I love the Gilmore Girls. I started watching the show in reruns about four years in and I just love them. It's probably because eventually I want to be BFFs with my girls (after they've grown a bit of course - they need BFFs their own age and what they need from me now is to be a mom, not a "friend" - oops, wait - that's an entirely different post) .... anyhoo ..... I also love the quick wit, savvy and how they know who they are as women even as they're trying to find their way through life. I love the small town - the festivals, everyone eating at Luke's Diner, walking instead of driving, everyone knows everyone - love it. Although, when it comes down to it, I'm not sure I could actually live in a small town. I do enjoy the perks of a mall and living near a major city. So maybe I just need to visit the small town.
Well if you watch the show, you know three things about the Gilmore girls: 1- they can eat a ton of food (love pop tarts) and are still stick figures, 2- they watch way too many movies and way too much TV...and they can quote most of it - and 3- they love their coffee! So I've got number 2 down. I'm a bit behind on the movies since having my kids, but now that they're not babies anymore and I'm not completely exhausted, I'm catching up. When I do like a movie or TV show, I watch it over and over again, so I can quote it. As a matter of fact, I can quote quite a bit of the Gilmores. "Oy with the poodles already!"
I can and sometimes do eat a ton of food - unfortunately, I don't have their metabolism, so I'm not a stick figure. But here's the thing - I have NEVER liked coffee! I love the smell of it - it reminds me of the rare weekend when I was home with my parents and the smell of my dad's coffee would wake me up on a Saturday morning. (sigh) Ahhh! But I have never liked the taste.
The other thing going on at the time that I began to like GG is that the coffee thing had totally taken off. Starbucks run amok. All of my friends were meeting for coffee and I would get....a water. Wow - how cool am I? Of course I tried a few times, but nothing! Well - luckily for me, I was on a retreat with some friends and one of them was talking about how it took her such a long time to find a coffee drink that she liked. My other friend did a Starbucks run and I tasted the drink of friend number one. Yum! FINALLY!!! I have found my coffee drink!!! I'm cool again! (or at least I feel like I am) Yay...yay...yay!!!
Friend number two warned me - this isn't necessarily a good thing. At five bucks a pop, she doesn't think I'm going to be thanking her anytime soon. But I am. Just yesterday, I was at Safeway with my kiddos and they needed to use the restroom. While I was waiting for them (just staring at Starbucks) I decided to get my caramel macchiato with double vanilla. And I have to admit, I felt cooler just grocery shopping. Like a Gilmore walking through the streets of Stars Hollow carrying their cool coffee drinks. Now, was I any cooler? Unfortunately, no. As a matter of fact I was probably less cool since I made such a big deal about it in my head. However, I felt cooler! And since I believe that how you feel about yourself affects your confidence level, your efficiency level, your kindness towards others and your attitude - feeling cooler is definitely a good thing. And if you can buy that for under five bucks - you're golden!
In honoring friend number two and her thoughtful, caring advice to me, I am not allowing myself to have my coffee cool on every day. One to three times a week - max. And I'm happy to report that for the last two months I mostly stick to once a week. But it is nice to know that I'm not stuck with water when the rest of the world is ordering a cool drink at Starbucks.
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