er-go bye bye

So I sit here waiting to watch the last episode of er. This is kind of a momentous moment in my life, and a day I thought would never come. And while I had given up on er for the last couple of years (seriously, who could blame me), I do still consider myself a long time follower. Back when it started, I was a sophomore in high school and it used to be on after seinfeld - must see tv. It didn't start until 10, so in order to watch it I had to stay up until 11. pm. on a school night. When it finished I had to run to get as fast as I could cause you know what bad things happen if you stay up last on a school night. Mind you, this wasn't coming from my parents. They weren't terribly concerned about a teenager staying up until 11pm one night a week to watch tv with their family. But being born the grandma that I am, I had made my own rules up and 11pm was way after my bedtime. Actually, it was only half an hour after my bed time, but that was half an hour on a school night. I really think my parents got off easy with me, I now realize when most teenagers make there own rules they do not include a 10:30pm bedtime, a 12am curfew on weekends and staying inside a 5 mile from home "driving boundary."