Drama

In honor of Sunday night having been a huge source of drama in my own childhood life (Oh, no, I forgot to do part of my homework!  Oh, no, you're supposed to sign this!  Oh, no, all the girls are supposed to wear red tomorrow and I don't have anything red!), I am dedicating today's blog to drama--a bit of the daytime soap variety and a bit of the family real-life variety.  And up goes the curtain!

On a soap, the drama of the transition to middle school or high school is all about who will date whom or who will get picked on.  Nobody ever bothers to mention exponentially harder courses and getting hopelessly lost in the new, bigger school.

On a soap, kids tend to skip certain ages and are rarely seen except during summer stories and on major holidays.  In life, kids go through every age (thank goodness for that!) and are there pretty much all the time, needing help with dramas ranging from new teachers to BFFs who aren't anymore to what to wear on picture day (Do soap kids even have picture day?  And if they do, how come their school pictures look like headshots and my kids' don't?)

On a soap, characters just have what they need, very little drama necessary, provided by a set decorator and costume designer and kept forever neat and clean by prop and wardrobe people.  In real life, there are never enough hands or enough hours to keep things neat and clean.

On a soap, grownups pretty much work when they feel like it, so the drama of starting a new work week or looking for a new job is virtually nonexistent.  In real life, well, we all know about that.

And on a soap, you don't really see the weekends, so the drama of Sunday night--I guess that's a drama all our own!