Thanks, Ted Lasso

Many years ago, I started a tradition of spending half hour every Friday near lunchtime eating good chocolate and watching a television show. Right before the twins left for college, I decided to re-watch Ted Lasso. ChickieNob joined me for the final few Fridays before she moved, and then she left me to finish the rest of the episodes on my own.

When I was still in Season One, I couldn’t imagine how I would get through this year. How was I going to get from Friday to Friday? But that’s the thing about time; it keeps going. And suddenly, I was weeks away from picking them up for summer break.

I finished the series’ final episode an hour before we left to pack up their dorm rooms. I am so grateful that positive stories like that exist because this has been such a hard year — both the twins being away and world events — and to spend a half hour each Friday taking a break from this world to spend time in a fictional world was priceless.

I decided to re-watch One Day next. It only has 14 episodes, so I’ll finish it before the twins return to school and have time to start a new re-watch while they’re still here. But thank you, Ted Lasso, for keeping me company during a hard year.