seemed very upset and all I could gather was that he thought I was some famous American writer named “Nurse Debbie” who was in need of a spanking.  I offered him my book free of charge and before leaving he briefly leafed through my book and said it would make an excellent roll of toilet paper.  My agent (who also works at Hotdog on a Stick, what a talent right?) told me that in France, this expression is the highest compliment that an author can receive.  Bull crap, I say-but I’ll take a compliment where I can find one…

Okay, so I’m back and WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AROUND HERE?????  People are married, engaged, parents dying, boats crashing, I mean, it’s just too much! Here I’ve been traveling the world for inspiration and it was HERE all along. Unfortunately, I had to get the scoop from various sources.  I won’t say any names (NURSE TYLER) but I put someone in charge of gathering the daily scoop and someone (NURSE TYLER) suddenly found Jesus and thought it wrong to participate in such activities.  Okay, well I’m back and no one does it better than me, Nurse Debbie.  So in the spirit of my return, let me start off by saying, you won’t believe what happened THIS MORNING…

The esteemed Colin Marlowe.  Known for the many advances for cardiothoracic, whom is MORE well known (at least at Seattle Grace) for bedding Christina Yang!  MY, OH MY you can cut the tension around here with a knife.  I was at the nurse’s station today, slowly taking notes of course, when I saw a small but significant exchange between the two doctors. 

Yang for once, had very little to say when Dr. Marlowe challenged her motivation for marrying Dr. Burke.  Curious. Does she want to marry Burke OR is she just doing this to appease?  I mean, Yang seems to be changing all around.  I was sitting across from the interns during lunch and I overheard them talking about amputating a patient’s foot (poor guy, I had to change his bandage earlier and he was just in a daze; kept mumbling something about getting one month back) and the Yang that I’ve come to know would have been head over heels to cut.

But the INTERESTING thing is that Karev semi-congratulated her on this opportunity and she bit his head off.  Talking about hope and doesn’t this guy deserve a do-over…Okay, who IS this person?  I ask you, what is going ON around here?  Very interesting...but the question of the day is:

WHAT IS GOING ON BETWEEN GEORGE O’MALLEY AND IZZIE STEVENS???? 

At first I thought we had another Denny Duquette “incident” on our hands.  Stevens was so nervous; twitchy and she talked a mile a minute and her “yays!” were more high-pitched than usual.  And she asked me, ME how I was doing.  I nearly fainted and fell on top of that beautiful dollhouse. So I did a little snooping around.  First to see if there are any rich-heart-transplant patients being stashed away somewhere (hey why should Stevens get all of the rich, almost dead guys). But after witnessing a few exchanges between Stevens and O’Malley as I was checking on our “frozen” patient, I realized that I was wrong. 

Something is going on between Stevens and O’Malley. I’m not kidding.  Something BIG.  You heard it here first.  It’s all very muddled right now. I mean, O’Malley coming in smelling like a wino at “two for one night” at Joe’s, and Izzie who is nervous and anxious around him AND his wife.  But then the nugget came:  As I was checking on Mrs. Rogerson, I overheard Stevens and Dr. Montgomery talking.  I moved closer to the dollhouse (what a wonderful thing to eavesdrop behind, I mean its HUGE) and from what I could make out, Stevens had an affair with a married man!!!  Can you believe this?  I wonder who it is…I have to be honest, and you’ll find this hilarious but I briefly thought of O’Malley but that would be a like Beauty and the Beast right? Or Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall…or Barbie and NOT Ken – right? (p.s. If you are too young to understand those references, then – well – damn it.  I’m old).  I must find out what’s going on.  Joe and I are pulling double duty as detectives. He sent me an email telling me how odd O’Malley was acting at lunch with Dr. Torres O’Malley and her Father.  Joe said things seemed fine and then Mr. Torres accidentally spilled a drink on O’Malley who suddenly just kind of  “snapped” and stormed off.  Things are getting juicy…

Interestingly enough, McSteamy has been generous enough to let Meredith Grey perform a harvest bone graft all on her own?!  I was at the coffee cart and overheard a couple of interns talking about it.  Wow I wonder how well this will go over with McDreamy.  Will McDreamy be upset, supportive, or insecure? Is there going to be a showdown between the Mickeys’s??  It’s long overdue I say…

Before I sign off, Lewy, the janitor was cleaning the stairs on the 1st floor (there was a massive pile of vomit that reeked of bourbon…wonder who made that mess?), and saw Stevens and O’Malley speaking in hushed tones.  All that Lewy could make out (not because they were speaking THAT quietly but because Lewy refuses to admit that he is losing his hearing) is that there is some kind of secret that must be kept.  Secret.  A secret between Stevens and O’Malley.  Okay, let’s recount today’s activities:  Stevens nervous, O’Malley hung over, Stevens and O’Malley weird with each other, Stevens admits to an adulterous affair…A secret…. OH MY GOD!  Stevens and O’Malley slept together!  Wow.  Today has been draining.  Must go to Joe’s and compare notes/drink/drink.

It’s good to be back.