How My Daughter And I Are Like The Gilmore Girls

Calorie Intake: Yes, our eating habits mirror Lorelai’s and Rory’s, even now.  We love pizza, Chinese food and diner meals.  Unfortunately, I am not 32 like Lorelai was on the show, and my metabolism is not what it used to be. My calorie intake on a daily basis – roughly 1,500.  Gilmore Girl calorie intake – a whopping 3,970. So that would mean they should have gained a pound per day.  Per day!   But as Lorelai said “I would like a cheeseburger, with a side of cheeseburger and see if they can make me a cheeseburger smoothie”. 

It’s okay to be klutzy.  Everyone who knows me knows what a klutz I am. I am never, and I mean NEVER, without a bruise somewhere.  From bumping my hand on the inside of a doorway or rapping my knee on my desk at work, I am a total spaz at times.  Just picture Bambi on ice and that’s pretty much me.  Lorelai was okay with being a klutz and I embrace my own lack of coordination.  

Mornings are way overrated. The only reason I get up early in the morning is because the dog is on a schedule.  I would rather be comatose until about 11:00am if it were at all possible.  And I am not usually responsive until about 9:30am, after many Cokes.  If I could give myself caffeine intravenously, I would.  Enough said – mornings suck. As Lorelai would say “If it were physically possible to make love to a beverage, this would be the one”.  

No matter how old you are, sometimes you need your Mom.  I am very independent and hold things close to my chest.  But, there are times, that I just want my Mommy.  The first thought I had when I was going into labor was “Where is my Mom?”  And that’s okay.  There are times my daughter asks me things that she doesn’t feel comfortable asking others.  And that’s okay. To quote Rory “I need you. I need you here.  I cannot do this alone. I need my Mommy and I don’t care who knows it”.  

It is possible to be friends.  My daughter and I can talk about anything.  And I mean anything.  Sometimes it’s uncomfortable, sometimes I learn from her.  But nothing is off limits – well, okay, if it gets way too “personal experience”.  But most of the time, we don’t hold anything back.    

Written by: Allyson Johns