Episode 1x04 "Shake your Groove Thing" monologues

Opening monologue: Meredith Grey

Remember when you were a kid

and your biggest worry was like if
you'd get a bike for your birthday

or if you'd get to eat cookies for breakfast.
Being an adult, totally overrated.
I mean seriously, don't be fooled by

all the hot shoes and the great sex
and the no parents anymore telling you what to do.
Adulthood is responsibility.
Responsibility, it really does suck.
Really,really sucks.
Adults have to be places, and do things

and earn a living and pay the rent.
And if you're training to be a surgeon,

holding a human heart in your hands,
Hello! talk about responsibility.
Kinda makes bikes and cookies look

really, really good doesn't it.
The scariest part about responsibility,

when you screw up and let it
slip right through your fingers.


Closing monologue: Meredith Grey

Responsibility it really does suck.
Unfortunately once you get past the age

of braces and training bras,
responsibility doesn't go away.
It can't be avoided.
Either someone makes us face it, or we suffer the
consequences.
And still adulthood has its perks.
And even the shoes, the sex, the no parents anywhere
telling you what to do, thats pretty damn good.