{"id":2150,"date":"2021-05-27T10:18:25","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T15:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2024-01-13T20:05:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T02:05:37","slug":"insomnia-golden-girls-and-a-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/blog\/essay\/insomnia-golden-girls-and-a-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Insomnia, Golden Girls, and a beef"},"content":{"rendered":"
I experience semi-regular bouts of insomnia, and classic TV seems to be the cure. There’s something comforting about watching characters and storylines I grew up with — they’re like old friends.\u00a0 Lately, I’ve been rewatching (for the eleventy billionth time) episodes of The Golden Girls<\/em>. Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia are my late night buddies — all that’s missing is the cheesecake.<\/p>\n As much as I love the show, I do have one beef: The Golden Girls<\/em> (minus Sophia) were supposed to be in their 50s when the show originally ran (Dorothy was said to be 55). Really? I always thought they were in their “golden years,” hence the title of the show. I’m 51, and have not once considered myself living my “golden years” — far from it. Maybe that term is subjective? AARP thinks I’m “golden.” Raise your hand if, like me, you continue to receive the “free luggage” incentive to join?<\/p>\n Don’t get me wrong; I love those lanai ladies. They rocked the limits of social issues, women’s lib, and how much dessert one can devour at 2 a.m. Instead of “golden years,” I like to consider myself in my “glitter years.” I feel more like myself than I ever have, and I’m not so worried about how others view me. I’m sparkly AF.<\/p>\n I guess I’m more like Blanche and the gang than I thought, just with more free luggage and less ’80s pantsuits.<\/p>\n I’ll leave you with this little treat:<\/strong><\/p>\n Did you know these actors were guests on The Golden Girls<\/em>? Get ready to have your mind blown like a Miami hurricane.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I experience semi-regular bouts of insomnia, and classic TV seems to be the cure. There’s something comforting about watching characters and storylines I grew up with — they’re like old friends.\u00a0 Lately, I’ve been rewatching (for the eleventy billionth time) episodes of The Golden Girls. Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia are my late night buddies — all that’s missing is the cheesecake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3515,"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150\/revisions\/3515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie-bailey.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n