Now that back-to-school has turned into how many days until Thanksgiving break...and football season is underway, next up is the beginning of the new TV season. So I am all conflicted...should I take the plunge and actually commit to a TV show on a weekly basis? Or should I continue on my present course of waiting till a show is in its third or fourth season and finally give in to pressure and "try it" only to be swept up in a frenzy of marathon sessions in which I complete an entire season in a few days...much to the demise of the rest of my life. In my defense this habit started back when I worked. I really didn't have time to come home at night and watch TV. My girls were involved in everything...soccer, piano, dance, cheer leading...and I had to wait for summer to have enough down time to even think about TV! It was actually during one summer long ago that I first found Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars. The girls and I would schedule life around our marathon sessions! We loved the immediacy of the whole thing. No commercials...no cliffhangers!
So let's recount the list of my favorite shows that I have watched (or am watching) well after the fact.
Gilmore Girls (Lorilei and Rory...grow up together...yep they are mother/daughter)
Veronica Mars (Nancy Drew with a twist...or two...or three)
Alias (Lots of good guys and bad guys sometimes a challenge to know who is who)
The Closer (I identify with Brenda Lee for some reason...possibly the cute sweaters she wears and the junkfood drawer!)
24 (Rich and I are still working on this one...7 seasons is a long time)
Glee (Season One...I now watch it weekly)
And just last week Kate and I started Friday Night Lights (have I mentioned that I like football?)
So...is there a show out there that you are rearranging your schedule to make time for? If so (and assuming it's not in season 5) tell me...should I commit? What is your favorite show?
And to wrap this up...I am at this moment (by chance) watching Oprah's opening show for her 25th and final season and really...why didn't I become a fan of hers years ago? I could be in that studio audience right now...and going to AUSTRALIA...
This morning at bible study we started Max Lucado's John 3:16. I've been in more than a few bible studies and women's groups in my time...loved them all for different reasons. This group I love because it spans three generations of women. It is comforting to have women who have "been there, done that" all in the name of family, love, careers, health, loss...These women come into the study each week full of joy for the Lord. Can't help but thinking...what great role models.
There are younger women in our group, some single, some married with very young families. They are full of life...swapping stories about the latest milestone, job, car, grocery store find...Some are on fire; some are putting out fires. They bring back sweet memories of bible study days of old with my friends!
The women in my age group (the tweeners) are dealing with empty nests...college expenses...ending careers...starting new careers and just trying to figure out what to do next with all of the possibilities.
Sitting there this morning I was strongly aware that I wasn't in a room full of my close friends; those women who know my story...BUT I was in a room full of women who know God and were brought together for a purpose. As the weeks unfold so will possibilities...those of God. It's a good place to be I think.
So, here is my question to you...what small group are you in? What are you studying? What do you love about it? Leave me a comment...curious minds want to know!
