It's like a Thursday night in here

So, tonight is Wednesday night. But for me, it's like a Thursday. I'm taking Friday off and heading to Colgate for homecoming (hello, awesome). So tomorrow is like a Friday! Woo end of the week!

Anyway, the DC area is preparing for a massive flood thanks to tropical storm Nicole so I'm not riding my bike to work tomorrow. I'm not really looking forward to that.. I've been riding my bike almost every day since I moved to DC proper and I love it. It's way cheaper. Thanks to recent fare hikes, it's ridiculously expensive to use metro. I save upwards of $100 a month by riding my bike. Plus, it's good for me (and the environment!) and I spend less time commuting than if I use metro. BUT, if there's going to be a torrential downpour, I probably shouldn't (or couldn't) ride tomorrow. So, I, along with hundreds of others, will commute via metro. Fun times?

Onto the TV (which is why you [Brianne] read). Tonight is one of my favorite TV nights, due to (and I never thought I'd say this) the ABC lineup. The combination of The Middle and Modern Family is brilliant. I think I love it so much because the combination of the two shows is basically my childhood. If you take the ridiculousness that is Phil Dunphy (plus my dad's name is Phil) and the sibling relationships from The Middle and sprinkle in a little bit of deafness, and you've got my life.

A clip to illustrate why I love Modern Family:



However, my new favorite show is Sister Wives. Please, please tell me that you've seen this show. An new addition to the TLC lineup, it's an hour long show that airs on Sunday nights (which is already taken up by Mad Men and Rubicon) that is about plural marriage. Let me tell you, this show is incredible. One guy (Kody), three wives, twelve kids, all magic. We've just made it through the first half hour and met all the wives and their kids. And now, he's gonna tell the kids that he's "courting" another woman. ANOTHER WOMAN. He will then have FOUR (4) wives. I can't imagine being married to a man who had other wives. Other. wives. And the really incredible part is that these women (well, the second and third wives) both were looking for a plural lifestyle. I mean, hey, to each his own. I just am really, really struggling to imagine this.

So, he's told the kids that Robyn (the woman he's courting) likes them and that he wants their family to grow by four more. "We sure need another one, it's getting kind of boring." That's the quote. I respect that he's talking to the kids about how they feel about another family joining theirs. It seems that the kids are okay with the idea of another wife coming in and I guess, in the end, if the kids are happy and healthy, that's what matters? But, it seems all is not well in paradise (?), the other sister wives are not happy with the potential (and according to the previews, eventual) addition of Robyn. Jealousy abounds. I'll be watching this show closely...