Who Will Survive?!!?: Part 2

SPOILER:  DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE A GREY'S ANATOMY FAN & HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SEASON 8 FINALE!  (you've been warned)

Couple things:

1.  I was a bit disappointed in the finale, I thought it was all too rushed & they were just trying to cram everything in one hour, that could have easily been a two hour finale, so that was a bit disappointing!  I never felt emotionally invested, although my stomach did turn during several scenes....Derek's Arm, Mark's Chest, Arizona's Leg......bleh!
2.  DID NOT see the departure of Teddy whatsoever...so kudos to you Shonda Rhimes, you got me there!

Now, let's recap...shall we:

Episode starts with all the interns entering in their first OR & Chief Webber giving his speech about their surgical residency....how cute & young did everyone look?!?!  Too adorable!  And awwwww, we got to catch a glimpse of George & Izzie....I miss them......

Flash to present & there's Meredith lying on the ground & then everything comes into focus, she wakes up & Cristina is over her & all you hear is Arizona screaming, NON-STOP....I could have done without that...over & over & over & over again.....Mark is stumbling around & now it's time to find Derek & Lexie.

Pooooooor Lexie :( Just thinking about it makes me really sad, although I kept it together last night...I try not to cry too much in front of friends & since I was over at a friend's watching it, I held it together....I plan on re-watching the episode this evening & I'm sure I'll bawl like a baby!!  I kinda figured this is the way it would end, I knew she was the one to go, but I just didn't think she'd be dead within the first 20 minutes, holy crap, talk about anti-climactic!  I was expecting for her to fight & have a chance & then die...which would have been so much sadder, so I guess maybe it's better she went quickly, seeing Mark Sloan that sad was hard to watch & I just wonder how he'll deal with her death, I knew he still loved her, stinks that she didn't know until about 1 minute before it was all over!  And how much does it stink that they had to leave her under the big piece of plane, ouch! 
Now we look for Derek, wow did his hand look awful!  I wonder what will happen in that scenario?!?  Will he be able to operate still, is this is a "Burke Can't Operate Like He Used to Before He Was Shot Scenario"...so Meredith will begin operating for him (secretively)...although she's a full fledged surgeon now, so I guess it wouldn't be as big of a deal as when Cristina was doing that for Burke.  Glad he was OK though, I don't think I could have handled more wailing for Meredith!  And props to her for keeping it together (for the most part).  I do really like where her character has gone & how she's matured.

Those are kind of the highlights.....Teddy got fired because Hunt decides her fate?!?  That was ridiculous & stupid & I hate that storyline!  BLAH!  :oP  The 3 other surviving surgical residents are left with Webber at dinner waiting for Cristina & Meredith...and seriously, does Hunt not have a cell phone where the doctor from Boise could have called him & been like...."hey so your surgeons never showed, what's up with that?!"

Season 9 Premiere Predictions:
The doctors are still in the forest, lost!  They'll be found, but I really think that Arizona is going to die.  TWO HUGE REASONS:
1.  I think she's much more seriously injured then was let on....the only clue really was that she kept coughing up blood, pretty much indicating that she's got some serious internal damage going on. 
2.  Callie's proclamation that life can change quickly.....yes, Callie, you are right, it can!  And I'm sorry my friend, but for you, I think it will....

Because of Arizona's death, Karev will stay at Seattle Grace Mercy "Death" Hospital instead of leaving.....Meredith will be devastated by the death of her sister.....Sloan will break things off with his current gf & become a hermit?!?!  OK, that one is a total random guess, but may be plausible??  OR Callie & Sloan will get back together because Callie will have a "back on men" season??  Cristina will stay to be with Meredith because she's so devastated & let's be honest....they're still each others "person"....Meredith & Derek will stay because, well because the show is called "Grey's Anatomy" & there's only one Grey left now.  Thanks for that!

That's it, my predictions were pretty much dead on for the season finale, we'll see how my premiere ones pan out.....see ya in September folks!

Who will Survive?!!?

So I very rarely post about TV shows....well I used to a long time ago, but I haven't recently, but there comes a TV show with an episode so HUGE, that you just have to!  The TV episode that I'm talking about would be the Grey's Anatomy season finale that will air on Thursday, May 17th on ABC.  I've always watched Grey's, always.  It started off as a Sunday night show for me, I'd watched Desperate Housewives, then Grey's, it was a good routine.  Then it got moved to Thursdays & so I'd watch Grey's then Private Practice....so yeah, always loved the show......over the past 8 years we've seen the doctors of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital face many obstacles.  People have lived, people have died, there's been drama, there's been drunkeness, some laughs, lots of cries & just some crazy story lines!  GOOD TV!  So this past Thursday's episode was no different!

Spoiler Alert:
Last week's episode left us with a scene of a bad plane crash, in the middle of the woods somewhere & Meredith on the ground with her eyes closed.  A few minutes before we knew that Meredith, Cristina, Sloan, Lexi, Derek, & Arizona were on the plane flying to Idaho or Iowa or one of those "I" states to perform a surgery on conjoined twins.  So there are the 6 passengers.  In previews it's already been teased that one won't make it, but who will it be?!?!  Here are my theories of why it can't be certain people ranked in the order of least likely to most likely:

Meredith:
OK, seriously, how many times is Mere going to "almost" die?!?!  She almost drowned in the ferry boat accident, then almost died because of hypothermia due to being in the water for so long.  She basically got blown up in another episode & managed to survive that one.  The girl is resilient & finally happy!  Now, we haven't seen dark, angry, depressed Meredith in a really long time, so could this accident bring that back in her?  Maybe....but I think she makes it out of the crash perfectly fine.

Cristina:
Cristina has really only faced death in the face once....way back in like Season 1 or 2 when she was pregnant then things went wrong & she had to have an emergency surgery & Burke didn't even know about the pregnancy (sound familiar?) & chaos of course ensued!  But that's pretty much it.  She's too much of a character on the show to be written off this way.  I just don't see it happening.

OK, so Meredith & Cristina are my real only definites. The other 4 are just educated guesses, so from here on out, I'm really not so sure.....

Derek:
Oh, sweet handsome Patrick Dempsey, you truly get better with age.....**sigh**
Oh wait, back to Grey's, back to my ramblings. 
OK, so Derek almost died during the Season 6 finale with the hospital shooter who blamed Shepard & little Grey for his wife's death.  Cristina saved his life in surgery, etc., etc.  Why I don't think Derek will die.....
He's a huge character on the show, He & Meredith are FINALLY happy with their adorable adopted daughter Zola, I CAN'T LOSE McDREAMY!  I just can't! 
Why I think he might not make it....
Well on the previews, they can't ever seem to find him & Cristina says that he was sucked out of the plane, so from those scenes, he's the obvious one to be dead....but that's exactly why I DON'T think it's him.  The only thing I can think is Meredith has been happy for too long now, there may need to be a shake up......
 
Mark Sloan
Sloan or "McSteamy" has never really faced real death.  He was close to it during the Season 6 finale, but never received any injuries that would lead me to believe he'd almost died.  His character is whatever, so if it's him I wouldn't really be super sad, but I think it would definitely effect Derek, which in turn would have a huge effect on Meredith.....again, all coming back to...are MerDer just too darn happy?!?!

Lexie & Arizona
The last 2 possible options, now it becomes a guessing game & a bit interesting:

Arizona & Callie are very much a happy family with Sofia, she didn't almost die last year when Callie did, I think killing her off would definitely send lots of characters into a tail spin, so I think she may have gotten lucky in her & Callie's car wreck, but maybe in the plane wreck she doesn't fair so well....but, as Lee Corso would say...."not so fast my friend, not so fast!"

Lexie, well she's Meredith's half sister & most likely about to have a reconciliation with Sloan, so why kill her off....because of those exact reasons:
Mark is obviously still in love with her, so that would lead to huge repercussions for Mark's character & where he goes from here.  And, how would Meredith react to losing her only real family?!?  I mean obviously Derek & Zola are her little family, but this is her blood...they shared a father & she loves Lexie & opened up to having her in her life, so for her to lose her would be pretty life shattering (in my opinion)...so that's why, my vote for who won't make it out of Thursdays episode alive is:

Lexie Grey.....super sad......I love Lexie & her perkiness & naive sunny outlook on things & her photographic memory....I hope I'm wrong, but actually I think any of the characters dying would be sad, but I think Lexie leaving will have the biggest effect on the entire cast, so that's my vote, guess I'll have to wait & see who it really is though.

What do you think?!?!

Houston Fun/Summer Fun/Birthday Fun!

So over the weekend we went to Houston to bid farewell to our friends Courtney & Evan, they are moving to Italy for the next 3 years due to the Air Force. We left San Antonio after our Saturday morning run. We ran 4 miles last Saturday & I think it went pretty well for me, it wasn't easy that's for sure, but I think I paced myself well & it went OK. :)

Anyway, after our run we took a nap, made breakfast, then got on the road. When we got to Houston we went over to Curt & Kelcey's house & hung out for the afternoon with friends which was nice to catch up! We then went to dinner & then out to a bar, it was fun. We of course had to have late night Whataburger after!!! Sunday we woke up & just went to eat lunch with Curt & Kelcey, super yummy tacos! Lake & I then drove back to San Antonio & just watched our Sunday night TV (The Next Food Network Star & Entourage).

Lake, Evan, & Curt at The Armadillo Palace

The Ellis' with The Epstein's

Courtney, Evan, Bo, & Steven at Whataburger--Late Night!

Monday morning I went with Kathleen & Caroline to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. I'd been there before for a concert, but I'd never actually looked around there, that place is HUGE! Anyway, it was lots of fun & I think Caroline had a great time. She enjoyed all the birds & noises that were around the plants, I think she enjoyed the animals more than the flowers! :) It was a fun morning, but quite HOT!!

Caroline admiring the waterfall

Kathleen explaining cactus to Caroline & not to touch them

she was having a conversation with the ducks. I was a little nervous with those ducks, but they were really nice.

peek-a-bo, we had a good time with this for a good 10 minutes....that's pretty good for a 2 year old!

Monday night was just Monday night TV, The Bachelorette & Weeds. OK, wasn't Chris Harrison just absolute hilarity on Monday night! This "Men Tell All" was the best one ever!! He was hosting it so well, giving attitude, being super sarcastic, i LOVED it!! Anyway, I'm really hoping Jillian picks Kiptyn, but I have a feeling she's going to pick Ed. Ed seems like a perfectly good guy, but those green swim trunks...eeeeesh! This isn't 1983 Ed! ; )

Tuesday I cleaned....that's about it.

Wednesday I had a Photoshop Training at Warren HS, it was a good workshop & I got some good information. I was able to see my friend Anabelle there, who is going to be teaching at Brandeis, so even though we won't be at the same school this year, we'll at least be in the same district. Wednesday night Lake & I went over to my in-laws house for a pre-birthday dinner. It was so fun. My in-laws put up signs all over their house for me, it's an Ellis thing, & I love it! Lake did that for me after I was in the valley for a few days & came back to SA, it was so sweet! While at my in-laws we got to talk to Lauren (our niece) & Kelley (my sister-in-law) on Skype, so that was super great!!!! Lauren showed me some of her cheerleading moves, it was so cute, I was so proud! Guess that's really it. We are having dinner tonight with friends at StoneWerks for my birthday & tomorrow we leave for Disneyworld. I already have our itinerary laid out, ahhhhhhhhh, I can't wait!

Get Over It!

so it's official, America voted & America decided that their "American Idol" would be Kris Allen! I'm going to keep my blog today short & sweet, for those people who believe that America "got it wrong" or "Adam was robbed" you obviously didn't vote & support your contestant, so get over it! It's hard to compare the 2 performers, they are just too different, but just because of that, doesn't mean anyone should berate Kris or his victory, he earned it! Be a gracious loser & again....Get Over It! I just read an article on yahoo that interviewed Adam backstage, post results, he was gracious, happy, & excited for Kris & for his own future, I gotta say...that's a class act. Good for him!

Take a look...if ya have the time:http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20090521/en_top_eo/125143

Goodbye American Idol, until next year.....geez, now what do I watch on Tuesday & Wednesday nights. hmmmmm....

1st Post....eeeeesh!

Well, alright then! I actually meant to start this blog after Lake & I's one year wedding anniversary, but I haven't really had too much time to do it, so it's a couple weeks past when I wanted, but whatev! I'm trying to watch less TV, so that's kind of where the idea of "blogging" came from. Of course, I still have my shows that I must watch (American Idol, America's Next Top Model, The Bachelor, Dancing With the Stars, Big Love, & Grey's Anatomy), but other than those, I'm trying to cut back. There's really no reason to just have the TV on as background noise, or at least that's my thinking.

Anyway, I'm not really sure what I'm wanting this blog to be, but I guess just like a chronical of the Ellis' life & whatnot. We're pretty boring, but we take fun trips, so that's semi-interesting, I guess!

As far as for the present, let's seeee.....

well tonight we're having a "date" night & going to have dinner at Roaring Fork & then we're going to see 'I Love You Man', I'll let ya know how it is. Lake loves Paul Rudd, as I'm sure we all do! Anyway, it looks funny, I just hope it's not stupid humor & is semi-smart humor. We'll see.......Tomorrow night I'm waaaaaaay pumped for! We're going to see Elton John & Billy Joel at the AT&T Center! I've been waiting since August to see Elton John. Lake had actually gotten us tickets to see him at Caesar's Palace in Vegas on Aug. 2nd, but it was the last night he was going to be playing there & he decided to cancel that date, I wasn't happy. I especially wasn't happy b/c the way Lake found out was by randomly checking his online credit card statement & seeing a refund for the concert. So yeah, we still went to Vegas & had a great time, we actually saw KA at MGM Grand, which was amazing! Long story short, I've been waiting a while to see Sir Elton! :) That's pretty much our weekend. I'm just glad that week is over. The first week back from Spring Break is always rough for me, especially when I know that other people are still on SB, haha. Guess I'm pretty much done for now.

One more thing.....Happy 3rd Birthday to our neice Lauren! :)

Lauren at the San Antonio Zoo in November