We have a specific
bedtime routine around our house. We put the kids to bed before 9 and have an
hour or so of peace and quiet before Ole Jus and I retire for the night. It
seems as the kids get older one of their goals in life is to sabotage our
perfectly perfect nighttime routine.
Last night was one of those evenings.
Our oldest lovie is almost 17 and attends every single football
game. Justin usually tries to stay up
and wait, but I’m not sure he has ever actually been awake upon her arrival (I can’t
say for sure since I have usually slept several hours by the time she comes in).
Last night was definitely a lost cause since the game went into 5 overtimes…she
got home at 1am.
Since Ole Jus was up later than me, Ramzee and I went to
sleep in my bed together…past my bedtime…I’ll blame the evil forces of young
saboteurs. As I lay in bed with her I
remembered a few moments I spent in bed with my mom when I was around her
age. I thought of how Vance and I would
fight over who got to lay with her, and how rare it was because she usually had
us in our own bed at a decent time to enjoy her
peace and quiet. Then I thought of the
television shows she would watch in the evenings. I was supposed to be asleep,
but I would try and listen to the TV and sneak glimpses of the screen every now
and then. The one show I remember her watching loyally was called…”Thirtysomething”. What do I remember about it? It was about a bunch of old women and their
drama. Some of them were related, sisters maybe, and one of them was played by
Sela Ward.
Ramz was long gone into her slumber and I laid their
thinking of the irony I was cuddled up in.
I laid in bed next to my mom when she was in her early thirties trying
to secretly watch a show that I didn’t even see the pleasure in. Like I said,
it was just some show about old people and their drama. Do I think thirty something
is old now that I am one? Umm…no
way. Makes me wonder how I’ll feel when
I’m forty, fifty, and sixty. Perspective changes. Maybe it takes one to appreciate one…thirty something’s
that is.
My guess is that if Thirtysomething premiered in 2014 I’d be
a fan. I’m all about a good realistic
drama on primetime television, during my peace and quiet time. I’ve wiki-ed the
series information on Thirtysomething.
Turns out I was totally wrong. The
storyline revolves around related men and their wives. Sela Ward wasn’t a part of the cast, but it
was Mel Harris and there is resemblance.
Sela Ward
Mel Harris
(not Sela Ward)
The original seasons stretched from
1987 until 1991 which would make me Ramzee’s age (7) when it ended. The perspective of a 7 year old must never be
trusted. Thank goodness for a change in perspective
about some old people…FROM THIS SIDE OF THIRTY(something).
