As a recent college graduate, I find that I'm having a hard time adjusting to the "real world." From what I hear, that's to be expected. I have a 9:30 to 5:30 job, I have to dress up every day, I get tired at what six months ago I would have thought was a ridiculously early hour. Most of the time, the only thing I have to look forward to during the week is the weekend.
Enter television
Since high school there has been at least one weekly show that has given me something to get excited about during the week. "Dawson's Creek" came around early in my high school years. At the beginning of college there was "The OC" and, for those who were lucky enough to have HBO, "Sex and the City." Normal Thursday nights involved sitting around the TV in big groups watching high school kids in California before heading out for the evening. Wednesdays consisted of wine and dinner with the girls while lamenting over boys and watching Carrie try to choose between Big and Aiden (the latter of whom I thought she should have ended up with).
Now we have "Grey's Anatomy" and after a month long break for the writers, three of my best friends and I are eager to get back into the drama of Seattle Grace Hospital. This week George's dad is going to have surgery for his cancer, Thatcher Grey will visit the hospital to see his new granddaughter (sure to be an opportunity for Meredith to whine) and we'll find out why Derek has trouble sleeping soundly.
Earth shattering business? No. Go ahead and tell me that television isn't beneficial. Maybe you're right. Watching it for hours at a time every day might not be healthy, but you can't beat the feeling of a weekly meeting with good friends, a glass of red wine (also good for your heart!) and McSteamy (or McDreamy...or Burke. To each their own.) Seriously.
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