Saturday randomness

How's about some saturday randomness?

• I'm a huge Gilmore Girls fan. I alternately like to imagine that I am Lorelai and then Rory. I love that it is in constant rotation on cable. Every several months or so we get to start over again and watch Rory grow up again. Love it. Great to clean to, exercise to, knit to, etc. (Although, lately they're playing two episodes a day which is testing my ability to keep up with my TiVo!) But... Recently I've realized that it is an IFer's nightmare. Someone seems to be pregnant all the flippin' time. And, very rarely are these pregnancies planned. (Those that are seem to come really easily.) I mean, I suppose the premise of the entire show is an unplanned teen pregnancy, so it is no big shock. (If you've never watched and plan to you should stop reading as this has lots of spoilers...) But, the final couple of seasons just seem to be overflowing with them: Luke discovers his daughter from a 12 year earlier accidental pregnancy. His sister gets pregnant -- never explicitly said to be a surprise, but it seems like one. Lane gets pregnant the first time she has sex...with TWINS, no less. Sookie gets pregnant with her third because her husband lied about getting a vasectomy. I have to say it is getting a little old and seeing everybody's pregnant bellies grow and grow so quickly each week is a bit much. I can't believe IF is taking away my enjoyment of my favorite relaxing TV show. Sigh...
• I survived the first couple of classes of the semester. Thank goodness that our first week of class is only Thursday and Friday. Seriously, I'm not sure if I can survive an entire week of school right now. I'm already fantasizing about next weekend being a three day weekend for Labor Day. This was just exhausting. All of the sudden all of my classes, research, service, etc., etc. all have started in full tilt and I'm back to being pulled in a thousand directions at once and my to do list just quintupled in size and I'm already feeling overwhelmed. This isn't good. On Thursday afternoon, one of my advisees stopped by and practically the first thing out of his mouth was "you look really tired." Seriously, on the first day? Oy. This truly doesn't bode well for the rest of this semester. Not to mention that one of my classes yesterday seemed to consist mostly of me doing incredibly dorky things. I like to make sure new students know I'm accessible and, yes, often a dork but this was getting ridiculous!! Ah well. It will get better as we get back into the swing of it. I know it will. Right now, though, all I want to do today is relax, do laundry, knit and stare at the walls. (Well, and catch up on my Gilmore Girls.) But, there is so much to do already to get ready for next week!
• You know how some days are just angry IF days? Today is one of those days when every so often it just hits me how unfair and ridiculous IF is. I can't stop thinking about it. I hate that it seems to be the focus of my life. I hate that it seems to kill off friendships. I hate that any one of us has to deal with this. It just makes me so mad. I want to scream and yell up and down the street that this just isn't fair. We don't deserve this. We deserve to be parernts. We don't deserve feeling guilty about any of the actions we choose to take to help us be parents. We don't deserve having to read hurtful comments about people who choose to do ART. I'm not sure why today is just one of those days, but it is.