Friday

I look forward to Friday all week long.  I guess most people do, especially people who work hard Monday through Friday.  As a kid I can remember asking my father what he wanted. His answer?  Four-thirty Friday.  My dad worked hard at manual labor; no wonder he looked forward to quitting time every Friday afternoon.

I don't work outside of my home and I rarely work inside of it.  So why do I have so much anticipation for Friday?  Because Friday is Bride Night on TLC.  I love watching Say Yes to the Dress, Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, and the other assorted bridal-themed programs that TLC shows on Friday evenings.  The best Friday nights of all are the first and third of the month when G goes to church for Friday Night Fun with STARS, because then I have the house and the TV to myself.  Bliss.

This Friday was the 4th Friday of the month, no FNF, no quiet house, and even worse, no Bride Night. 

This Christmas break, M and her father have really bonded.  Unfortunately for me, they have bonded to unite against me.  Together they decided that they wanted to watch the weekly Netflix movie, which G usually watches on Saturday night, on Friday night instead.  G especially knows that Friday night is my night to control the TV remote, but he never even asked me if I would mind if he and M watched their DVD.  If we had more than just one TV, it wouldn't have even been an issue.  But we are sooo last century (last mid-century) and we do have only one television.

Feeling disrespected and with my Friday night plans disregarded, I did the dinner dishes and then retreated to G's office to read a book I received for Christmas.

So now I am looking forward to next Friday night.  M will be in the city with her older sister and G will be at FNF.  And I will be watching the television programs that I like to watch. Win, win, win.