Holiday Baking Championship

 

I stream shows while I work, and they often become obsessions for a while. There have been a few that I stopped watching before the end simply because they lost me in one way or another after many seasons, but for the most part, I watch them from the first episode to the last. 

My most recent show is the Holiday Baking Championship from the Food Network. I’m not normally a person that would go for a show like this, but I am loving it. I started watching it a few days ago because I wanted to watch something to bring the Christmas spirit to my day that I could start and stop around my daughter’s schedule for finals. I knew if I started a movie, I would be reluctant to turn it off when I needed to take her or pick her up, and I was potentially going to need to pick her up or drop her off every hour or two because of the crazy schedule she had one day. She ended up being sick and not having a voice they say I was concerned about, but I was hooked before she woke up. (I start work at 6am.) 

I have had fun watching this show. There aren’t many episodes per season which makes it even easier to get sucked in. I am currently in the middle of season 4 and still loving it. It has also made me want to bake again. My family will happily help me eat the things I will make for tomorrow. 

I don’t know if I will keep watching it much longer because it u in s a very seasonal show. I will have to remember to watch it again next year. 

Golden Bachelor Girls Night

I want to a girls night in which we watched The Golden Bachelor. It was weird. I haven watched the Bachelor or the Bachelorette in a long time, so I knew some of what was going on, but not all. I think I was the only one there that hadn’t watched it in a while. One of the girls even has friends that had auditioned for the show. They were totally into it, but I am not really drawn to stuff like that anymore. The thing is that after 3 episodes, I feel drawn to it in a way. I want to know who he chooses. I guess that is why it has been in for so long. 

Entertainment? No!

I have been watching Grey’s Anatomy for a while, and I was enjoying it until recently. It got too political. I don’t mind things here and there like it was for the first 10 or so seasons, but it got a bit out of hand by season 17. 

Season 17 aired during the pandemic and highlighted the worst parts of it. This was a bit to be expected since it takes place in a hospital, but not to this degree. This was not a fun time to live through, but we did so because there was no option. I turned to movies and shows as an escape and still do. This show has brought up memories and feelings that I would rather not deal with right now. I feel like it is re-traumatizing me during a time that I struggle to watch the news because of the horrible things that are going on now. 

Maybe some people can watch stuff like this and be ok with it or even appreciate that they addressed the many things that were going on at the time. I am not one of them. I need my entertainment to be an escape. This is not. I need to not be reminded of the awful way people can be towards each other. I live in a bit of a bubble because I work and go to school from home, but I do watch the news and know what is going on around me for the most part. 

I will not be watching this show anymore. I can’t handle it right now. I hate that I won’t be finishing what is left of it on Netflix, but I have to draw a line somewhere. I can’t have the show I’m watching affect me in this way. Fiction needs to be entertaining. 

Watching “Blossom”

Photo Credit: TV Guide

I started watching Blossom on Hulu yesterday. I loved this show when I was a kid, and felt like watching something nostalgic while I worked. 

This first episode hit a bit close to home for me. In this episode, Blossom gets her first period but doesn’t know who to ask advice from because her mother is pursuing a music career in Europe. When I had mine for the first time, my mom was physically there but not mentally. She was in her bed with the room as dark as possible sleeping in a deep depression. My dad had to help me. When my sister got hers for the first time, my mom didn’t live with us. My sister called her, and she asked me to help instead of coming over. Throughout our teenage years, we had to ask our dad for supplies which got easier as we got older but was never completely comfortable. 

I haven’t gotten to any others that bring up any emotions. I am actually enjoying the simplicity of the show. It brings back fun memories and makes me laugh. I will get though the whole series quickly, but I will enjoy it while it lasts.